News in the Faculty of Design and Creative Technologies - Te Ara Auaha

50 AUT winners at the 2026 Best Awards

AUT School of Art and Design staff and students have taken home a record breaking 20 gold pins at the Design Institute of New Zealand’s 2025 Best Awards.

Asbestos warning for rangoli powder

If it’s not tested, don’t use it: AUT researcher Terri-Ann Berry warns against using coloured sand to create rangoli this Diwali, due to asbestos risk.

Helping people access cancer treatment

AUT Emeritus Professor Stephen Henry founds Equitable Oncology

From research to reality at AUT forum

Manufacturers, industry leaders, academics and engineering students met at AUT for the inaugural Advancing Manufacturing Forum (AMF 2026).

Q&A: Infrastructure Matters

AUT Professor John Tookey answers questions on housing, transport, infrastructure, flood risk, project costs and household energy in Aotearoa.

Curved buildings are strong

Architecture PhD student Surendar Jayachandran from AUT’s school of future environments has developed a new design for curved, reusable buildings.

Public art and architecture make meaning

The City Rail Link and surrounding artworks play an important role in building a sense of reenchantment and connection in Tāmaki Makaurau.

The CRL will change Aucklanders’ lives

The CRL changes Auckland’s geometry, unlocking a more connected city and wellbeing and climate benefits.

Q&A: Kāinga Matters

AUT senior lecturer and architect Jade Kake on papakāinga, finding out about your iwi’s housing plans and paths to connected community living in Aotearoa.

Staging ancient Greeks in our crisis era

For her creative practice doctorate at AUT, Dr Holly Luton looked at why the ancient Greeks are still so relevant, more than 2500 years on.