As a koha to celebrate the rise of Matariki, AUT has commissioned a collection of free artworks. The works, available to all under a creative commons licence, depict the nine whetū of Matariki, a map of the star cluster, and a Matariki sign.
https://t.co/vZxbGBUXv5
Episode 045 is live! We visit the amazing CoHaus and talk to architects Thom Gill and Helle Westergaard, who showed us around, explained the design and development process, and what they've learned as designers. Out now!
📷 by Sam Hartnett, Adam Luxton
https://t.co/DAAXhfuBsI
Episode 044 is live! We discuss NZIA’s Gold Medal award winners Stevens Lawson, Kate Wagner’s article on House Porn, and the highlights of our summers. We're glad to be back into our year of exciting conversations!
https://t.co/rZXIaPJBek
The 2023 International Symposium on Nature-based Urban Climate Adaptation for Wellbeing (NUWAO) @urban_oceania takes place this Wednesday to Saturday in Wellington! Speakers include @RRegenvanu, Kara Puketapu-Dentice, @ALRefiti and MANY more🌲
Details: https://t.co/59voA2FIfs
Episode 041 is live! Our 2nd interview from @NZIArchitects#insitu22 is with LA architect Michael Maltzan about housing as infrastructure and his belief that the practice of architecture can provide solutions to complex environmental and social problems
https://t.co/iaurtj64pB
Free public lecture: What is Pacific Architecture?
Associate Professor @ALRefiti on prehistoric Pacific architecture and its more recent history in Aotearoa New Zealand & the Pacific.
📍Objectspace, 19 Sept, 5.30pm, register here:
https://t.co/CnoenERxxR
@ElrondBurrell We agree @ElrondBurrell. It’s not easy for the reader or potential clients to know who’s who in architecture. Architect, licensed building practitioner, architectural designer, are they the same or different? Best advice - it pays to check at https://t.co/plwz1PrG1E
@ElrondBurrell Glad to see Friday’s Bulletin is read so keenly @ElrondBurrell. As "NZ's Coolest Redevelopment," we should have acknowledged @Jasmax alongside @HBA_London. We’ve corrected The Bulletin on our site. Such an important and amazing project. Oh, and we all love kākāriki green!
Pushing the new energy efficiency regulations back by six months could see 200,000 tonnes of additional greenhouse gas emissions, @marcdaalder reports
https://t.co/7AiJ7T3SWs
Living in damp, mouldy homes is making us sick. In some cases it's killing us. That’s why we're urging @MBIEgovtnz to remain committed to its 2 November deadline to make high standards of insulation compulsory in all new homes.
https://t.co/ZcPMgZYhhg
📷 Tony Webster
With MBIE's new proposal to push out the deadline for increased insulation requirements that will make new homes warmer, drier and more energy efficient, we thought we'd share this piece we wrote a year ago:
https://t.co/o513NFRTWo
"Look at those two-bedroom houses, all black bricks and red roofs with solar panels, less than a 200-metre walk from the marae and designed specifically for kaumatua needs."
https://t.co/o4pcC9QDwD
Pick up a copy of this month's @NorthSouthNZ to read the winning essay from the 2021 Warren Trust Awards for Architectural Writing open category, by Celia Mahon-Heap (and a many other excellent pieces of writing!)
“Houses don’t have to be large — just thoughtful”, award-winning architect Lisa Webb of studio/LWA tells @NZHViva for this week's cover story. 📷 by Babiche Martens
https://t.co/gUdwmF2skH
Ngārchitecture: Anthony Hoete @WHAT_hoete speaks to @ninetonoon's Kathryn Ryan about turning his attention to Māori and indigenous architectural projects and finding practical, affordable and sustainable housing solutions. Listen on the @radionz website
https://t.co/JjMZZByx2v
If you happen to be up at 4.30am on Friday, check out the streamed presentation, by TOA Architects' Matekitātahi Rāwiri-McDonald and Rameka Alexander-Tu’inukuafe, on Māori-led social-housing project Te Kōtukutuku, in Otara, Tāmaki Makaurau.
https://t.co/GltkQlGLan
Episode 038 is live! In this episode we discuss the RMA Amendment Bill with our resident expert Tash - is it all long driveways and tiny windows, or is this a genuine answer to housing supply shortages?
https://t.co/OGFD76m9cC