Submitted by Bruce Duncan on Fri, 26/05/2017 - 3:56pm
For South Island roofing installer Courtney McDowell, this was no ordinary job. His team were flown by helicopter to the building site each day, in a remote location in the Southern Alps, where they worked against the clock in sub-zero temperatures. And given that all materials were arriving by...
Submitted by Bruce Duncan on Fri, 26/05/2017 - 3:46pm
Jack’s Point show home wins awards with Espan®
On a working farm 15 minutes from Queenstown, just past Kawarau Falls and Frankton and facing Lake Wakatipu, is the Jack’s Point residential and golf development. It’s been 15 years in the planning by international planning practice Darby...
Submitted by Bruce Duncan on Fri, 26/05/2017 - 3:36pm
Architectural designer Richard Wilden has a fondness for the home that he conceived overlooking the Otago Harbour – and not just because
it won him an award.
As he explains, the Broad Bay home that earned an ADNZ national award in the under 250sq m category helped to push his...
Submitted by Bruce Duncan on Tue, 11/10/2016 - 2:24pm
Barrie Moss, one of the pioneers and stalwarts of the longrun roofing industry in this country, and lifetime member of the MRM, passed away earlier this year.
Born in 1929 in Gisborne and schooled at Gisborne Boys High School, Barrie started as a plumbing apprentice for Oldings before...
Submitted by Bruce Duncan on Tue, 11/10/2016 - 2:22pm
CEO Lorraine Mills –
gone too soon
By Rooflink Editor, Jenny Bain
Words seem inadequate during times of loss and the sudden passing of CEO Lorraine Mills was a shock, not only to her family but to all who knew her at a...
Submitted by Bruce Duncan on Tue, 11/10/2016 - 2:12pm
Joining two homes together created an impressive 600sq m character villa in the Auckland suburb of Epsom.
But it also created a problem where the two homes were joined.
As Josh Barnes, director of Roofing Works Services Limited, explains. “Where the two homes are joined there are...
Submitted by Bruce Duncan on Tue, 04/10/2016 - 6:16pm
Pioneer Hut is one of the busiest alpine huts in New Zealand and sits high on a rocky cliff above the Fox Glacier. The hut provides are numerous opportunities for skilled alpinists, from ski mountaineering, to ascents of the mighty Mount Tasman, New Zealand’s second highest peak.
As a...
Submitted by Bruce Duncan on Tue, 04/10/2016 - 6:16pm
Pioneer Hut is one of the busiest alpine huts in New Zealand and sits high on a rocky cliff above the Fox Glacier. The hut provides are numerous opportunities for skilled alpinists, from ski mountaineering, to ascents of the mighty Mount Tasman, New Zealand’s second highest peak.
As a...
Submitted by Bruce Duncan on Tue, 04/10/2016 - 5:28pm
When Auckland’s Unitec opened a marae on its Mt Albert campus more than seven years ago, it was a milestone for the institution.
Te Noho Kotahitanga was officially opened on Friday, March 13, 2009 with the wharenui (meeting house), called Te Ngãkau Mãhaki, at its heart.
...
Submitted by Bruce Duncan on Tue, 04/10/2016 - 5:18pm
Having lived on Waiheke Island for more than 20 years, architectural designer Claudia Lapp is familiar with its often challenging topography.
But for this Oneroa site the challenge was more in getting the most out of a home that would have a west-facing orientation to capture the sea...
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