Centre for Housing Research

CHR - homepage

Website: chranz.co.nz (site has since been redesigned) - view screenshots

Size: 20 pages

Government status: part of Housing New Zealand Corporation (a Government Agency)

My professional status: employee at Origin Design

Website client: Centre for Housing Research

Dates: November 2003

Categories: Website designer, Front-end developer, Content-loader, Old-school table layout, No CMS, Government websites, Small sites

Brief: to build the Centre for Housing Research website and to advise the designer on the best way to design for the web.

My responsibilities included:

  • Helping the designer to create the best design for the web
  • Building the website - architecture, HTML, graphics, JavaScript, CSS.

A straightforward, information-rich site, with large pages of content which needed to be laid out clearly.