2012-05-03 10:17:27 // Esther Goh
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Aucklanders can look forward to an integrated transport system, a third harbour crossing, and improved health and education services by 2040 if the city gets focused, takes action and builds investor confidence, according to a new study by the AECOM Global Cities Institute.
2012-04-11 11:47:50 // Idealog
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Lack of land is getting in the way of affordable housing, according to the government's Productivity Commission, which is recommending relaxing urban limits.
2012-02-24 15:52:59 // Idealog
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Cities bring together the best and worst of society. Check out some of the coolest urban projects happening now, planning for tomorrow.
2012-02-09 12:50:29 // Deirdre Robert
// Idealog #37: workshop
Auckland architecture firm Sills van Bohemen is sneaking some green back into Takapuna with the Hurstmere Green. Principal Christina van Bohemen is leading the charge.
2012-01-27 13:30:38
// Idealog #37: features
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Stage one of Wynyard Quarter's redevelopment barely scratches the surface of Waterfront Auckland's extensive vision
2011-12-16 15:26:45 // Design Daily Team
The Productivity Commission is recommending a reconsideration of Auckland’s draft spatial plan as part of a report into housing affordability.
2011-02-22 09:09:38 // Natasha Markham
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Auckland architect and urban designer Natasha Markham takes a tour of Berlin and finds a family friendly suburb that shows the value of planning.
2010-10-18 16:22:24 // Stephen Olsen
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Envisioning our global future in the shape of cities continues to be a flavour of the new decade, further evidenced this month by the October cover story of Foreign Policy, the widely available journal of global politics, economics and ideas otherwise known simply as FP.
2010-10-05 11:33:16 // Simon Todd
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“Cycling in Auckland’s only for the brave now. Only what I call Road Warriors are left.” So lamented a neon-bib wearing member of Cycle Action Auckland Inc as he, sandwich and plonk in hand, waited for the start of ‘Urban Design for a Super City’, part of the cycle club’s AGM. And who better to start the battle, than Auckland’s Environmental Strategy & Policy Manager, Ludo Campbell-Reid.
2010-09-30 15:19:04 // Deirdre Robert
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In downtown Auckland last night a host of Auckland business and local government leaders converged to listen as an expert panel shared their ideas on what the Auckland Spatial Plan could look like, how policymakers and ratepayers could contribute and interact with it, and how the plan could benefit the rest of New Zealand.
2010-08-16 11:08:39 // Design Daily Team
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Urban designers are being propelled into the development limelight with the release of new report, Urban Design Panels - A National Stocktake. The report is authored by urban designer Sarah Duffell on behalf of the Ministry for the Environment, and recommends that more weight be given to the expertise of urban design panels as a key tool in the decision making process followed by councils around New Zealand. Duffell says that urban design panels that are operating effectively can save time and money, for both applicants and councils, because consents can be decided on “better-resolved designs”.
