• Urban Design as Mediation

    -- An article published in the September issue of the URBAN Magazine, 2008 --

    The built environment is transformed or expanded in response to new functions and demands. Each new project should leave the city more connected, more responsive, more healed, more whole.

 

  • Urban Design as Human Settlements:


    -- An article published in the December issue of URBAN Magazine, December, 2007--


    The practice of urban design has evolved over the years as a necessary discipline for two main reasons.

 

  • Neighbourhood Transformation:

    -- Paper presented at: Urbanism Down Under Conference, Auckland, March 2003.

    Barry Rae proposes a strategy for urban transformation of Auckland City by defining the concept of urban neighbourhoods as a relevant unit of contemporary urban structure.

 

  • The Resource Management Act:

    -- "Why the RMA has failed the built environment", New Zealand Environment, 25 January 2002, p.12.

    The Resource Management Act has been the most significant piece of environmental legislation New Zealand has seen, but the benefits for the built environment have been slim, argues Barry Rae.

 

  • Towards Sustainability of the Built Environment:

    -- Paper presented with Professor Jenny Dixon, (Dept of Planning, University of Auckland), at: Sustainable Auckland Congress, Auckland, September 2001, IPENZ/The Royal Society of New Zealand.

 

  • Urban Growth in New Zealand

    "Iwitiniopolis: Past and Future Urban Region", Planning Quarterly, March 2000, pp.20-22.

    Barry Rae and Sonia Anderson discuss urban development in New Zealand over the last 100 years, and describe the emerging dominant urban system of Northland, Auckland, Waikato, Bay of Plenty.
 
 
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