How well did your architect perform?
There are literally hundreds of things that an architect does for you behind the scenes, but distilling it down, as a benchmark for success, what
There are literally hundreds of things that an architect does for you behind the scenes, but distilling it down, as a benchmark for success, what
Problems? What problems? If you are building for the first time, it is only natural that you would feel pretty excited and enthusiastic about getting
Can you spot the fence design mistake?
(A version of this article was published in The Press newspaper, Christchurch, and on the Stuff website on 4/7/2020) After “How much will it cost”, probably the
Scenario 1: 2000/m2 This might get you the very worst of the bland building company designed / out-of-a-catalogue type houses: single story, the cheapest materials
It strikes me that the terms of reference for the CERA earthquake memorial project almost entirely miss the point.http://cera.govt.nz/news/2014/site-confirmed-for-canterbury-earthquake-memorial-12-july-2014 Why are we limiting proposals to
In May 2012, and again in December 2013, I had the privilege of working once more with Sir Miles Warren (I was an employee of
Be warned, this article is something of a personal rant. I was advised by the Christchurch City Council recently that the processing of a Building
As an urgent public service response to Christchurch’s recent devastating earthquakes, a good number of Christchurch’s Architects who feel passionately about the city, including some
Christchurch Architects were put to the challenge recently, with a design competition to address the earthquake ravaged city centre. Starting at midday on 1st July
Just found some work we did in a joint submission with some landscapers for the Queen’s Wharf architectural competition back in 2009, intended to provide
(source: http://www.nature.com/news/2010/100708/full/news.2010.342.html)Alla Katsnelson Stress has acquired a bad image as a contributor to disease, but a little stress may be no bad thing. Mice raised
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qbXJJN9ZSFc What more can I say?
Horror stories about poor construction standards in homes built during the 1980’s to early 2000’s dominated the news for many years. Popularly known as “leaky-building-
Most of us take “sustainability” to be a pretty compelling and important objective, and this is an often requested feature in building design, but beyond
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