• Self formation and innovation 

      Klasz, Walter; Bacher, Michael; Woodruffe, Paul (EdA International Journal, 2015-09-27)
      Contemporary architecture and product design is confronted with a rapidly increasing offer of new materials and technologies. At the same time a growing consciousness can be observed that some established solutions need a ...
    • Six rules for housing design in the city 

      Turner, David (AGM A Division of BCI Central, 2019-08-22)
      Almost every discussion of housing amongst architects turns to a critique of design priorities in the speculative market – the product of an industry that supplies two-thirds or more of all housing in cities in New Zealand ...
    • Stilled in the city by coloured light 

      Rennie, Julian (Screencity Lab, 2013-09)
      Does coloured light still have the power to silence us? In the current urban world of social media and 30-second sound bites, do we have any retreats from our “uba-paced” lifestyle? Is there time and are there places where ...
    • Suburban styles: Housing design at higher densities in Aotearoa New Zealand 

      Turner, David (Unitec ePress, 2021-12-21)
      Suburban housing design in Aotearoa New Zealand’s cities evolved through the twentieth century with adaptable styles to suit changing fashions and various forms of external expression. Designers followed a path that saw a ...
    • Taurua’s whare 

      Rangiwai, Byron (Auckland University of Technology, 2021)
      This paper will discuss Taurua’s whare: a whare built to memorialise Taurua Nātana, his mokopuna, and others and to shelter manuhiri engaged in the pōhiri process at Waiōhau marae. Taurua’s whare is part of the Waiōhau ...
    • Te Pūtaha Auaha: Avondale Graffiti Pavilion 

      Patel, Yusef; Hung, Wing-Tai (Bobby); McPherson, Peter; Peni, E. (Unitec ePress, 2021-12-21)
      Public architectural and art installations can enable leftover and forgotten urban spaces to be positively reinvigorated. These interventions can be produced at different scales and placed in a variety of existing ...
    • Translation and continuity of tradition: An ongoing dialogue in Aotearoa New Zealand 

      Kaur, J.; Jadresin-Milic, Renata (INTBAU Spain, 2021-11-10)
      English and Spanish parallel text Though short, Aotearoa/New Zealand’s history is rich and holds an abundance of knowledge preserved in the form of songs, beliefs, practices, and narratives that inform this country’s ...
    • Uncharted architectural theory of critical regionalism in the work of Aleksandar Deroko between the world wars 

      Madanovic, M.; Jadresin-Milic, Renata (University of Birmingham, England, 2020-06)
      The paper comprises four parts. Drawing from the definition of critical regionalism presented by Tzonis and Lefaivre in their analysis of Mumford’s work, the first part focuses on Deroko’s interwar writing about architecture. ...
    • An untraditional perspective of tradition : the lessons of Gummer and Ford in architectural education and designing for New Zealand. A Unitec research project. 

      Mađanović, M.; Moore, Cameron; Jadresin-Milic, Renata (Unitec ePress, 2021-03-18)
      Tūāpapa Rangahau, the Research and Enterprise Office at Unitec Institute of Technology, focuses on opportunities, challenges and problems in a wide variety of subjects. In 2020, the authors proposed a research project ...
    • Walking backwards into the future in Te Pokapū Tāone, Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland’s city centre 

      Nicholls, L. (ePress, Unitec|Te Pūkenga, 2023-11-21)
      Te pokapū tāone o Tāmaki, Auckland’s city centre, is the belly of Tāmaki Makaurau, Aotearoa New Zealand’s fastest growing residential neighbourhood and a significant contributor to the region and to the country. Globally, ...