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The Dart Winegrowers Of Ara Marlborough

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...

The Flight Of The Bird

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...

The Salmon Tale

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...

Turn Point Lodge

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...

Urban Eco

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...

Combined Churches

Submitted by NZMRM Editors on Sun, 29/11/2009 - 12:00am

When two churches in Waiuku realised they were going to have to combine forces to survive, they faced a dilemma: which of the two church buildings should be the base for the new congregation. While the Methodist and Presbyterian congregations in the town South of Auckland were too small to...

European Excellence

Submitted by NZMRM Editors on Sun, 29/11/2009 - 12:00am

Creating innovative and distinctive design concepts is always the challenge facing Architects. When the client is the distributor of two of the world

Franklin: The Centre

Submitted by NZMRM Editors on Sun, 29/11/2009 - 12:00am

Franklin ‘The Centre’ takes pride of place in Pukekohe as a regional centre of knowledge, information, arts and culture.

The building a culmination of The Franklin Council’s vision with funding from New Zealand Steel and other Franklin Corporate sponsors was opened on the 30th June this...

Innovative Creative Inspired

Submitted by NZMRM Editors on Sun, 29/11/2009 - 12:00am

Words we all associate with excellence in the craft of architectural design but not always the words we hear from clients.

The work of architect Davor Mikulcic has won this praise from clients Helen and Phillip Blundell and as a result has established a life-long friendship.

The...

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