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Southland Tavern, Invercargil

Submitted by Bruce Duncan on Fri, 26/05/2017 - 4:25pm

As a community-focused organisation, the Invercargill Licensing Trust knew that in the interests of its customers it was time to replace the Southland Tavern.

The old building, which had become outdated and exceeded its serviceable life, was demolished to make way for a more modern and...

Metrotile overcomes common leaks found with typical roof penetrations

Submitted by Bruce Duncan on Fri, 26/05/2017 - 4:03pm

Experienced roofer Scott Harris from SH Roofing, a member of RANZ, attended a leak complaint at a 4-year-old metal tile roof in Pukekohe in February 2017. Heavy rain, leaking through a roof penetration, resulted in a wet patch forming on the home owners ceiling.

Investigations resulted in...

Reaching new heights

Submitted by Bruce Duncan on Fri, 26/05/2017 - 3:56pm

For South Island roofing installer Courtney McDowell, this was no ordinary job. His team were flown by helicopter to the building site each day, in a remote location in the Southern Alps, where they worked against the clock in sub-zero temperatures. And given that all materials were arriving by...

jack’s point:44

Submitted by Bruce Duncan on Fri, 26/05/2017 - 3:46pm

Jack’s Point show home wins awards with Espan® 

On a working farm 15 minutes from Queenstown, just past Kawarau Falls and Frankton and facing Lake Wakatipu, is the Jack’s Point residential and golf development. It’s been 15 years in the planning by international planning practice Darby...

Richard Wilden: house in a hill: 44

Submitted by Bruce Duncan on Fri, 26/05/2017 - 3:36pm

Architectural designer Richard Wilden has a fondness for the home that he conceived overlooking the Otago Harbour – and not just because 

it won him an award. 

As he explains, the Broad Bay home that earned an ADNZ national award in the under 250sq m category helped to push his...

Epsom villa re-roof

Submitted by Bruce Duncan on Tue, 11/10/2016 - 2:12pm

Joining two homes together created an impressive 600sq m character villa in the Auckland suburb of Epsom.

But it also created a problem where the two homes were joined.

As Josh Barnes, director of Roofing Works Services Limited, explains. “Where the two homes are joined there are...

Wharekai, Unitec Marae

Submitted by Bruce Duncan on Tue, 04/10/2016 - 5:28pm

 

When Auckland’s Unitec opened a marae on its Mt Albert campus more than seven years ago, it was a milestone for the institution.

Te Noho Kotahitanga was officially opened on Friday, March 13, 2009  with the wharenui (meeting house), called Te Ngãkau Mãhaki, at its heart.

...

Waiheke Island

Submitted by Bruce Duncan on Tue, 04/10/2016 - 5:18pm

Having lived on Waiheke Island for more than 20 years, architectural designer Claudia Lapp is familiar with its often challenging topography.

But for this Oneroa site the challenge was more in getting the most out of a home that would have a west-facing orientation to capture the sea...

Volunteer Nepal

Submitted by Bruce Duncan on Tue, 04/10/2016 - 10:03am

At last year’s Roofing Association conference (2015) Richard Vetter stood up and said, “I was in Nepal just before the earthquake and loved the place and the people.  One of the Villages where I stayed has been flattened by the earthquake and I am going back to help them rebuild their community...

The Dacha: Russian meaning for a home away from home

Submitted by Bruce Duncan on Tue, 04/10/2016 - 10:35am

Mt. Gold Place, Wanaka

At the first meeting on site, between the client and architect, they could hardly see the lake view due to the dense vegetation. They had to climb to the roof of the architect’s car to see the potential outlook. It was breathtaking. The brief for...

EPL Building Christchurch

Submitted by Bruce Duncan on Mon, 03/10/2016 - 1:18pm

As a company that makes cutting edge products, EPL wanted a Christchurch head office and manufacturing facility that embodied its drive for innovation.

Elastomer Products Limited (EPL) was founded in Christchurch in 1974 and its extruded rubber and polymer products are...

Taupo holiday home

Submitted by Bruce Duncan on Mon, 03/10/2016 - 11:56am

For a young Kiwi/Belgian family living in Hong Kong, having a holiday home on Lake Taupo provides an antidote to apartment living in the fast-paced financial hub.

When Dan Kirton and Sylvie Doclot approached Fraser Cameron Architects, they wanted to build a holiday home on a site at...

Stonewood Homes wins regional Supreme award 2014

Submitted by Bruce Duncan on Fri, 13/05/2016 - 5:29pm


Stonewood Homes picked up two prizes: the New Homes $350,000-$450,000 category in Manawatu-Wanganui and then went on to take out the region’s Registered Master Builders Supreme Award for the 2014 House of the Year. As a new home consultant for Stonewood Homes in Palmerston North, Kaye...

Designing smart with profiled metal roofing.

Submitted by Bruce Duncan on Fri, 13/05/2016 - 5:21pm

 

It is easy when designing a building to leave the roof cladding until last; however, consideration should be made at the outset of design of the Kℓ pressure coefficient factors, which apply to roof cladding and the purlins at the periphery of all buildings.
Some engineers are now...

Metrotile Shingle Reroof Whangarei house

Submitted by Bruce Duncan on Fri, 13/05/2016 - 5:00pm

 

When a winter storm with 150km/h winds hit a Whangarei home, sections of its asphalt shingle roof were blown off.
With only the plywood substrate left to protect the two-storey home, water began making its way through the joins in the plywood and into the home, damaging wall...

Simply spectacular

Submitted by Bruce Duncan on Fri, 13/05/2016 - 4:51pm

 

When Mary and John Washer were designing their home on the Taranaki coastline, they wanted to do justice to the site and the sea views.

They also wanted something befitting the work they had put into their development of Tapuae Country Estate, where their home is on one of 30...

Pumphouse Theatre Restoration

Submitted by Bruce Duncan on Fri, 13/05/2016 - 4:42pm

In a history that spans almost 110 years, the building that we now know as the PumpHouse Theatre has had its ups and downs.
Sitting on the shore of Takapuna’s Lake Pupuke, it began life in 1906 as a water pumping station, a more sophisticated version of the original pumping station that was...

East Coast Bays Leisure Centre

Submitted by Bruce Duncan on Fri, 13/05/2016 - 3:16pm

 

When you have an asbestos roof over a community gym and kindy with a playground outside, it’s best not to take risks with it.

That was the view of Auckland Council when it became apparent that lichen could be degrading the asbestos roof on the East Coast Bays Leisure Centre in...

One of a team

Submitted by Bruce Duncan on Fri, 13/05/2016 - 3:46pm


Jonathan Walker architect – ‘Purpose-built yet elegant’ is how Jonathan Walker describes IBM’s Highbrook facility. Purpose-built and elegant’ better describes the many JWA-designed buildings in Auckland.

While the team at this well-established architectural practice have undertaken...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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