Prominent figures from the world of art and architecture demand action over huge, floodlit ads obscuring palaces up and down the Grand Canal.

The Best Design Awards is a collection of creative excellence for designers and their clients. These are the four Purple Pin (Supreme Award) winners and this years Gold winners in Graphic, Product, Interactive and Spatial Design.

Questions are being raised about the strength of Stadium Southland's now collapsed roof.

The Govt will contribute up to $10m to assist with the repair and restoration of character buildings in quake-hit Canterbury.

Geotechnology engineers are assessing damage to Christchurch land and are expected to file their reports next week.

A 1960s-designed confluence of Tarmac, roundabouts and Brutalist architecture has won the Carbuncle Cup for Britain's ugliest new building.

The new Newmarket railway station was a unique project that demanded an innovative approach, writes Steve Hart.

Preparations are under way for NZ's largest corporate relocation with Telecom's new $280m Auckland headquarters nearly finished.

It's time John Key put the dummy back in Murray McCully's mouth and sent him to the Chris Carter home for over-stressed politicians.

The ARC, co-owner of Queens Wharf, has voted to keep one of the wharf sheds as a Rugby World Cup "party central" venue, alongside the Govt's temporary Cup structure dubbed the "slug".

A UK Judge has accused Prince Charles of grossly exceeding his constitutional powers by interfering in a £3bn property development.

Rome's cityscape, with its mix of medieval, Renaissance and baroque architecture, is about to get its first skyscraper.

Pip Cheshire writes on the pitfalls of good urban design in Auckland planning.

Commercial project managers need to take responsibility for the mess their activity leaves behind, writes Tim Greer.

Having made the jump from engineering to architecture, there was no stopping award-winner Ian Moore.

Ironbank - a shipping container-style office and retail block on Karangahape Rd - won NZ's top architecture award last night.