Build 103: Changing housing needs

1 December 2007

Bigger, smaller, greener, healthier.
Weathertightness - What is being done?

In this issue

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Feature section: Weathertightness

The leaky building crisis and its impacts will be with us for years to come. While there are many unanswered questions, there are important principles and basic advice designers and builders should take note of so future disasters are avoided.

changing housing needs This Issue

Feature section: Changing housing needs

The demographic make-up of New Zealand is changing along with our lifestyles, and in response, our housing. Today we need houses that are bigger, smaller, healthier, greener and much more adaptable.