By Jonas Bengtsson
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1 April 2007, Build 99, Feature article
Australia’s vulnerability to droughts, coastal erosion and temperature increases, along with its high greenhouse gas emissions, means it must take climate change seriously when looking at urban design for the future.
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By Michael Donn
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1 April 2007, Build 99, Feature article
Proposed changes to the Wellington District Plan will make it easier for developers and designers to assess the effect of their projects on wind at street level.
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By Chris Watson
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1 April 2007, Build 99, Feature article
Melbourne City Council’s new office building, Council House 2 (CH2), has raised the benchmark for high-rise buildings.
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By Caroline Somerville
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1 April 2007, Build 99, Feature article
Designing one of the biggest urban projects undertaken in New Zealand requires careful handling. Albany City Developments explains why a comprehensive Master Plan is essential.
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By Ken Yeang
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1 April 2007, Build 99, Feature article
One of Europe’s largest ever regeneration programmes is underway in the run-down district of Elephant and Castle in southeast London. Aiming to create a whole new sense of place through innovative, high quality design, proposals include the Eco-towers – a vibrant, vertical village.
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By Miko Betanzo
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1 April 2007, Build 99, Feature article
The benefits of higher density environments are worth pursuing as they give us more choice, argues a student of architecture.
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By Kay Saville-Smith
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1 April 2007, Build 99, Feature article
When it comes to creating sustainable housing it’s not just what happens inside homes that matters – the whole neighbourhood needs to be taken into consideration.
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By John Hunt
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1 April 2007, Build 99, Feature article
New Zealand’S first Urban Design Panel is already helping to improve the standard of development projects in Auckland City.
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