Submitted by NZMRM Editors on Wed, 15/01/2014 - 12:00am
While some traditional sports and RSA clubs are facing difficult times maintaining membership and commercial viability, Swanson RSA is bucking the trend big time.
Having undergone an extensive makeover, which involved demolishing and rebuilding 70% of the existing building, one of Swanson...
Submitted by NZMRM Editors on Wed, 15/01/2014 - 12:00am
By Graham Hepburn.
It’s not always easy to make a virtue out of necessity but architect Graham Pitts has achieved that with the striking steel portal frame home that he designed at Puawai Bay for Marlene and Robin Welch.
With a narrow, sloping site to contend with and a...
Submitted by NZMRM Editors on Wed, 18/12/2013 - 12:00am
In Scope 32, Stuart Thomson wrote a technical article about Solar Reflectance and Thermal Emittance and the relationship between the apparent visual colour of a metal roof and its ability to absorb or not absorb heat. The way in these factors can be modified by the use of “cool pigments” to...
Submitted by NZMRM Editors on Wed, 18/12/2013 - 12:00am
U shape gives home X factor
In real estate speak, this 3-bedroom Nelson home ticks all the boxes. And yes, it has an X-factor too. Which is hardly surprising given that the owners have extensive real estate and property development experience.
But unlike the many...
Submitted by NZMRM Editors on Wed, 18/12/2013 - 12:00am
By Graham Hepburn
As part of its ongoing development programme at Savill Link industrial estate, Goodman has completed a new 23,000sq m warehouse, on a designbuild basis, for Super Retail Group. Savill Link is on land formerly occupied by the Otahuhu Railwork Workshops and Goodman, the...
Submitted by NZMRM Editors on Wed, 18/12/2013 - 12:00am
By Graham Hepburn
Being a Waiheke Island resident, architectural designer Bryce Ardern is well aware of the constraints and challenges of building on the island. Bryce, whose design firm Ardern UDB is based on the island, says building more sustainable homes is not just desirable on...
Submitted by NZMRM Editors on Mon, 02/09/2013 - 12:00am
Based on modular construction, this Smarter Small Home (SSH) designed by the team at Creative Arch was the first of 8 designs to be built by Latitude Homes in Auckland.
These designs were the winning entry from the 2011 James Hardie Smarter Small Home competition.
The SSH was born of...
Submitted by NZMRM Editors on Mon, 02/09/2013 - 12:00am
Based on modular construction, this Smarter Small Home (SSH) designed by the team at Creative Arch was the first of 8 designs to be built by Latitude Homes in Auckland.
These designs were the winning entry from the 2011 James Hardie Smarter Small Home competition.
The SSH was born...
Submitted by NZMRM Editors on Tue, 20/08/2013 - 12:00am
The Sustainable Steel Council (SSC) was formed in 2009 to promote the use of steel as a sustainable building material to the various stakeholders within New
Zealand's building and property industries.
Once Metals NZ was formed, SSC became part of MNZ. NZ Metal Roofing Manufacturers...
Submitted by NZMRM Editors on Tue, 20/08/2013 - 12:00am
The reroof of a 500sqm, earthquake damaged home in Christchurch with multiple pitches and requiring removal of 47 tonnes of concrete tiles has seen installer Chris Meldrum, of Town & Country Roofing Ltd win this year’s RANZ Professionalism in Metal Tile Roof Installation Award.
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