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Guy Marriage
Guy Marriage
on Tall Building & Apartment Design
FNZIA, NZIOB, Registered Architect (NZ), Director of Architecture at Victoria University

A Registered Architect in NZ, Guy is a founding Director of First Light Studio and Director of Architecture at Victoria University of Wellington.

Guy has published extensively on sustainability and innovation, including Tall: The Design and Construction of High-Rise Architecture (2019), Modern Apartment Design (2022) and MEDIUM (2022). His latest work is as an Editor of Sustainability and Toxicity in the Built Environment (2024).

30 May 2022

What is the Missing Middle?

While we are now building individual homes at greater density, we need to go much further. Not just two-storey townhouses, but building a minimum of three storeys, everywhere. This is where the art of the missing middle, multi-storey, multi-unit design comes into play.

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26 April 2022

From White Picket Fences to Medium Density Housing

As New Zealand finally embraces medium density housing, it's time to resolve key issues, design well, and build better. 

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28 March 2022

Don’t Look Back in Anger

New Zealand cities, especially Auckland, have traditionally been very low density, but it is now time to stop the sprawl.

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21 February 2022

Modern Apartment Design on Fire

Clause C of the NZBC has become extremely complex to navigate.

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