When it’s named New Zealand’s next top bookshelf. From Kaitaia to Bluff, a call has been put out for booklovers to take a snap of themselves next to their inspired bookshelf, to be in with a chance to ... More …
Canterbury's NZi3 Innovation building, luxury Auckland apartments and Rob Fyfe are among winners celebrated at the recent 2010 New Zealand Engineering Excellence Awards in Wellington, attended by more than 360 guests. But the winner of the Supreme Award for ... More …
In this TED presentation, Canadian John Hardy takes you on a tour of the ‘Green School’, his off-the-grid school in Bali that teaches kids how to build, garden, create (and get into college). He discusses its unique architectural features and ... More …
A Kiwi who makes bicycles described as “...pure art, craft and performance” in his spare time has walked away with a not-so-shabby $10,000 cash and media support to make his endeavour really take off. As part of the Steinlager ... More …
While we’re now all confirming a myriad of friends on Facebook, in 1981, having friends was directly proportional to how much motorised traffic appeared on your street, and it probably still does. According to Professor Donald Appleyard’s Liveable ... More …
Taking you on architectural journey far and wide—from Poland to Portugal, Iran to Australia—the book 'HOUSE' makes global architecture a witty, fun, accessible and educational experience for children—and as we discovered when the book was in our ... More …
ngrid Fetell is a human factors specialist at design and innovation consulting firm IDEO. In a nutshell, her job is to bring human-centred thinking to design challenges in a wide range of industries. She’s big on design and delight ... More …
What exactly is a house? A simple dwelling with a roof and four walls? Sure, if you’re ordinary. But did you know a house can also be a nut, a suitcase, a UFO and even a giant balloon you ... More …
Here’s a thrifty way to fit out an office. But thrifty as it may be, it’s also rather funky. Using wooden pallets, Dutch architectural firm Most Architecture have created this novel temporary office space for an Amsterdam advertising ... More …
Design enthusiasts will be muscling it out and testing their skills against each other next month as part of the Panorama 2010 Asia-Pacific Design Challenge at Kuala Lumpur. The event brings designers, architects, engineers and digital artists together, who will ... More …
A rainwater storage feature that resembles a giant pebble and an amplifier—taking its influence from insects and adjusts to a listeners musical instincts—are two of the unique and innovative projects featured as part of Unitec’s annual grad ... More …
While iPhones and the like have burst onto the mobile scene, for those involved in designing the apps associated with the smartphone world, an explosion of app designers wouldn’t go astray. The shortage is particularly noticeable in New Zealand ... More …
From an opera house to a bus shelter, and even public loos—the winners from the recent NZIA 2010 Southern Architecture Awards are a diverse bunch. And sustainability gets a decent look-in too. And now, starting off with the grandest ... More …
While the best of built architecture is being celebrated around the country with the NZIA local architecture awards, it was the turn of unbuilt architecture to strut its stuff at the recent 2010 AAA (Auckland Architecture Association) Cavalier Bremworth Design ... More …
From an airline practically hung by its heels in 2002—encumbered with an outdated fleet, an obsolete business model and employee and national morale at an all-time low—Air New Zealand has transformed to become a world-class airline with a ... More …