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Idealog—in the ideas business

  • Five new deals sealed with China

    2011-09-28 13:30:41 //
    New Zealand business will benefit from five new agreements signed today that further cement the growing relationship between China and New Zealand, deputy prime minister Bill English says.
  • New global report shows it’s out with the dirty and in with the cleaner renewables

    2011-06-24 09:20:21 // // The Idealog Blog
    From the late 1990s onwards, it seems wind and solar installations grew faster than any other power plant technology across the world. To put that into perspective, that’s about 430,000 MW total installed capacity between 2000 and 2010. That’s the good news according to a new report from Greenpeace, 'The Silent Energy Revolution: 20 Years in the Making'. But the organisation is at the same time cautious about the news, saying it in no way signals the end of fossil fuel-based power generation.
  • Fancy designing in China?

    2011-02-04 15:58:22 // // The Idealog Blog
    Roger Billington, director of SW Architecture Studio, a multi disciplinary design practice in China, is looking for interior designers from New Zealand to fill the following positions...
  • Urbanisation gets interactive

    2010-07-13 17:10:35 // // The Idealog Blog
    The 220,000 square meter pedestrian-oriented Linked Hybrid complex in Beijing was designed as a means of countering the numerous privatised urban developments in China, and at the same time, encouraging interactive relationships in public spaces.
  • It's a MAD world

    2010-07-13 09:58:04 // // The Idealog Blog | 2 comments
    When architect firm MAD asked themselves, “is it possible to build high-density, economically viable housing which is also architecturally innovative?” ‘Fake Hills’ housing development was the answer.
  • Contemporary NZ strategy for 1000s of Chinese apartments

    2010-07-02 13:00:21 // // The Idealog Blog
    Residents of the city of Guangzhou, in south-east China are enjoying contemporary apartment designs from the drawing board of Ignite Architects in New Zealand.
  • Pure propaganda

    2010-03-23 12:00:49 // // Idealog #26: workshop | 2 comments
    The World Expo should showcase Kiwi ideas—but Shanghai 2010 is a missed opportunity.