Auckland Design Manual Blog

Tim Williams is recognised as one of the UK’s thought-leaders in urban regeneration and economic development. As CEO of the Thames Gateway London Partnership, Tim had a formative role in developing East London – Europe’s most significant urban regeneration initiative. In this role, Tim was successful in attracting billions of dollars of investment in infrastructure […]

Tony Seba is a lecturer in entrepreneurship at Stanford University, author of Clean Disruption of Energy and Transportation, a Silicon Valley entrepreneur, and a world-renowned thought leader and speaker. Tony explains how we are on the cusp of the most radical transformation in energy and transportation in a century. Exponentially improving technologies such as electric […]

All great cities have vibrant and pulsating centres – think Melbourne, Vancouver, Barcelona, London and New York. In recent years Auckland has shown an ambition which rivals these cities and which Aucklanders and visitors alike are getting excited about. The changes have been dramatic and they have been quick. No longer ridiculed as ‘the city […]

Brent Toderian, from Vancouver, is an internationally respected practitioner in downtown, main street and waterfront planning and urban design. He consults for cities and developers across the globe, with current or recent international engagements that include the cities of Sydney, Auckland, Oslo, Helsinki, Medellin and Ottawa. Brent has led on transformative place-making, street activation and […]

In association with the NZILA Education Foundation, Kathryn Moore, one of the UK’s leading landscape architects, speaks on the importance of placing the landscape at the core of any future development strategy, which can result in wide-ranging social and economic benefits. Kathryn Moore’s design work has included collaboration with top landscape architects on major projects in […]