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Working across a sweeping array of projects, Rod Marler, director of design and place at Panuku Development Auckland, stands at the helm of a

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Chicago-based architectural star Tim Swanson chats with Idealog about misconceptions about prefabricated construction, how it's disrupting the way we build things, and more.

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Junk and Disorderly is the latest pop-up installment to come to Ponsonby Central. The space is a showcase of some collected pieces by the owners who wish to

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Method makes bins. But not just any bins - bins that encourage "open plan recycling" that the company hopes can spark a worldwide

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How do you get cars in the CBD to slow down? Enact a giant game of Twister on the road. Auckland Council has announced

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If you want affordable living in the city, don't expect your apartment to come with a carpark anymore.

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Xero is on the move. Or, at least its Auckland offices are. But the company won’t be leaving the City of Sails –

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Ever looked at a building and thought to yourself, can someone build houses on top of this? Turns out plenty of others have too. 

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Foodstuffs North Island is opening a brand-new distribution centre in Mangere, Auckland. The new project will see closure of the current Rotorua branch.

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A bridge (or tunnel) between New Zealand's North and South Islands may or may not happen - but if it did, it would join

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David Trubridge is well known for his intricate lighting sculptures, but his latest project is something a little different. The designer has created a

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An ancient wall building practice called rammed earth building is seeing a revival, with one New Zealand specialist arguing it’s a far greener way to

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A heritage-listed building in downtown Wellington has been reconstructed for the digital age – fitting when you consider that the company that has just

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A new technique for assessing earthquake damage to steel in buildings and bridges will allow engineers to get faster, more reliable information – and also

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A proposed radical redesign of Dunedin’s Steamer Basin is gaining momentum, with first step in the project ­– a bridge – getting funding approval

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As Auckland Transport is proposing a whopping 90 percent reduction in walking and cycling spending, how can we encourage more people to ditch their

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The way we work is changing. Not exactly profound, is it? But change is happening faster than ever – and to industries we might

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Where would we be without bridges? Stranded between two points, gazing forlornly across a vast expanse, presumably. But while we can all appreciate their

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Despite the Economist’s vote of confidence for Auckland as the Eighth Most Liveable City in the World for 2017, we who live here know

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We live in a world where architectural (and all) imagery is ubiquitous. An image of a new building in New York screen-grabbed online on

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Correlating design with the cultural identity and context is the only real foundation for authentic architecture. Everything else is academic, spatial and formal exercise

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The coveted World Building of the Year 2017 award was recently given to a rammed earth post-earthquake prototype home in China that "combined ancient

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Generator is opening up a new space in Auckland’s Takutai Square – just the latest sign that the City of Sails’ co-working scene is

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The rise of fast-casual dining is having an influence on some of the most well known fast food restaurant chains in the business –

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Oliver Haydon on how to tell if your architecture firm is growing too fast.  

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As our cities become denser, the role public space plays in thriving urban areas cannot be underestimated. That’s the message Wall Street Journal’s 2013

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