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Keen to future-proof your project? Find info and inspiration on how to build well-designed, resilient and sustainable buildings that generate strong liveability outcomes for our people, create a sense of place and identity for our communities, and meet the demands of our changing city.

Auckland citizens enjoy dusk in Auckland, walk around and eating brunch outside a café. On the floors above the street are beautiful apartments, framed by trees, with pink heritage buildings and the Auckland skyline in the background.

Residential

  • Looking across the street at the orange tiled facade of the townhouses.

    Kotuitui II
    Terraced housing

    Kōtuitui Courtyards and Terraces are two rows of two and three level terraced housing located in Manukau.

  • Looking at the homes from the street in the evening light; there are people walking around.

    Buckley terraces
    Terraced housing

    Good terraced house development that creates an excellent edge to the street while accommodating the car via rear lane access.

  • On a sunny day looking down on the apartments and terraces with the Auckland skyline in the background.

    Beaumont quarter
    Terraced housing

    High density development in an Auckland central city environment that utilises a wide range of typologies.

  • Example of best practice sustainable building design – uses current best practice passive solar design, low impact storm water design, low energy use building systems and onsite energy generation to have zero net overall energy use.

    Zero Energy house
    Detached home

    Zero Energy house showcases passive solar design, low impact storm water design, low energy use building systems.

  • A bird's eye view of the apartment block; there is a patch of lawn with cushions and plants where people can sit and relax.

    The Isaac
    Apartments

    The Isaac in Grey Lynn demonstrates that high density and high amenity can go hand in hand.

  • Cohaus
    Terraced housing and apartments

    Cohaus is a twenty-unit housing development in Grey Lynn.


Mixed use

  • Front on view across the street, looking at 3 different 5-6 storey apartments on Vinegar Lane, with cars parked out front.

    Vinegar Lane
    Mixed use development

    A beautifully designed and environmentally thoughtful neighbourhood of town houses, terrace houses, boutique apartments and office space.


Hoa hoa Māori Māori design

  • Toia is a multi-purpose community facility located in central Otahuhu. The facility features a library, swimming pools, recreation and training facilities, playgrounds, picnic areas, a café, a Citizen’s Advice Bureau and more.

    Tōia
    Hoa hoa Māori

    Toia is a multi-purpose community facility located in central Otahuhu.

  • Architecturally beautifull in wood panelling at various angles along the frontage, this Music and Arts centre expresses place and Māori culture

    Te Oro
    Hoa hoa Māori

    Te Oro comprises of three two-storey pavilions linked by a naturally lit circulation space.

  • Te Wananga designers perspective aerial view

    Te Wānanga
    Hoa hoa Māori

    Te Wānanga integrates public space with upgraded ferry infrastructure to revitalise the City Centre’s interface with Te Waitematā (Waitematā harbour).

  • The papakainga is centred around a communal green space, which provides space for dining, fruittrees, a vegetable patch and an open green play area.

    Tuarua
    Hoa hoa Māori/ Kāinga Hou

    Suburban papakāinga / multi-generational housing solutions can be developed on suburban sites.

  • Three quarter view of a development with two buildings with three storeys each, arranged around a communal space.

    Tuakana/Teina
    Hoa hoa Māori/ Kāinga Hou

    This design concept modifies a typical suburban site to create extended Māori intergenerational living, with enough housing for up to 8 family units.

  • The Ukutoia design replaces 2 state homes on traditional quarter-acre sections with 14 new terrace homes, communal facilities and a range of private, shared and public spaces. Overall the development creates 53 bedrooms

    Ukutoia
    Hoa hoa Māori/ Kāinga Hou

    Ukutoia Kāinga Hou is a housing solution that enables Māori whanau to live and thrive together, as Māori.

  • The papakainga design provides a mix of communal and private spaces across 3 dwellings.

    Tuatahi
    Hoa hoa Māori/ Kāinga Hou

    This papakainga example is situated on a typical large suburban site.

  • We see Kāinga tuatahi three-storey walk-ups arranged around a communal garden. It is a sunny day and the wooden planter boxes contain mulch with food plants about to grow up to the sun. The paths between the beds are white chip. The walk-ups each have a large single pitched roof, with a mix of corrugated iron and timber cladding.

    Kainga Tuatahi
    Hoa hoa Māori

    30 townhouses, with a range of two, three and four bedroom configurations aituated in Ōrākei on Ngāti Whātua Ōrākei ancestral whenua.

  • We see a first person view of Commercial Bay plaza, looking south. It is daytime, and people are out sitting on benches enjoying each other's company, while others walk with shopping bags. The glass facade of Commercial Bay towers over the people, hemmed in by trees. We see Queen street in the background.

    Commercial Bay
    Hoa hoa Māori

    Demonstrating the value that meaningful engagement with Mana Whenua and application of the Te Aranga Māori design principles.

  • Photograph taken from outside Toi o Tāmaki - Auckland Art Gallery

    Toi o Tamaki - Auckland Art Gallery
    Hoa hoa Māori

    Demonstrating how Mana Whenua engagement can lead to unique, meaningful and beautiful design outcomes.


Te Ao Tangata Universal design

  • Northern façade of the Canadian Museum for Human Rights

    Canadian Museum for Human Rights
    Universal design

    The Canadian Museum for Human Rights (CMHR) sets new international benchmarks for universal design.


Public realm design

  • Green metal bike racks on St Paul street in downtown Auckland. The metal is bent into curves reminiscent of a winding stream. This is so reference the Waihorotiu Stream running under Queen Street.

    St Paul Street
    A Tactical Urbanism Initiative (TUI)

    A Tactical Urbanism Initiative (TUI) design collaboration between AUT and Auckland Council to improve the street, making it better and safer.

  • Lorne St traffic calming with red carpet, benches and planters outside Auckland Library

    Lorne Street
    A Tactical Urbanism Initiative (TUI)

    A Tactical Urbanism Initiative (TUI) place-making and traffic-calming collaboration to enable Library activities to spill out into the street.

  • People having lunch at the table leaners created for Elliot St. Image credit - Simone Rinke

    Elliott Street
    A Tactical Urbanism Initiative (TUI)

    A Tactical Urbanism Initiative (TUI) project designed to support the local food and beverage businesses on Elliott Street.

  • Shortland Street polka dots with lunchtime foot traffic crossing the road

    Shortland Street and the Polka Dot Projects
    Tactical Urbanism Initiative (TUI)

    A Tactical Urbanism initiative (TUI) for Shortland Street.

  • People walking along Queen Street and the Waihorotiu Path.

    Waihorotiu Queen Street
    Tactical Urbanism Initiative (TUI)

    The evolution of Queen Street from a traffic corridor to a vibrant city destination.

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