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Burying our heads in the sand on oil

16 March 2022

Opinion: The oil price crisis is one we should have seen coming, because an oil crisis has come around at least once every decade for the past 70 years, yet every time we do the opposite of what we should.
Drawing on personal experience to design for self-isolation

1 March 2022

Dr Charmaine 'Ilaiū Talei, who joined the School of Architecture and Planning as a senior lecturer this year, will be drawing on her first-hand experience of self-isolation in her new design paper, 'Living with Covid; home isolation to resilience centres'.
Maureen Lander and the students weaving magic

1 March 2022

Renowned Māori artist Dr Maureen Lander is working alongside students from several faculties at her alma mater to create an intricate installation artwork in the University of Auckland's Engineering building.
First woman awarded Gold Medal for architecture

21 February 2022

Architect, educator, activist, ambassador and Professional Teaching Fellow at the School of Architecture and Planning, Julie Stout, has been named Te Kāhui Whaihanga New Zealand Institute of Architects 2021 Gold Medallist.
Reframing the “monsters” of architecture

15 February 2022

Naomi Vallis, who completed her Master of Architecture (Professional) at the School of Architecture and Planning, has been awarded first place in The Charette’s ‘Architecture Thesis of the Year 2021’ competition.
Life is (still) a Cabaret: Bob Fosse’s ground-breaking film, 50 years on

14 February 2022

Opinion: In the 1970s, many critics and filmgoers had given up on the movie musical. A more radical approach was needed, one that would re-imagine the material for the medium of film. Bob Fosse’s 1972 film version of the 1966 Broadway musical Cabaret would turn out to be that radical revision.
From "nothing" to "everything"

10 February 2022

A large-scale art work featuring the word “everything” has lit up the 110-metre-long, 13-metre-high light wall on Bledisloe wharf’s The Lightship, an installation by artist and acting head of Elam School of Fine Arts, Fiona Jack.
Who really wants Auckland’s light rail plan?

3 February 2022

Opinion: Government plans for costly tunnelled light rail instead of traditional light rail will make both pro- and anti-transit groups unhappy, writes Timothy F Welch.
New Housing Studies programmes to equip graduates to address crisis

7 December 2021

The School of Architecture and Planning aims to help address the housing crisis with its introduction of three new Housing Studies programmes at postgraduate level.
Major award for architect practising what he teaches

3 December 2021

Professor Anthony Hoete (Ngāti Awa, Ngāti Rānana) has won the International Architecture category in the New Zealand Institute of Architects (NZIA) Awards 2021, for a five-storey block of houses he developed, designed and built in London.
Diane Brand: childhood home a catalyst for a career

1 December 2021

Professor Diane Brand says the move from professional architect to academia was liberating. Now she’s taking a step in another direction.
Wikuki Kingi: carving a new creative path

1 December 2021

Wikuki Kingi is the new Kaiārahi for the Faculty of Creative Arts and Industries (CAI).

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