Submitted by NZMRM Editors on Wed, 02/12/2009 - 12:00am
By Graham Hepburn
When Northland Cricket relocated to a new home ground five years ago, it paid tribute to the game’s past with the design of its headquarters but had a firm eye on the future.
The move to a new ground was spurred by a review of the district plan by...
Submitted by NZMRM Editors on Wed, 02/12/2009 - 12:00am
Paula and Ross Greenville operated a very successful boutique accommodation facility adjacent to the golf course in Mount Maunganui for a number of years. This luxury accommodation catered for overseas visitors who were particularly interested in golf.
In 2004 a change in lifestyle was in...
Submitted by NZMRM Editors on Wed, 02/12/2009 - 12:00am
The residential building industry has seen some tough times over recent years with many home owners and suppliers being left in a dilemma. It is within this climate of uncertainty that Landmark Homes have been able to build a reputation for stability, trust, value and excellence in the mid to...
Submitted by NZMRM Editors on Wed, 02/12/2009 - 12:00am
Because many schools were built prior to the current building standards the New Zealand Ministry of Education, in 1998, undertook a nationwide structural survey of all school buildings throughout the country. The result of the survey identified high priority work which was to be completed by...
Submitted by NZMRM Editors on Wed, 02/12/2009 - 12:00am
By Graham Hepburn
You only need to look about you for evidence of New Zealand’s long and unbroken love affair with metal roofing.
Alongside weather board villas from the early 1900s with their corrugated iron roofs you’ll often see modern townhouses with standing seam roofs...
Submitted by NZMRM Editors on Tue, 01/12/2009 - 12:00am
By Graham Hepburn
Raymond Q’s Takapuna home is testament to how sustainable building is becoming more mainstream in
New Zealand.
And that change in mind-set has been helped in no small part by the home’s designer, Johann Bernhardt, who has recently released a comprehensive...
Submitted by NZMRM Editors on Tue, 01/12/2009 - 12:00am
The brief to Hugh Tennent, architect and senior designer at Tennent and Brown Architects, posed some rather interesting and unusual parameters. The first was to provide accommodation for two brothers allowing private spaces for each and the second was the remote location with the most direct...
Submitted by NZMRM Editors on Tue, 01/12/2009 - 12:00am
By Graham Hepburn.
When Nigel Lamb was commissioned to design a building for a salmon-based tourism venture in Rakaia, he struck upon the idea of a large steel fish.
Not only would it be an eye-catching feature of the Mid Canterbury town, but it also referenced a local...
Submitted by NZMRM Editors on Tue, 01/12/2009 - 12:00am
By Graham Hepburn
When Johann Bernhardt was seeking inspiration for a sustainable home he was designing on the slopes of the Hunua Ranges, he didn’t have to look far.
“The clients took me to the section and I was looking down at the plains going out to the Manukau Harbour...
Submitted by NZMRM Editors on Tue, 01/12/2009 - 12:00am
By Graham Hepburn
When Winegrowers of Ara commissioned an operations centre for its vineyard, they wanted to make a statement.
As well as making a visual statement with the building, they wanted to make a statement of intent about their commitment to making high quality...
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