Urban

In big offices the environment is becoming more casual/flexible/free-form and café-like. They go beyond the open plan and hot desking: interior design isn't about nice, comfortable spaces anymore but… Audio

Bill McKay talks to Kathryn Ryan about co-living and co-housing - once associated with hippies and alternative lifestylers - now they have gone mainstream, offering affordable housing solutions and a… Audio

Recently the BNZ's chief economist gave advice on doing up houses to get on the property ladder - but just how much do-it-yourself building are you allowed to do these days? Bill McKay is Senior… Audio

Bill McKay discusses the government's proposal for Urban Development Authorities in cities with housing shortages. Can they work? Audio

Bill McKay is Senior Lecturer in the School of Architecture and Planning at the University of Auckland. Audio

Urbanist Tommy Honey discusses issues affecting city dwellers. Today he's focusing on technology, driverless cars, retro subways, pedestrians and the pulse of a city. Audio

Tommy Honey discusses new revolutions in housing, including a company in Australia that's building flatpack tiny homes and the New Zealand team behind the "wikihouse". Audio

Urbanist Tommy Honey talks about Architecture Week and its theme "Housing for the Future". Audio

With the US election looming, candidates are turning their attention to Housing in search of votes, and their solutions are similar to what we have here. In Austin Texas, a start-up is proposing tiny… Audio

Urbanist Tommy Honey discusses the future of Auckland housing in the wake of the Unitary Plan proposals. How is housing going to become more affordable? Audio

Kirsten Parris of The University of Melbourne is the author of Ecology of Urban Environments (Wiley). She loves frogs and is studying how the noises we humans make affect frog habitats, and even the… Audio

The New Zealand Institute of Architects announced the nominees for its awards.. and the Carbuncle Cup, which is awarded to the ugliest building constructed in the last 12 months in the UK. Audio

After the Brexit result in the UK, the most popular destination for people fleeing the UK (at least on Twitter) was Canada. Tommy Honey takes a look at issues facing Canada's cities and how they're… Audio

After Friday's result in the UK, twitter is alive with #anywherebuthere comments - #movingtoenzed is red hot and some are saying that the outcome will achieve zero net migration without stopping… Audio

Criminals have exploited urban infrastructure since cities were first created. Architectural writer and blogger, Geoff Manaugh has studied the criminal history of our cities, detailing some of the… Audio

Australian Brett Patman launched his Lost Collective website last year. It features stunning pictures of predominantly Sydney buildings, no longer in use, we also have a gallery of his pictures on our… Audio, Gallery