This second Bluefields* bulletin contains updates on the F. Gordon Wilson Fellowship for Public Housing and the Pattern Book Design competition that the NSW State Government is running in 2024 – as well as a few news clips and a pointer to some free resources of interest to urbanists.
Public Housing and Pattern Books – two shortlists to note for November Read More »
Cabinet has agreed on ten core design features for the new resource management system, as listed here from a statement from the Beehive released on Friday 20 September: Narrow the scope of the resource management system to focus on managing actual effects on the environment. Establish two Acts with clear
Scope of Resource Management replacement to be narrowed Read More »
Seven years on from its inception by urban dynamo Isabella Cawthorn as a ‘talking stick’ for the capital city, the urbanista phenomenon known as Talk Wellington is folding up its awning. In those seven years the tallies of city-making material has tallied up: Near-to-500+ posts that have, as Isabella has
From Talk Wellington to Urbanerds Read More »
This occasional bulletin offers a panoptic of events, happenings and things to look at. First of all let’s all celebrate Te Wiki o te Reo Māori – 2024! See: tetaurawhiri.govt.nz/te-wiki and reomaori.co.nz/ FOMO: THE INTENSITY OF CONFERENCE SEASONS September has been wild with major events. First up was the World
Introducing the Bluefields bulletin Read More »
On Thursday 5 September gatherings were live-streamed across Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland, Te Whanganui-a-Tara Wellington and Ōtautahi Christchurch to officially launch the Urban Design Institute Aoteoaroa (UDIA). To mark this milestone an informed perspective on the big step being taken by the profession was given by two guest speakers: David Kirkpatrick,
Official launch for the UDIA Read More »
