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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

  • Kotuitui Courtyards and Terraces are two rows of two and three level terraced housing located in the city of Manukau, Tamaki Makaurau/Auckland. They form one development within a very large, masterplanned neighbourhood collectively referred to as Kotuitui – “to connect” .

    Kotuitui II

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

  • Looking down Buckley Avenue at the six two-storey terraced houses sitting next to a shared lane. The lane is concrete with attractive lines serving as gutters. There are garden beds softening the boundary between the lane and the homes.

    Buckley terraces

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

  • At the foot of an escarpment overlooking the Waitemata Harbour, the Beaumont Quarter sits across from Victoria Park on a site previously used for a gasworks. The site is in close proximity to central Auckland; we can see the city skyline, and the motorway passes nearby. There are trees buffering the homes from the noise of the city, the sky is blue and puffy clouds float by.

    Beaumont quarter

    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

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

  • The Isaac

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

  • Cohousing is often designed, built and lived in by people who plan to be long-term residents. This helps to create a shared sense of community responsibility for the development.

    Cohaus

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


Mixed use developments

Vinegar Lane

Vinegar Lane

Ponsonby's new Vinegar Lane is the first to be awarded an 8-Homestar Design rating in New Zealand.


Māori design

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

    Tuakana/Teina

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

  • 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

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

  • 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

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

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

    Te Oro

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

  • Te Wananga designers perspective aerial view

    Te Wānanga

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

  • 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 Kāinga Hou

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

  • 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

    The Commercial Bay development demonstrates the value that meaningful engagement with Mana Whenua and application of the Te Aranga Māori design principles.

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

    Tuatahi Kāinga Hou

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

  • 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 Kāinga Hou

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

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

    Toi o Tamaki - Auckland Art Gallery

    Toi o Tāmaki (Auckland Art Gallery) demonstrates how Mana Whenua engagement across a project’s life can directly lead to unique, meaningful and beautiful design outcomes.


Universal design

Canadian Museum for Human Rights

Canadian Museum for Human Rights

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

Public Realm

Lorne Street - Tactical Urbanism Initiative (TUI)

Lorne Street - Tactical Urbanism Initiative (TUI)

A people-centred approach to improving our city. Achieving change on the street quickly, cost-effectively and creatively. 

Elliott Street - Tactical Urbanism Initiative (TUI)

Elliott Street - Tactical Urbanism Initiative (TUI)

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

St Paul Street Tactical Urbanism Initiative (TUI)

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

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

A Tactical Urbanism initiative for Shortland Street.
Te Wānanga

Te Wānanga

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

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