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Sustainability and Colour

Submitted by Bruce Duncan on Fri, 13/05/2016 - 11:47am

 

Has architecture become part of the Fashion Industry and been cursed by mock sustainability (green-wash) and the absence of colour?
A question perhaps we should all ask ourselves and to one very passionate architect, Daryl Cockburn, the answer is definitely yes!

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Ellen Comes to Town.

Submitted by Bruce Duncan on Fri, 13/05/2016 - 11:25am

Ellen’s New Home was built in a newly developed, elevated subdivision with outstanding views to the end of the Coromandel Ranges. This view clinched the choice of the section as Ellen had previously lived on their 5th generation dairy farm on the northern outskirts of Paeroa for 58 years. Ellen...

Pushing the boundaries

Submitted by Bruce Duncan on Fri, 13/05/2016 - 9:58am

Faced with a steep, tight site in central Auckland, designer Hamish Stirrat knew he would have to literally push the boundaries to achieve his design brief for a four-bedroom family home.

As Hamish, of Fabricate Architecture, says, “It was clear from the outset that the project was going...

Meet the locals

Submitted by Bruce Duncan on Fri, 13/05/2016 - 9:36am

Meet the Locals He Tuku Aroha precinct, Wellington Zoo
As part of its redevelopment and rejuvenation, Wellington Zoo has created a precinct that it describes as “a love story to New Zealand”.
Meet the Locals He Tuku Aroha occupies 7000sq m – more than a fifth of the zoo’s footprint –...

Proposed NZMRM Systems Guarantee update

Submitted by Bruce Duncan on Mon, 09/05/2016 - 2:34pm

Strategic Background

Recent and signalled changes in Law, around Builder liability, Council liability and Risk based consenting, have created a legal environment that is conducive to the development of an extended range of builder guarantees.

On the back of its...

Hamilton Heliport

Submitted by Bruce Duncan on Mon, 09/05/2016 - 2:16pm

 

When HeliCorp owner Brent Glover decided he wanted to take his business to the next level, new premises had to be part of the equation.

For about 15 years, HeliCorp had been providing a wide range of helicopter flight services including scenic charter flights, corporate aviation...

Green Building

Submitted by Bruce Duncan on Mon, 09/05/2016 - 2:04pm

NZ Green Building Council updates the Steel Credit in Green Star NZ to something achievable.

If you build upmarket offices, commercial buildings or schools this should mean something to you. If it does read on to discover how we have finally made the steel credit applicable to NZ made...

Building in the Bush

Submitted by Bruce Duncan on Mon, 09/05/2016 - 1:08pm


Building a home takes huge amounts of optimism and fortitude, especially when you are working parents with two pre-schoolers to look after while overseeing and helping with the construction of a bespoke home.

That was the task facing Michele Powles and husband James after they sold...

Cascade House

Submitted by Bruce Duncan on Mon, 09/05/2016 - 1:44pm

This new 309 square meter cascading house is perched on a cliff, on the southern border of the of Seagrove Conservation Estate, in the Wellington suburb of Newlands. The site offers amazing, panoramic views of Wellington harbour and is less than couple of hundred meters from the shoreline....

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