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Podcast: Smart Talk
Episode: Architectural lecturer Julie Stout explores how Auckland’s urban design could get better
Description: Julie Stout describes how Auckland could connect in the future to the wairua and cultures that make up Tamaki Makaurau. One of the highlights of Auckland University's Raising the Bar 2022.Auckland City, oh what a pityOn returning to Auckland in 2000, architect Julie Stout was dismayed to see what an unloved, shabby place our central city had become.Twenty years on, it would be nice to say a lot has improved - but has it?Auckland City is again in trouble. With more road cones and construction trucks than people on...