October has seen the highest number of new dwellings being consented since four years ago, with a total number of 1,639, including 168 apartments (129 retirement village units), Statistics NZ announced today.

Last month David Shearer launched Labour's proposed programme to assist with the issue of housing affordability.

Christchurch City Council, Ministry for Business, Innovation and Employment and Ngāi Tahu are hosting an international competition to design and build a new neighbourhood in the Central City.

Well known Wellington architect Gus Watt recently traveled to Cuba, here are his thoughts of a memorable visit.

The article below was recently published in The Press (via Stuff.co.nz) regarding the recent bulk tender for the Christchurch rebuild.

The value of consents issued for all buildings in June 2012 was $712 million, up 19% on last year, led by the South Island and Wellington.

Statistics New Zealand today released the May Building Consent figures, and the total value of residential building consents rose 37 percent to $532 million for May 2012. 

New Zealand's biggest online specifier survey was conducted by EBOSS over the month of May, with a total of 1,322 respondents.