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Avoiding Auckland's 'mistakes': Tauranga seeks design panel - at $185p/h

Some say the money will be worth it but others question if it's 'bang for buck'.

Report finds cars are occupying too much valuable land in Wellington

Report says attractive land occupied by cars could be used for more people activities.

'The city has clearly died': $300m Tauranga civic rebuild cost floated

But some say the huge cost will be worth it.

Design for Living: A home for trees inhabited by humans

Bright ideas that make cities better: the vertical forest in Milan.

Can AKL's city centre rebound? Why recovery is critical for NZ's economy

AKL Council and Eke Panuku release a video illustrating how far the city centre has come.

Going to work by gondola: Make transport fun and people will use it

Bright ideas that make cities better: Medellin's aerial answer to isolated housing.

Utrecht's "transfer accelerator" puts fun into commuting

Bright ideas the make cities better: Jump on the slide to catch that train.

The Barcelona superblocks: a city for the future

Barcelona's bold experiment to close its inner-city streets to non-essential traffic.

Queen St's $1.1m 'makeover' - no more 'plastic sticks'

Council's plan to replace pylons with wooden decking comes two weeks after legal threats.

Property owners take on Auckland Council over 'hideous' Queen St

Powerful incorporated society to legally argue Queen St changes have 'decimated' business.

Youth hub being investigated for Wellington's troubled CBD

CBD 'in dire need of a makeover', hub would get youth of the streets in vulnerable hours.

Are these 'ugly homes' the future of urban design?

It's cheap, rotten housing, said one neighbour.

Auckland waterfront projects will not be finished for America's Cup

Heart of the City says Queen St is a mess, with plastic sticks and beige paint.

How Covid-19 is reshaping urban lives

Harry de Quetteville asks: Will our cities ever be the same again?

Proposed $75 million Omokoroa town centre met with mixed reactions

Cafes, shops and offices would be part of staged development.

Simon Wilson: Ugly death for Auckland Council design office

Auckland Council is disbanding its own champion design office and the city will suffer.