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Entries for the UDINZ Photography competition being run by UDINZ close on Sunday 22 September – with finalists and a supreme winner to be officially announced on Monday 7 October 2024 to coincide with World Architecture Day. An entry form with additional information is

Urban Design Forum Australia x Urban Design Forum Aotearoa Online Event Six-packs or sausage flats? How to keep amenity with housing intensity Thursday, 12 September 2024 *   Perth 12 noon *   Melbourne, Sydney 2pm *   New Zealand 4pm Free for UDF members –  $10 for non-members Online event

Several decades after his untimely death, the intensely private and solitary architectural photographer Duncan Winder (1919-1970) has not escaped the attention of scholars. Clarke observes that Winder managed to both accentuate the library building’s “monumentality” while also taking advantage

As Aotearoa New Zealand continues to face the realities of climate change, the need for sustainable and resilient urban infrastructure has never been more urgent. The 11th World Green Infrastructure Congress (WGIC 2024), hosted by Waipapa Taumata Rau, University of Auckland,

Anyone who tuned into this week’s Christchurch Conversations was treated to a raft of passionate reasonings for why cities do indeed need more apartments to thrive. See below for a link to the video recording. Te Pūtahi Centre

An omission from the Awards highlighted here last week, is the NZ Architecture Awards shortlist announced by Te Kāhui Whaihanga New Zealand Institute of Architects at the start of August.  Thank you to the UDF members who forwarded pointers