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Is Auckland's 'urban village' ideal straying off course?
How you see the restoration of a collection of century-old buildings on Auckland's downtown waterfront is a matter of perspective.
Designers Institute of NZ: Best Design Awards 2010
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.
<i>Planit Associates</i>: Get the CBD back up and running
Consultancy Planit Associates says the Christchurch earthquake requires a rethink in the way development and urban growth are managed.
<i>Hamish Keith</i>: After disaster comes opportunity
Hamish Keith is an arts and social commentator.
The plan to avoid traffic mayhem
There will be 36 hours of car chaos next weekend when the country's busiest highway closes to south-bound traffic.
Southern Sudan's plan for world's beast capital
Southern Sudan's city planners have come up with a wild idea.
<i>Pip Cheshire:</i> Super City presents chance to shape Auckland
Pip Cheshire writes on the pitfalls of good urban design in Auckland planning.
A career built to last
Having made the jump from engineering to architecture, there was no stopping award-winner Ian Moore.
Public has no automatic say in SkyCity street plans
Auckland ratepayers will not automatically get a say in SkyCity plans to expand its convention centre over Federal St.
<i>Jane and Antony Matthews:</i> Harbour sheds old, but not 'cheap and nasty'
Jane and Antony Matthews write on the historic significance of Queens Wharf and its buildings.
Absolutely positively a harbour to envy
Auckland may be heading for Super City status but our waterfront pales in comparison with Wellington's.