A French urban planning expert is in New Zealand this week, courtesy of think-tank the New Zealand Initiative.

The eastern Chinese city of Suzhou is joining a national rush for the sky with what's slated to become the world's third-tallest building.

Father-of-three Dean Wyllie, who was the architect on Prime TV's 'The Kiwi Dream' renovation show has died after falling down the stairs at his Auckland home.

Seven New Zealand buildings are shortlisted for awards in the World Architecture Festival in Singapore, held from October 1 to 3.

It might be the New Zealand dream but for many Aucklanders, owning their own home has become a chimera thanks to high prices and few affordable houses.

It might be the New Zealand dream but for many Aucklanders, owning their own home has become a chimera thanks to high prices and few affordable houses. The Auckland Council has plans more intensification and more green fields expansion, but others are already finding their only positive solutions to the city’s housing crisis.

Tony Gapes is set to take back control of New Zealand's most intensive affordable housing project after receivers last night confirmed the property developer has settled a company debt.

Seven new Auckland and Northland buildings won design awards last night, picked for their outstanding characteristics.

A $1.3 million 110-year-old Ponsonby villa is getting a high-profile makeover in what the owner hopes could result in a $2 million-plus sale.

A $1.3 million 110-year-old Ponsonby villa is getting a high-profile makeover in what the owner hopes could result in a $2 million-plus sale.

When one of the audience asked British architecture critic Jonathan Glancey what he thought of Auckland's Unitary Plan, he pointed to the example of Barcelona.

A small Kiwi-designed bach has won a prestigious award at a ceremony dubbed the "Oscars of architecture" in New York.

The winners of the 2014 New Zealand Architecture Awards.

New Zealand architects, including Auckland's much-awarded Andrew Patterson, have been critical of Australian practices winning big jobs here.

A New Zealand designer is flushed with success after his bizarre-looking public loos were voted the third best place on earth to spend a penny.

Corstorphine House's history of accommodating royals and Hollywood actors may help attract global "A-listers" when the Dunedin property goes on the market for $3.8m.

Plans for a $100 million waterfront hotel in Dunedin have been scrapped and the developers' partnership with the council has descended into acrimony.

Architecture students have imagined how Auckland will look sporting a new super-brothel, and Wellington's future if sea levels rise.

Jerome Partington, one of the people behind New Zealand’s most revolutionary building hopes the design will be a greenprint for more of the same countrywide, writes Alan Perrott.