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Squaring our past with our futures… | Auckland Design Manual Blog
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Auckland Design Manual Blog. Squaring our past with our futures…. September 22, 2015. If a picture paints a thousand words, then a place can tell a thousand stories. No where is that more true than Freyberg Square in Auckland’s High Street precinct, which has played host to millions of people over the years, and provides the backdrop for many of their life stories. Click on image below for larger image. Like most of Auckland, Freyberg’s history can be traced back to the geological forces that have sculpt...
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Housing for Life | Auckland Design Manual Blog
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Auckland Design Manual Blog. Archive Housing for Life. RSS feed for this section. Coming soon…The Easy Guide to the Unitary Plan. November 17, 2016. What can I build under the Unitary Plan? And what does that look like? If you’re thinking of building under the new rules and are looking for the quick guide to the Unitary Plan, then you’ll be pleased to know the Auckland Design Manual’s Easy Guide to the Unitary Plan will be available this December. The Design Manual […]. September 20, 2016. May 25, 2016.
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Events | Auckland Design Manual Blog
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Auckland Design Manual Blog. RSS feed for this section. Taking Pride in your neighbourhood. February 17, 2017. This year’s Auckland Pride Festival kicked off with a bang last Friday and there have been many loud, proud events happening all over the city. Now in its fifth year, the festival ends on 26th February, culminating with one of the annual highlights, the Pride Parade down Ponsonby Road. We spoke with Julian Cook, AK […]. New content for a New Year. February 3, 2017. Ngā mihi o te tau hou! We hear...
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Thriving Neighbourhoods | Auckland Design Manual Blog
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Auckland Design Manual Blog. RSS feed for this section. June 27, 2016. During the 20th century of car-dominated movement, when streets grew wider and motorways fuelled suburban expansion, some smaller streets were completely forgotten. Traditionally providing access to the rear of buildings, these narrow lanes, or laneways, present a unique opportunity to extend, diversify and provide some inner city magic to the public realm. Leftover from […]. Public art, community, and what can we learn from Chicago?
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June | 2016 | Auckland Design Manual Blog
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Auckland Design Manual Blog. Archive June, 2016. June 27, 2016. During the 20th century of car-dominated movement, when streets grew wider and motorways fuelled suburban expansion, some smaller streets were completely forgotten. Traditionally providing access to the rear of buildings, these narrow lanes, or laneways, present a unique opportunity to extend, diversify and provide some inner city magic to the public realm. Leftover from […]. Subdivision and Home Design Go Hand in Hand. March 11, 2015.
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World Class Streets | Auckland Design Manual Blog
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Auckland Design Manual Blog. Archive World Class Streets. RSS feed for this section. Federal Street…from Auckland to ‘Walkland’. March 1, 2017. It’s Walking School Bus Week across Auckland and the ADM is tackling the issue of walkability in the city. Following on from last week’s post on why Auckland should be more walkable, we look at one of the recent walkability success stories – the upgrade of Federal Street. Federal Street was once a back end service street with […]. February 24, 2017. June 27, 2016.
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May | 2016 | Auckland Design Manual Blog
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Auckland Design Manual Blog. Archive May, 2016. Density done well, not just downtown. May 25, 2016. Forget the binary of apartment tower or single house. This won’t deliver choice or affordability for Auckland. Embrace instead what has been missing: medium density options of low rise apartments, terraces and semi-detached housing interspersed with gardens and parks. A diversified housing stock across the city is crucial for a sustainable and successful Auckland. Current […]. March 11, 2015. April 26, 2016.
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November | 2016 | Auckland Design Manual Blog
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Auckland Design Manual Blog. Archive November, 2016. Coming soon…The Easy Guide to the Unitary Plan. November 17, 2016. What can I build under the Unitary Plan? And what does that look like? If you’re thinking of building under the new rules and are looking for the quick guide to the Unitary Plan, then you’ll be pleased to know the Auckland Design Manual’s Easy Guide to the Unitary Plan will be available this December. The Design Manual […]. Access to All Areas at the Universal Design Symposium.
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Grow your own leafy green Auckland | Auckland Design Manual Blog
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Auckland Design Manual Blog. Grow your own leafy green Auckland. April 26, 2016. The practice of adorning buildings with plants has been around for a long time. Modern green roofs were pioneered in Germany in the 1960s, and vertical planting has been around in different forms for centuries. A green city is a cooler city. Planting on roofs helps to cool cities down as the plants absorb much of the energy instead using the sunlight to fuel their own growth while reducing the excess heat emitted into the en...
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World-class streets | Auckland Design Manual Blog
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Auckland Design Manual Blog. December 11, 2014. Streets can do so much more than just get you from A to B. Here, we’ll be exploring the evolving role of the street beyond transportation by car. Together with Auckland Transport, we’ll be discussing the latest street-design innovations and exploring new ideas to make streets more accessible and enjoyable for all users: walkers, cyclists and drivers. Kāinga Tuatahi, Kupe Street. Episode 2: The Design Development. August 9, 2016 at 2.31am. March 11, 2015.
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