Tag: Construction | Architecture Now

Below ground

Review | There are no standards relating to below-ground waterproofing in residential dwellings in New Zealand, and it is not a restricted building activity, despite its critical importance.

Locked in

Projects | The new police headquarters in Rotorua merges culture and innovation, and develops the application of PRESSS technology.

A passive problem

Review | A huge percentage of New Zealand buildings fail to comply with fire protection standards.

Lower Hatea Crossing Te Matau a Pohe

Projects | A new 265m-long rolling bascule bridge in Whangarei, designed by Knight Architects, interprets the Maori fish-hook form.

Living building

Projects | New Zealand’s most advanced sustainable building is complete, after an 11-month build that posed significant challenges.

Building with CO2

News | Captured carbon dioxide emissions are being transformed into green building materials in a world-first research pilot plant.

Control P

News | A new solar cell printer can print one A3 photovoltaic cell onto flexible plastic or steel every two seconds.

Core strength

Projects | This triangular building gains its strength from a mass of concrete and steel reinforcing, and its circular core.

Material thinking

Practice | John de Manincor talks with David Pigram, Iain Maxwell and James Gardiner about material technology and use.

Northern Ireland construction industry delegation to visit New Zealand

UK construction industry delegation

News | Representatives from the Northern Ireland construction industry to visit NZ to discuss joint venture initiatives.

On track

Projects | A world-class cycling facility is taking shape near Cambridge. We talked to Livingstone Builders about this complex build.

A blue-green waterfront

News | Waterfront Auckland’s bold sustainability blueprint aims to develop New Zealand’s greenest precinct.

NZ Wood Resene 2014 Timber Design Awards

News | Entries are being sought for all categories of the 2014 Timber Design Awards.

Canterbury BuildNZ 2014

Calendar | Trade Show, Christchurch, 31 Jul 2014 to 2 Aug 2014
Trade-only event for building and construction industry professionals, innovators and educators.

Clean living

Review | Sourcing green materials to comply with the world’s most stringent sustainability measures is proving to be a huge challenge.

Hawke's Bay carpentry apprentice named New Zealand's best

Hawke’s Bay apprentice named NZ’s best

News | Carpentry apprentice William Harkness has been named the Registered Master Builders Carters 2013 Apprentice of the Year.

Growing a house

News | Green insulation that literally grows on trees.

A feat of formwork

Review | Architecture Van Brandenburg is bringing some Kiwi ingenuity to China.

10-best examples of blobitecture named

News | It may not be architecture as we know it but thanks to computer-aided design, blobitecture is opening up a whole new realm.

Ten special housing areas announced

News | Housing minister Dr Nick Smith and Auckland mayor Len Brown announce release of 6000 sections across Auckland.