by Ben Addington | May 9, 2020 | Architecture, Building, Construction, Engineering, Housing, Infrastructure, Land Development, Landscape Architecture, Local Government, Other, Planning, Surveying, Sustainability, Urban Growth
The government has announced that it will undertake a law change to fast-track eligible development. The details are still relatively light but the following types of projects have been singled out for priority at this early stage (my satirical comments added):...
by Ben Addington | Jul 22, 2019 | Architecture, Building, Construction, Housing, Land Development, Planning
I’m a big fan of Universal Design. Lifemark, a commercial division of CCS Disability Action, is a well known advocate for universal design in NZ. The Lifemark Design Standards focus on dwellings and are based on the following five key principles:...
by Ben Addington | Jun 9, 2019 | Architecture, Building, Housing, Land Development
The recently released Framework for Housing Quality from Stats NZ defines four elements of housing quality: HabitabilityEnvironmental sustainabilityFunctionalitySocial and cultural sustainability Interestingly, the location of a house affects all four of these...
by Ben Addington | Apr 8, 2019 | Architecture, Engineering, Land Development, Landscape Architecture, Planning, Surveying
A typical land development project involves a variety of professionals drawing from their respectively diverse bodies of knowledge. Despite this, the outcome sought by you as a developer remains a piece of land or a new building to use or sell. Achieving this outcome...
