Tactical urbanism
How Auckland's Urban Lab tests whether the public is ready for change
If you’ve wandered through Auckland’s Eastern Viaduct recently, then you may have helped shape the future of the city through Panuku Development Auckland's “Urban Lab”. Here, principal landscape architect of the public realm at Panuku Cameron Perkins explains how it's helping test ideas out with the public.
Electric dreams
Scoot, scoot: Auckland and Christchurch to get e-scooters, but will the public take to them?
Scooters have long been known as a convenient option to zip around town in, but now, there’s a new kind of scooter on the rise: the electric scooter. What’s more, Auckland Transport and Christchurch Council have ordered a batch from the US to test them out on the streets.
Opinion
Urban resilience: How we can take a holistic approach to make our cities future ready
At a recent National Emergence Conference, one of the key themes discussed was that communities with a good sense of purpose and identity can be more prepared for a shock or change. Ignite Architects director Richard Voss shares how urban design and architecture can support this philosophy, and prepare generations for the environmental and technological changes to come.
Lighting the way
Spotlight on Henry Crothers, LandLAB director and Light Path designer
LandLAB director Henry Crothers is a man whose name has become synonymous with urban renewal in New Zealand. He has been involved in some of the most significant urban renewal and public transformation projects in New Zealand including the Auckland City Centre streetscapes and 'shared space' programme, as well as the pink light path. In a video profile series by Landscape Architecture New Zealand, he explains what drives him and how he believes the role of a landscape architect is changing.
Idealog + Generator
The design evolution of Auckland's co-working spaces
Constantly evolving workplaces pose constant design challenges for co-working spaces. Here’s how Generator has dealt with them across its many different locations.
Big ups
Christchurch's The Hub Hornby snags top architecture award
It may be a ways from the central city, and even further from the sea, but there's quite a bit happening in the Christchurch suburb of Hornby these days. For proof: The Hub Hornby, which has won top accolades at the recent New Zealand Property Council awards.
Signs here
Signs of the Times: Conversation-starting art comes to Auckland’s Cornwall Park
People who like Signs of the Times might also like Auckland’s Cornwall Park.
Play ball
The Idealog guide to striking stadium designs
As debate about a new national stadium in Auckland picks up steam, we take a look at interesting stadium design innovations across the globe.
Walking on
New Victoria University of Wellington study: Biking and walking pays - so will more New Zealand cities catch on?
The benefits of encouraging biking and walking outweigh the costs by ten to one, according to a new study from Victoria University of Wellington and the New Zealand Centre for Sustainable Cities. Will it be something cities in Aotearoa take into account when planning for the future?
