This paper explores the rhetoric and symbolism of community deployed to sell residential properties at Hobsonville Point, a new government-owned master-planned medium-density development of over 3000 new, 10km to the northwest of Auckland’s CBD.

The paper follows calls to examine the everyday, micro-level interactions between migrants and city spaces to better understand how more inclusive cities can be achieved

Through this paper I propose that the ‘Muse’ is an important part of this ‘wicked’ conversation and can infuse the process with culturally rich meaning that enables communities to construct more sustainable cultures of living. Creative practices – from art, design, craft, writing, music and other forms of cultural production – can play an important...

This paper traces the diverse constructions of the norms and forms which became Melbourne’s planning practices from 1914 to 1929; including creation of the Victorian Town Planning and Parks Association, outbreak of worldwide war and ending with the establishment of the Metropolitan Town Planning Commission.

The proposition that the urban built environment can, and indeed should, be made more visually more attractive through public policy is a long-standing feature of the governance of Australian cities. In this vein, this paper examines how ‘good design’ in terms of visual aesthetics is currently pursued through planning and other governance practices.