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Action and Re action: home grown timber and imported prefabricated housing.
Murphy, Chris (2009)One thousand prefabricated buildings were imported in a systematic manner by the New Zealand Government from Europe and erected in the Titahi Bay area of Wellington and the Tamaki area of Auckland NZ. These kitset buildings, ... -
After the rot: Improving the durability of building envelopes in domestic housing, New Zealand
Murphy, Chris (International Association for Housing Science, 2010)The issue of weathertightness of the external building envelope in domestic scaled timber frames continues to be an issue in New Zealand, some ten years after the results of a major cladding survey into the durability and ... -
Climate change, natural hazards and the Auckland Unitary Plan : too little too late?
Murphy, Chris (Sustainable Development of Energy, Water and Environment Systems, 2015-09)Natural hazards remain a substantial risk for the people of Auckland, its property and its infrastructure. With over 3100 km of coastline and extensive urbanization, Auckland remains vulnerable to hazardous coastal erosion ... -
Coastal retreat : future implications for architecture in N.Z.'s coastal hazard zones
Murphy, Chris (Architectural Science Association (ANZAScA), 2017-12)Climate adaptation strategies evident in New Zealand local authority planning schemes suggest an awareness of coastal hazard issues caused by global warming and subsequent sea level rise. Coastal land identified as hazardous ... -
The consumer fightback: New refurbishment policies for NZ residential buildings.
Murphy, Chris (Architectural Science Association (ANZAScA), Australia, 2013-11)From the 12th March 2012, all builders in New Zealand doing certain restricted building work will require to be licensed. The passing of the Building Amendment Bill No 3 in March 2012 enshrines this requirement into the ... -
Cost effective quality: next generation building controls?
Murphy, Chris (Australian and New Zealand Architectural Science Association, 2010-01-01)In 2004 the New Zealand Government reviewed the New Zealand Building Act. The review was prompted by increasing concern at the lack of weather tightness evident in buildings constructed since the initial performance based ... -
Fighting Back: Education Initiatives in the Teaching of Architecture.
Murphy, Chris; Smith, Brendan (Unitec Institute of Technology, 2013)This research presentation will examine the effectiveness of two educational initiatives carried out in Semester 1 2013 within the Unitec Department of Architecture. 1. Embedding the librarian in the Design Communication ... -
Is it working? New Zealand's coastal policy statement and the Auckland Unitary Plan
Murphy, Chris (Unitec Institution of Technology, 2017-11-21)This paper uses the objectives and policies inherent in the New Zealand Coastal Policy Statement 2010 as a template for benchmarking the adaptation strategies contained in the natural hazards section of the Unitary Plan ... -
Keeping the Builder Honest: an analysis of recent building code initiatives in New Zealand
Murphy, Chris (Taylor & Francis, 2014-11)The passing of the Building Amendment Act 2012 into law in March 2012 completes the long-term proposal by the Government to license New Zealand (NZ) building practitioners. The Licensed Building Practitioners Scheme (LBPS) ... -
Legislation revisited : new hope for the earthquake prone "home shop?"
Murphy, Chris (School of Architecture and the Built Environment, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, 2016-12)A review of current earthquake-prone building policy undertaken by the New Zealand Ministry of Building, Innovation and Enterprise (MBIE) follow the Christchurch earthquake, resulted in the Government introducing legislation ... -
The licensed building practitioner scheme: another step in the New Zealand leaking building battle
Murphy, Chris (2012)The long-term proposal to license building practitioners, a reality from 1st March 2012, marks a significant retreat from the strong pioneering tradition of self-help building that historically has been a significant element ... -
The Licensed Building Practitioners Scheme : four years on.
Murphy, Chris (International Association for Housing Science (IAHS), 2016-09)The Licensed Building Practitioners Scheme (LBP Scheme), restricting certain aspects of the design and construction of residential buildings in New Zealand to licensed building personnel, was a Government initiative passed ... -
Natural hazards, climate change and sea level rise : development strategies for low-lying coastal land in New Zealand : proactive or reactive
Murphy, Chris (International Centre for Sustainable Development of Energy, Water and Environment Systems (SDEWES), 2017-10)Policy 26 of The New Zealand Coastal Policy Statement 2010 requires New Zealand’s central and local government to provide where appropriate for the protection, restoration or enhancement of natural defences that protect ... -
New Zealand's unreinforced masonry buildings : facing up to the earthquake.
Murphy, Chris (IOP Publishing, 2020-01-01)The damage caused by the 2011 Christchurch earthquake has led to the introduction of compulsory seismic strengthening legislation for all unreinforced earthquake-prone masonry buildings (URM) within New Zealand. The ... -
Saving the home shop : the future of small earthquake prone buildings in New Zealand
Murphy, Chris (International Association for Housing Science (IAHS), 2014)The New Zealand Government is in the process of considering a law that would require all commercial, multi unit and multi-storey residential buildings upgraded and strengthened to a minimum of 35% or more of the New Building ... -
Saving the past : new challenges for earthquake prone buildings in New Zealand
Murphy, Chris (Architectural Science Association (ANZAScA), 2015-12)The challenges facing heritage buildings in New Zealand will become all the more significant if legislation to strengthen building code requirements for these buildings is enacted. The strengthening proposals particularly ... -
Sustainable refurbishment : new policy initiatives for New Zealand's leaking buildings
Murphy, Chris (Politecnico Di Milano, 2013-11)Faulty constructed and leaking buildings as a result of construction practices in the 1990s and 2000s are costing New Zealand billions of dollars in damage in lost production and repair. To improve the poor quality of ... -
To strengthen or demolish : the financial challenges facing unreinforced masonry buildings in New Zealand
Murphy, Chris (2018-04)Auckland, New Zealand’s largest city continues to be dogged by both the high cost and short supply of domestic housing. A combination of high immigration, high material costs, a lack of forward planning at both Governmental ... -
Why Isn't it working? The Rise and Fall of the Financial Assistance Package in the Repair of Leaking Buildings within New Zealand.
Murphy, Chris (Architectural Science Association, 2014)In July 2011 the NZ Government passed into law a financial compensation package in the form of the Weathertight Homes Resolution Service (Financial Assistance Package) Amendment Bill to assist homeowners in repairing homes ...