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They will be bought up by “investors” who will never have to live in them so why would they care?…
I am also wrong again, apparently, as what I mistook for a Bad building is, apparently, a fantastic piece of…
Unfortunately I am wrong. The Terrible Building has not been avoided, it is still going ahead – just not the…
and this: https://www.stuff.co.nz/world-news/361034587/chinese-robot-kicks-remote-engineers-hand
I recall Monvie was a Merv Quirke development back in the day, and apparently his reputation wasn’t in high regard.…
My understanding is that numerous units are involved, being basically the lower floors which look directly onto the rear boundaries…
I am assuming that its the Council refusing to sign off on the plans that would this ( I am…
Wonder how high-density cities like New York, Hong Kong and Singapore have dealt with sunlight and viewshaft issues? https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20250922-how-singapore-became-obsessed-by-shade https://static1.squarespace.com/static/54d8cc78e4b003ad1dc6a0f7/54e377fae4b053bd0c641d8f/54e377fae4b053bd0c641d9a/1312404809073/DaylightasaZoningDeviceforMidtownManhattan_compiled.pdf…
The 1987 Crash merely exposed the clay foundations that Chase Corp was built on. Many of its buildings didn’t survive…
It’s an interesting question. . . I’m sure that the human race can’t have made it all the way to…
Nah. No more than Denton Park suffers from being close to Civic Square. Gather your rosebuds whilst ye may.
Then there is this story: https://www.stuff.co.nz/world-news/361029682/moment-humanoid-robot-goes-haywire-and-attacks-customers-shop “A Chinese humanoid robot appeared to go haywire at an electronics store in Saratov,…
Here’s my solution: *also* redevelop the buildings on this street to something taller, and then you can no longer see…
Actually, I’m being hippo critical in saying that the building is boring because of its colour – the whole damn…
Council has decimated its Heritage department along with its Urban department, so there is very few people in either. Some…
That was an absolute shocker – mind you, virtually anything by Chase was a shocker. Thank God that never got…
Too close to Waitangi Park for it to be of any use.
Fair comment – what I am objecting to here is the developer plainly being a bit of a wanker, claiming…
And these are only the humanoid robots. The quadruped and insect-type robots would be even faster I would imagine.
Julienz – good point. “WCC clearly encouraging slums of the future” – I’m really interested in your view on what…