Auckland Design Manual Blog

  “There’s a growing recognition of the value of design in Auckland”  exclaims Ludo Campbell Reid, Council’s Design Champion and General Manager of the newly emerging design department within Auckland Council.   “In the past few months we’ve been reflecting upon how our design services  can better support the ambitions of the private sector, the council […]

We hear a lot about how the council is supposedly holding back housing development. Truth is, we do not build homes but do a lot to help the industry meet this dire need. In September we will be out talking to the public on ways they can build better homes. The Auckland Design Manual team […]

The ADM team is pleased to announce that we’ve been shortlisted for the upcoming Best Design Awards in the New Zealand’s Best Public Good Design category.   Winners will be announced in October.  So, we’ll keep our fingers and toes crossed! In the meantime,  check out our boards and follow our success online. See Best Awards Finalists – ADM

When I was a kid, the weekend ‘family outing’ usually involved ambling through the neighbourhood and pointing out the homes we liked to each other. My mum was a teacher and I think she loved that me and my brothers were her weekend students. As we walked through Napier, NZ’s art deco capital, my mother […]