Tag: Construction | Architecture Now

Growing a house

News | Green insulation that literally grows on trees.

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

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

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

Review | Simon Haines says the Government will take action on construction, as a result of numerous political hot potatoes.

Review | NZIQS president, Julian Mace, says cost escalation will happen, but what we don’t know is when.

People | Mark Katterns has always incorporated Maori culture into his leadership style.

Review | With only a fraction of residential dwellings remediated, the range of problems surfacing in leaky buildings is wide-ranging.

Review | Deputy Prime Minister Bill English talks about the Budget 2013, the Christchurch rebuild, and lifting productivity.

News | Scandanavian architects C.F. Møller have designed the world’s tallest timber skyscraper, a 34-storey residential building.

Review | David Hayes says managing complexity with simplicity is the only way to improve the quality of building envelopes.

Review | Milton How says less than five per cent of New Zealand buildings comply with a vital seismic standard.

Projects | The Carlton Hotel packs a lot of punch for its size, combining modern design with a heritage-inspired fit out.

Projects | The $10 million remediation of a retirement complex in Papamoa is challenging the status quo.

Projects | Due for completion in mid-2013, The Crossing will feature five buildings around a podium base linked by an open-air plaza.

Calendar | Conference, Queenstown, 12 Jun 2013 to 14 Jun 2013
An initiative of the New Zealand Institute of Quantity Surveyors.

News | An initiative for budding quantity surveyors has been announced as part of the NZIQS conference Shaken not Stirred.

Review | GreenBeing managing director Paula Hugens says mould caused by internally driven moisture needs to be recognised as an issue.

News | Entries for the Registered Master Builders Federation Carters 2013 Apprentice of the Year are now open.

Projects | These 1970s Wellington council apartments are undergoing a $37 million seismic and functional upgrade.