Wellington City Council wins architecture award

New Zealand Architecture Awards acknowledge the year’s best buildings, and this year, Wellington City Council has received an award for its Central Park Apartments, an existing social housing complex transformed by Novak + Middleton. “The strategy of fragmenting the...
AFFORDABLE PLANNED HOUSING: A RESIDENTS’ PERSPECTIVE

AFFORDABLE PLANNED HOUSING: A RESIDENTS’ PERSPECTIVE

Recently released findings from the NZ Housing Foundation commissioned research AFFORDABLE PLANNED HOUSING: A RESIDENTS’ PERSPECTIVE clearly show that planned, quality, affordable housing developments impact positively on a household’s wellbeing and quality of...

VisionWest’s homes win 2013 NZIA Auckland Architecture Awards

The third year architecture students at UNITEC both designed and built the four bedroom and two bedroom houses, under the supervision of SGA, based on VisionWest’s brief, which also involved input from existing tenants, for affordable and sustainable housing that...

SHU Funding Confirmation for Members

CHA Members in Auckland and Christchurch recently received confirmation of new funding from the Social Housing Unit. Congratulations! The press releases are available here: New social housing developments for Auckland New Christchurch social housing...

Budget approved for Papaioea Place

The additional units increase the number of eco-friendly unit replacements to 50 and was approved at an Extraordinary Council meeting on Monday (14 May 2018). Following an urban design review, a modified layout on the site allowed the additional units to be included...