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A car-less housing development planned for South Auckland
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Studio Pacific Architecture has released masterplans for Sunfield, a 5000-home development proposed for Papakura, designed around the 15 minute neighbourhood principle.
In the land of cars: Housing many vs parking few
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Timothy Welch, a senior lecturer in Urban Planning at the University of Auckland, writes “in a country where the cost of land is so exorbitantly high and the supply of housing so scarce, how could so many surface car parks exist”?
Six storey love song
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Matthew Paetz grapples with new density controls in the National Policy Statement on Urban Development 2020, perhaps the most significant government policy for cities in Aotearoa New Zealand of the past 30 years.
Anti-social distancing
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Dr. David Turner revisits Auckland’s Unitary Plan and explores how the housing density changes implemented by it have affected urban development since 2016.
Panuku to develop 21-storey mixed-use building for Auckland’s CBD
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The Council has sold a $40 million former carpark to property developers Malaysian Resources Corporation Berhad to deliver retail, offices and housing above the forthcoming CRL hub Aotea Station.
Outbreaks like coronavirus start in and spread from the edges of cities
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The ongoing coronavirus is an example of the close relationships between urban development and new or re-emerging infectious diseases.
PhD student reimagines urban life playfully
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Auckland University doctoral candidate and newly-elected Waitematā Local Board member seeks a more playful city.
How do we get Wellington moving?
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Landscape Architecture Aotearoa discusses the government’s plan for Wellington’s public transport and whether it addresses the city’s issues.
Auckland masterplan approved by Planning Committee
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Aucklanders are being invited to have their say on what the city centre will look like in 20 years, with the release of a masterplan by the council.
Child’s play: Involving kids in design
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Two researchers share how they are working with Auckland children to understand why co-designing with kids might work.
Wins and losses: Natalie Allen
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Ashley Cusick speaks to the founder of The Urban Advisory about urban innovation, forging your own path and more.
Protest planned against harbour extension
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An urban activist group has planned a rally in opposition to the proposed 90m extension to Queens Wharf in Auckland.
Home and business: Living in harmony
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It seems that what makes a place liveable and what makes a place good for business are at odds. But, can we have both?
Designed to disrupt: A regeneration tool
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Research funded by Building Better Homes, Towns and Cities has led to a free tool for imagining urban planning outcomes.
Ladies Mile: More homes for Queenstown
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The South Island tourist hotspot needs over 9000 more dwellings in the next decade but where will they all go?
Joining the dots on urbanism
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Stephen Olsen reviews the Urbanism New Zealand conference, which took place in Wellington on 14 and 15 May.
Expressions of interest: FESTA 2018
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Christchurch’s FESTA explores the theme ‘food and the city’ in 2018 and is calling for expressions of interest.
Creating social sustainability
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Urban development professions need to take responsibility for social environments, writes David Batchelor, planner at Beca.
The future of Auckland
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Commentary from built environment professionals on the Panel’s recommendations on the Proposed Auckland Unitary Plan.
Self-aware cities
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Nick Roberts looks at two types of self-aware isolated urban enclaves: the corporate tech campus and the free-trade zone.