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Insights into house design for people who love architecture and don't know much.
New Zealand
Joined January 2014
You know you’re doing something right when Andrew Patterson likes your FB post.
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@DesignGuideNZ @CityAklccrg @NzBgc From my architectural design days, solar shading design is a lost art these days. Should be looked at seriously for any highly glazed facade.😍😍😍😍 #gamedesign #Fantasy #Digital3D #game #Architectural
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How we build-design, materials, size. We need to reduce our emissions. https://t.co/dFfWeJX9RN
newsroom.co.nz
to make housing climate friendly. Whichever way we look, the construction sector is spiked onto the horns of nasty dilemmas. In spite of housing affordability being in crisis mode, construction...
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As always, it’s important to check the quality of your building materials. This is a sad echo of NZ’s scandalous leaky home disaster. https://t.co/ZYCQKuW8XG?
theguardian.com
Thousands could be left homeless in rural Ireland because of devastating building defect
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"New Form of Engagement The Chungnam Art Museum will provide a new form of interactive engagement between art and the public. It does this by turning the museum inside out... creat[ing] a diverse and vibrant cultural experience." Not Auckland https://t.co/2SnLMD7JCt
unstudio.com
Discover Chungnam Art Museum, a visionary cultural and social space designed by UNS and DA Group in South Korea. This immersive museum fosters community engagement, artistic inspiration, and sustai...
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One of the things mentioned in @SiouxsieW @TheSpinoffTV article is revisiting ventilation in our built environment. Seems to me the perfect opportunity to look at energy efficiency at the same time and building owners can use @NZGBC tools for this. https://t.co/gDf7TilN9k
thespinoff.co.nz
To nail delta, we can't afford to loosen our grip.
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We still need a Centre of Contemporary Maori Culture for downtown Auckland. Look at this - in Bulls! @KiwaCentre @ngar1mu @simonbwilson @DarbyatCouncil A taniwha awakes https://t.co/iqViqlkcm8 via @ANow_
architecturenow.co.nz
Felicity Wallace contemplates the Te Matapihi Bulls Community Centre by Architecture Workshop and finds a building full of wonderful ideas – some, such as its adjacent public square, yet to be...
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Frank Gehry’s Luma Arles will be the literal high point of a new “creative campus” called Luma Arles, a multidisciplinary art and culture complex sprawling over 27 acres. We need a Māori version of this for Auckland.
theguardian.com
Building is architect’s tribute to Arles’ most famous residents: the Romans and Vincent van Gogh
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Everyone in the New Zealand building industry needs to watch this important documentary on Prime TV this coming week. https://t.co/ThfrFv4WUM
rnz.co.nz
A new documentary by building experts John Gray and Roger Levie has uncovered the shocking state of apartment buildings around New Zealand. Entitled A Living Hell: Apartment Disasters. Roger is with...
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Architecture Trend #4 Digitising Construction
designguide.co.nz
The productivity benefits, savings through minimising rework and ability to self-manage the construction process are the main drivers behind the rapid adoption of the technology.
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Scored an invite! DēLonghi has a new espresso machine and my mate, Giapo, is preparing me lunch!
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Here's yet another (yawn) report into the woes of the Building Industry. @MBIEgovtnz @BRANZlive @NZIArchitects @MasterBuilderNZ and other industry bodies have much to answer for. Poor culture, lack of penalties for poor workmanship, lack of oversight and no consumer education.
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This is a distressing and avoidable tragedy for Auckland.
Very ugly. And awkward. @AklCouncil is disbanding the Auckland Design Office and today at council meeting was full of praise for its work. Why? What do the politicians have to say for themselves? Filed my column for Friday @nzherald paper + premium online and yes I'm a bit angry.
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If you live in the Albert-Eden-Puketapapa Ward, there are some awesome @CityVisionNZ candidates too - @CrCathyCasey and Mark Graham of @DesignGuideNZ
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"Registered Master Builders Association chief executive David Kelly says it is unreasonable to expect consumers to research and understand benefits of various products." @radionz @ninetonoon @rnz_news
https://t.co/Yj4MwK68cD
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