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Creative Space

Submitted by NZMRM Editors on Mon, 15/10/2012 - 12:00am

Starting with a blank slate to design your family home, a show home and a workplace, may seem like utopia however as Architectural Designer Andre Laurent discovered it is rather a challenge to be your own client. Being familiar with the importance of “getting the brief right“ did not reduce the...

Providing Safe Cover For Students

Submitted by NZMRM Editors on Tue, 12/06/2012 - 12:00am

Many schools in New Zealand were built prior to the current building standards, in 1998 the New Zealand Ministry of Education undertook a nationwide structural survey of all school buildings and site structures in order to identify specific structural defects that could potentially cause death...

Copthorne Hotel

Submitted by NZMRM Editors on Tue, 12/06/2012 - 12:00am

The Copthorne Hotel in central Auckland is an established and high profile landmark, that is strategically sited on Anzac Avenue, in Auckland’s Central Business District, just “down the hill” from the University of Auckland Campus and close to the Vector Arena.

The...

Sustainable Solution

Submitted by NZMRM Editors on Tue, 12/06/2012 - 12:00am

Pooling equity to create an extended family home seemed a logical step to Neil Jacka and Jacqui Simpson. The couple had planned to build a home behind Neil’s parents’ house in the Auckland suburb of Avondale once the property was subdivided.

Because they wanted a well-designed,...

The Tornado-Proof Roof

Submitted by NZMRM Editors on Tue, 12/06/2012 - 12:00am

On Tuesday 3rd May 2011, the Auckland suburb of Albany experienced ‘an extreme weather event’. A large tornado touched down at 3.15pm and slammed through a shopping mall before moving south leaving a 5km trail of destruction.

Weather Watch chief analyst Philip Duncan said that the speed...

The Tree House

Submitted by NZMRM Editors on Tue, 12/06/2012 - 12:00am

Owners Maddie Leach and Gary Bridle, when planning their new home, had a vision of a simple  structure reminiscent of the kiwi “Doc Hut”. The practical  implicity of open space providing shelter, warmth and strength appealed to their artistic values. “Simplicity is part of the built language of...

Te Hana Te Ao Marama

Submitted by NZMRM Editors on Mon, 11/06/2012 - 12:00am

The opening of an educational and cultural tourist village in Te Hana  as signalled a new dawn for what was once a community in crisis.

In fact, such were Te Hana’s problems with poor housing, crime and a polluted water supply that authorities wanted to close down the town, which is just...

Forgotten Lessons Of The Past By Graham Hepburn

Submitted by NZMRM Editors on Tue, 15/05/2012 - 12:00am

Following the Christchurch earthquakes, engineering experts have recommended replacing heavy tile roofs with lightweight metal roofing.Inspections revealed that extensive damage was caused to houses by chimneys falling through heavy tile roofs or by the tiles coming loose and falling whereas...

Combining Form & Function

Submitted by NZMRM Editors on Mon, 29/08/2011 - 12:00am

by Graham Hepburn

Architectural designer Chris Shaw gets a kick out of combining form and function in his projects and that’s highly evident in the Wainui Beach School library.

The wave-shaped roof of the building references Wainui Beach’s surf culture and its reputation as having...

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