Medium-density housing

You can find more information about MDH in these BRANZ resources:

Fact sheets

• BRANZ has produced 14 freely downloadable fact sheets about MDH covering aspects from consent issues to construction issues, acoustic performance to maintenance.
• There are also five fact sheets on construction of mid-rise buildings.

Seminar

• The Medium-density housing seminar brings together experts in many areas of MDH.

Build magazine articles

• What MDH should deliver
• The pitfalls and possibilities in MDH acoustic design
• Inter-tenancy floors in MDH
• Inter-tenancy walls in MDH
• Acceptance of good MDH grows
• What’s stopping MDH delivery?

Research reports

• ER97 Integrating carbon into Beacon Pathway’s Medium Density Housing Assessment Tool (2025)
• SR486 Communities under construction (2024)

Updated: 4 July 2025