Auckland Design Manual (ADM)

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City Centre Public Realm Design: Greening, Furniture, Paving and Public Art V1

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Auckland Council Standard Walkway Details Typical Boxed Steps Handrail

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Auckland Council Standard Walkway Details Typical Boxed Steps - Type B

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Auckland Council Standard Walkway Details Typical Concrete Walkway Details

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P04 Boxed Step Construction Details Draft Rev A

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Global Street Design Guide LowRes

PDF 65.1MB

Universal Design Personas

PDF 1.6MB

Read the Auckland Unitary Plan rules

UNITARY PLAN 101

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GD10 Coastal Hazard Assessment in the Auckland Region

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GD12 Private way guidance

PDF 4.7MB

2023 Coastal Receiving Environment Scenario Tool

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2020 Freshwater Management Tool A Next Generation

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Freshwater Management Tool

PDF 6.3MB

Wastewater network standards (external link)

Water networks standards (external link)

Practice and guidance note 2024 02 14 Incorporating MDRS

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Industry Bulletin Lateral Connections

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Case study Civic space Aotea Square

PDF 3.7MB

Case Study Public Art Henriata Mt Albert CAM Avdb

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Medium Density Housing Report Research Shay & Sarah

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Medium Density Housing Report 2019

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ADM Subdivision site priority tool

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Glossary - Auckland Design Manual

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Design Advice For Your Next Project

Subdivision and Neighbourhood design

Standalone House Design

Terraced Housing

Apartments

Mixed Use

Public Realm Design

Park Design

All Parks

Case studies

Civic Spaces

Developing a Park

Ecological

Historic

Informal Rec

Landscape

Sport and Active recreation

Technical Specs

Public Art

Streets

AT Documents

Case Studies

Designing for safety

Ministry of Justice CPTED

Catchpit safety

Māori Design

Te Aranga principles

Māori housing resource

Case studies

Climate change and Sustainability

Sustainable Homes

Universal Design

Overview - Goals of Universal Design – Author credit is Steinfeld and Maisel 2012

Design Personas

Checklists

Design Guidelines

1. Read the Planning Rules

2. Understand the Planning Rules

3. Apply the Planning Rules

4. Design Elements for the Planning Rules

5. Resource Consenting Practice and Guidance

6. Resource Consent Conditions Manual

7. Infrastructure Technical Guides

GD01 Stormwater Management Devices

GD04 Water sensitive design

GD05 Erosion and sediment control

GD06 On-Site waste water

GD07 Soakage

GD10 Coastal Hazards

GD12 Private Ways

GD13 Freeboard

GD15 Climate change scenarios Guideline

Network Discharge Conditions - NDC

Technical reports

Supporting model development is reported in

Conference papers

Stormwater WaterNZ

New Zealand Association of Resource Management

Farmed Landscapes Research Centre

Australasian Agricultural and Resource Economics Society

New Zealand Coastal Society

New Zealand Freshwater Sciences Society

Freshwater Management Tool

8. Infrastructure Code of Practice

Chapter 1 General requirements

Chapter 2 Earthworks and Geotechnical Requirements

Chapter 3 Transport

Chapter 4 Stormwater - CoP4

Chapter 5 Wastewater

Chapter 6 Water

Chapter 7 Landscape

9. Infrastructure Technical Specifications

10. Shoreline Adaptation Plans

11. Private Plan Change Practice and Guidance

12. Resource Consent Checklists

13. Technical Notes

1. Case Studies

Apartments

Civic space

Detached houses