Urban Design
Green data storage, green walls
Claire Concannon investigates how luminescence and specialised materials could be key to our growing data storage needs, and visits a test site for native vertical gardens that could cloak the walls… Audio
Green data storage, green walls
Claire Concannon investigates how luminescence and specialised materials could be key to our growing data storage needs, and visits a test site for native vertical gardens that could cloak the walls…
AudioOur Changing World - Our cities' green future
PhD candidate Maggie McKinnon reckons the future of city buildings is green – literally. She's investigating the optimal native vertical garden for Wellington's wind-blasted walls. Claire Concannon… Audio
Urban design: New planning rules on table
Senior lecturer from Auckland University's school of Architecture and Planning, Bill McKay, joins The Panel to discuss new planning rules aiming to increase the density of housing in urban centres. Audio
Designing cities with 'sustainable mobility'
Expat urban designer Skye Duncan landed a top job in New York working for Michael Bloomberg on one of his philanthropic projects. As Director of the Global Designing Cities Initiative at the National… Audio
Designing a dream city: Nice Try!
Nice Try! is a 7-part series looking at the elusive idea of utopia- a perfect society or place- and how this concept's been interpreted at various points in history, from Hitler's plans for Berlin, to… Audio
150 below market value houses planned for Christchurch
A co-housing development which aims to build community and sustainability in central Christchurch is planning to offer 150 houses to be sold below market value.
Urban design thinking can rescue our dairies
Opinion - The humble dairy is under siege and it's going to take a collective effort, and some smart design, to turn that around, writes Auckland Council's Ludo Campbell Reid.
Auckland firm wins two top design gongs
Auckland landscape design firm Isthmus has recently won two international awards for the Kopupaka Reserve and Taumanu Reserve Bridge in Auckland. Audio, Gallery
Chch City Council to commit 10 percent of spending to resilience
The mayor of Christchurch will today pledge to commit at least 10 percent of the city's spending to prepare for future shocks and stresses.
Climate Kit - when technology meets climate action
Sara Dean and Beth Ferguson are American designers whose projects include using Twitter to help Jakarta residents know about floods, and creating accessible solar charging stations. Audio
Climate Kit - when technology meets climate action
Sara Dean and Beth Ferguson are American designers whose projects include using Twitter to help Jakarta residents know about floods, and creating accessible solar charging stations.
AudioGuy Perry on quality urban living
How we live and where we live can have a massive effect on our wellbeing. Guy Perry is an expert on the design of healthy cities and is visiting Auckland for a conference on infrastructure and… Audio
Owen Hatherley: Cities in a Climate of Change
British author and guest speaker at Auckland's Cities in a Climate of Change conference - presenting this evening at City Gallery Wellington. Audio
Christchurch rebuild aims to reduce crime through design
Smart design cuts crime. That's the message from international crime scientists for Christchurch and those managing the quake rebuild. Audio
Shared spaces
Town Planner Tshering Phuntsho wants to introduce the concept of a shared space in his city in Bhutan. Charaf Ahmemed from UNESCO. Chris Orr from the Blind Foundation says disability groups were… Audio
Henriette Vamberg - rating Auckland
Henriette Vamberg, of Denmark's Gehl Architects, reflects on the progress made by Auckland in transforming itself into a liveable city. Audio
Bikes vs Cars
Bikes vs Cars is a documentary exploring the relationship between cyclists, cars and urban design in cities around the world. We speak to the film's director Fredrik Gertten. Video, Audio
Why some of our cities and towns are so ugly
Urban designer Garth Falconer has spent eight years examining how different cities came to be as they are, their faults, the opportunities and where to from here. Audio
Urbanist Tommy Honey
Urban Design - the merits, or otherwise, of convention centres. Audio
