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- Lucas Associates help prohibit dams from the Upper Hurunui
- 24/04/2013 by Lucas Associates | 0 Comments
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- Framing the central city: again
- 01/09/2012 by Lucas Associates | 0 Comments
- I doubt a design drawing a wide green band to confine central city construction was as hot a topic in 1850 as it is in 2012. Both the 1850 ‘Town Reserve’ and the 2012 (Christchurch Recovery Plan) Blueprint’s ‘Frame’ around the city core are visionary and brave. The old Town Reserve was gone by 1862. The new Frame has hundreds of owners, myriad demolition sites as well as a scatter of usable, repairable and new buildings – and legal challenges. For urban design success, a substantial green band needs to be secured. It’s not often you get this second chance. But with underlying ‘Business Zoning’ we again risk losing the band’s green dimensions long term. Read more >>
- Resene Total Colour Lifetime Achievement Award
- 29/08/2012 by Lucas Associates | 0 Comments
- The *Resene Total Colour Lifetime Achievement Award *recognising a person in the architecture and design industry who has shown dedication to innovative and excellent colour use in their work, was awarded to Di Lucas of Canterbury. Read more >>
- Landscape beats mussel farms
- 03/05/2012 by Lucas Associates | 0 Comments
- The outstanding natural landscape of Port Gore in the remote Marlborough Sounds ranked high among the Environment Court's reasons for refusing to renew consents for three mussel farms in the area. Read more >>
- An architect's vision
- 22/02/2012 by Lucas Associates | 0 Comments
- An area of central Christchurch is pushing to open up opportunities for building lightweight structures, as a less expensive and more "sensible" way to rebuild parts of the quake-ravaged city. Read more >>
- Ways to rebuild on soft land considered
- 16/02/2012 by Lucas Associates | 0 Comments
- *A group of property owners in central Christchurch hope innovative engineering will enable them to rebuild on soft land in the green-blue zone.* Read more >>
- News talk ZB: Calls for research from Chch property owners
- 04/01/2012 by Lucas Associates | 0 Comments
- Property owners in Christchurch's CBD are calling for research into lightweight, quake resilient buildings to replace their battered ones. Read more >>
- Buildings to 'sit lightly' under rebuild proposal
- 04/01/2012 by Lucas Associates | 0 Comments
- An area of central Christchurch is pushing to open up opportunities for the building of lightweight structures, as a less expensive and more "sensible" way to rebuild parts of the quake-ravaged city. Read more >>
- Workshop to help Chch rebuild lightly on the land
- 04/01/2012 by Lucas Associates | 0 Comments
- An international workshop is being arranged for mid-February to help the Christchurch rebuild by placing new structures lightly on the land. Read more >>
- TV3: Old map shows Christchurch CBD's covered waterways
- 06/10/2011 by Lucas Associates | 0 Comments
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- SCAPE Presentation - City as Memory
- 04/10/2011 by Lucas Associates | 0 Comments
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- Radio NZ : August 11, 2011
- 11/08/2011 by Lucas Associates | 2 Comments
- Christchurch has unveiled a $2 billion plan to re-create the central city as a green, people-friendly, low-rise zone inside a garden. Read more >>
- Owners unite to create central city village
- 10/08/2011 by Lucas Associates | 0 Comments
- By David Williams, The Press Read more >>
- City Life
- 02/08/2011 by Lucas Associates | 0 Comments
- Tuesday, August 2, 2011 Read more >>
- NZ WOOD WINS supreme award in 48 Hour Christchurch Rebuild design competition
- 05/07/2011 by Lucas Associates | 1 Comments
- The NZ Wood team consisted of: Read more >>
- Visions of Avon's future July 3, 2011
- 03/07/2011 by Lucas Associates | 61 Comments
- By: PHILIP MATTHEWS, The Press Read more >>
- Resene News
- 27/06/2011 by Lucas Associates | 0 Comments
- Resene News Issue 2/11 Read more >>
- Plains On Demand
- 17/06/2011 by Lucas Associates | 0 Comments
- Women on Air - Di Lucas Read more >>
- Checkpoint National Radio: June 16, 2011
- 16/06/2011 by Lucas Associates | 0 Comments
- Bottle Lake Forest suggested Read more >>
- June 15, 2011
- 15/06/2011 by Lucas Associates | 0 Comments
- Bottle Lake Forest should be explored as safe option to relocate quake-hit eastern suburbs Read more >>
- Breakfast One News: June 15, 2011
- 15/06/2011 by Lucas Associates | 1 Comments
- Rethinking the rebuild Read more >>
- RADIO: May 27, 2011
- 31/05/2011 by Lucas Associates | 10 Comments
- Parts of quake-ravaged Christchurch to be abandoned Read more >>
- May 26, 2011
- 26/05/2011 by Lucas Associates | 60 Comments
- Opportunity to restore Christchurch as the best garden city Read more >>
- TV3 News - May 7, 2011
- 07/05/2011 by Lucas Associates | 5 Comments
- Christchurch's hidden secret Read more >>
- CTV News - April 29, 2011
- 29/04/2011 by Lucas Associates | 0 Comments
- Di Lucas on CTV News Read more >>
- April 27, 2011
- 27/04/2011 by Lucas Associates | 333 Comments
- Rebuild must 'respect' waterways Read more >>
- April 26, 2011
- 26/04/2011 by Lucas Associates | 84 Comments
- Rebuild up to tree-height: no more than four storeys, says a leading NZ landscape architect Read more >>
- April 21, 2011
- 21/04/2011 by Lucas Associates | 268 Comments
- Christchurch's CBD should not be fully rebuilt to what it was – landscape architect expert Read more >>
- Radio Live Interview - March 8, 2011
- 08/03/2011 by Lucas Associates | 5 Comments
- A town planner's vision for Christchurch - Audio Read more >>
- New Zealand Land Types
- 15/04/2011 by Lucas Associates | 3 Comments
- The NZ Coastal Policy Statement 2010 recently adopted by government recognises that an understanding of underlying land types, and the natural processes that influence them, is a very useful basis for resource planning. Land typing is recommended as a basis for addressing coastal management. Read more >>
- Our new website is here!
- 04/03/2011 by Lucas Associates | 3 Comments
- Welcome to the brand new Lucas Associates website. We are still fine tuning and finishing a few sections off but feel free to have a browse around. Remember to check back again soon as we have more great content on it's way. Read more >>