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Robyn’s vision

Submitted by Bruce Duncan on Fri, 13/05/2016 - 2:32pm

Wanting a home that would see her into her golden years, Robyn stipulated level entries for her new two-storey home, which also has a lift.
 
“With level entries everywhere, hopefully I can stay here as I get old and not have to shift,” she says.
Apart from mobility issues, easy...

Matakana Botanicals

Submitted by Bruce Duncan on Fri, 13/05/2016 - 2:26pm

 

As a premium bath and body products company, Matakana Botanicals is proud of its green credentials but even owner Danvers Devereux concedes there was “one missing piece in the jigsaw puzzle”.
“We occasionally have overseas distributors visit New Zealand and we drive them up to...

Matakana Botanicals

Submitted by Bruce Duncan on Fri, 13/05/2016 - 2:25pm

 

As a premium bath and body products company, Matakana Botanicals is proud of its green credentials but even owner Danvers Devereux concedes there was “one missing piece in the jigsaw puzzle”.
“We occasionally have overseas distributors visit New Zealand and we drive them up to...

The Hub Hornby Mall

Submitted by Bruce Duncan on Fri, 13/05/2016 - 2:19pm

Development is going full steam ahead in post-earthquake Christchurch and no more so than in Hornby, where shopping mall The Hub Hornby is undergoing a major expansion.


The mall, which serves Christchurch’s western suburbs, is being subjected to a $65 million redevelopment by...

The Hub Hornby Mall

Submitted by Bruce Duncan on Fri, 13/05/2016 - 2:18pm

Development is going full steam ahead in post-earthquake Christchurch and no more so than in Hornby, where shopping mall The Hub Hornby is undergoing a major expansion.


The mall, which serves Christchurch’s western suburbs, is being subjected to a $65 million redevelopment by...

Tate Modern in New Zealand

Submitted by Bruce Duncan on Fri, 13/05/2016 - 2:02pm

Tate Modern
in New Zealand

At the turn of the century, a young Aucklander named Chris Tate was developing a passion for art, buildings and spaces, and for using unconventional materials to create unexpected relationships that surprised – and, sometimes, shocked. His penchant, then...

Fowler Homes water front gold

Submitted by Bruce Duncan on Fri, 13/05/2016 - 1:55pm

 

Building a waterfront home requires robust but sympathetic materials.
The owners of this home in Mapua, west of Nelson, fulfilled the first requirement by choosing ColorSteel® roofing and cladding, and the second one by opting for the material in New Denim Blue to mirror the colour...

Chrysalis Childcare Centre

Submitted by Bruce Duncan on Fri, 13/05/2016 - 1:12pm

Two large trees on a commercial site had proved a problem for development but architect Phil Smith decided to make them part of the solution.
Phil, of Collingridge and Smith Architects (UK) Ltd, says the mature protected trees – a pohutukawa and an oak – stand side by side on the site and...

In the beginning . . . there was earth, rain and sun

Submitted by Bruce Duncan on Fri, 13/05/2016 - 12:59pm

“Earthship Te Timatanga’s first power bill: in credit!”

So declares Sarah Rowe, partner of Gus Anning, in a November 2015 entry on Facebook, marking yet another step toward the couple’s bid to be self-sustaining in their ‘Earthship’.

The concept was created and developed in the...

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