Sustainable, urban design.

Many factors come into play in order to create sustainable development in urban areas. Those that focus on outcomes that use local, recycled or recyclable materials, are of a smaller scale and consume less energy are what we look for to publish in green magazine. Renovations that stay within the original footprint and reuse materials in creative ways, new builds that use less space within a block, thereby allowing vegetation to offset the hard surfaces and medium density developments that focus on ground-breaking, sustainable urban design is what you will find. We look for inspirational architecture with good  passive design that consumes little energy, houses that consider how to reduce the amount of new material, sourced locally when possible, introduce plants for heat control and consider community.

Fast Forward

Issue 76

An Art Deco cottage is given a revamp by Mihaly Slocombe that’s equal parts respectful and risk-taking.

Easy Breezy

Issue 76

New Zealand’s Spacecraft Architects has served up an ingenious courtyard house for a family on a windswept site where no single metre is wasted.

Great Minds

Issue 76

Makiko Ryujin and Michael Gittings are makers and collaborators who bring out the best in each other.

Standalone

Issue 77

The Herald Garden Studio resides at the southern end of a Victorian cottage block in Berhampore, Wellington.

Introspective

Issue 76

A timber Federation cottage in Tassie is transformed into a highly personalised, ‘feathered’ sanctuary.

Turn the Page

Issue 75

Ben Callery Architects overcame an unusual site with a convention-busting design that embraces a family’s flow.

Kid Friendly

Issue 75

“The brief and scope for this project [were] so exciting,” shares Danielle Brustman, the interior designer behind Cremorne’s Brighton Street Early Learning Centre by Perkins Architects.

No Small Feat

Issue 75

An infill development for a downsizing family packs a lot of style and savvy into its compact footprint.

Finely Tuned

Issue 75

Bokey Grant Architects created a more generous sense of space by connecting rooms and sightlines with the garden and fine-tuning junctions and thresholds.

Game On

Issue 75

Union House in Brunswick presented the brief from heaven for Austin Maynard Architects: a playful home for an energetic family and open-minded owners bursting with ideas.