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New Homestar design guide makes healthier homes more accessible
Windy Ridge School – Te Whare Ako wins Excellence Award at PCNZ Property Industry Awards 2024
SIPs – high performance and prefabrication for better buildings
“We accept a lot just because we don’t know any different.”
Windy Ridge School nominated for Property Council Industry Awards 2024

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An architect’s own home which goes against the grain

Home — News + Thoughts — An architect’s own home which goes against the grain

01/04/2022

An architect's own home which goes against the grain

stuff.co.nz spoke to Respond Architects’ Joe Lyth about his new three-bedroom Tahekeroa home, which is super energy efficient and built on a budget.

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NZGBC - Homestar Design Guide

New Homestar design guide makes healthier homes more accessible

The new Homestar V5 Design Guide, commissioned by the New Zealand Green Building Council (NZGBC) and compiled by Respond Architects, has been officially launched.

23/07/2024

Windy Ridge School – Te Whare Ako wins Excellence Award at PCNZ Property Industry Awards 2024

Windy Ridge School – Te Whare Ako wins Excellence Award at PCNZ Property Industry Awards 2024

The R—A team who worked on the new high performance classroom building – Te Whare Ako – for Windy Ridge School were honoured to be recognised with an Excellence Award at the Property Industry Awards 2024.

19/06/2024

SIPs with Respond Architects - high performance and prefabrication for better buildings

SIPs – high performance and prefabrication for better buildings

New construction methods are emerging that can shorten construction time, reduce costs and increase the as-built performance of new homes.

10/05/2024

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A team of Architects that tread the line between creative design solutions and technical expertise. Based in Auckland, with work across NZ

teamed up with @davidreidhomes (Central and West)

teamed up with @davidreidhomes (Central and West) to design this bespoke new home in the heritage suburb of Mt Eden.

Nestled in the rear of a subdivided site, tucked away behind a Mt Eden Villa, is this small but perfectly formed home. Designed to create a private, low-maintenance haven for its owners, maximising views of the Waitakere Ranges, this project was years in the making, facing a complicated Resource Consenting process (due to the Heritage overlay on the site), and the challenges of construction during COVID lockdowns. The result was worth waiting for though – the floor plan arrangement is rigorous, with no wasted space and flexibility built in. Designed to accommodate its owners into old age, accessibility is integral to the design, with a lift, level thresholds, wide hallways and doors, and wheelchair accessible bathrooms. The landscape design is fully considered as part of the architecture, with the yard maximised to include covered outdoor seating and dining spaces, a hot tub, vegetable and ornamental gardens, and a small lawn space for grandchildren to play – all flowing off the main living space.

Images by @blankspace.nz

Images by Blank Space Photography.

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We are proud to announce that our Windy Ridge Scho

We are proud to announce that our Windy Ridge School project was an Excellence Award Winner in the Colliers Project Leaders Education category at the Property Industry Awards 2024.

Project Lead for Respond Architects, Joseph Lyth, said the project was “a pleasure to lead”, and credited the entire project team.

Providing 12 new teaching spaces for the Green-Gold Enviroschool located on Auckland’s North Shore, the healthy, low energy and eco-friendly building came in under budget and was completed a month ahead of schedule, thanks to a streamlined design process and well-coordinated build.

“It’s proof that when you consider performance from the start of the design process, achieving better buildings does not have to cost more,” said Joe.

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Recently some of the RA team were invited to give

Recently some of the RA team were invited to give a short presentation to the Takapuna Grammar School Science & Engineering club, along with Accent Construction and the @educationgovtnz . They provided an overview of the Performing Arts Block remediation project and its challenges, and outlined their careers as woman in construction, discussing how their careers paths developed.
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It was a great opportunity for the students to learn more about a major construction project happening at the school, hear about the construction industry in New Zealand in general, and hopefully was inspiring for the female identifying students to have an all female construction project team coming to talk to them.
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Consent Lodged for this stunning new home on the o

Consent Lodged for this stunning new home on the outskirts of Auckland! On a challenging steep site, with expansive harbour views to the south, the project responds to the clients brief for a contemporary home that knits together interior and exterior living, fengshui, and extensive cooking facilities! Thermal modelling enabled us to tailor the project to meet the clients required performance, while a Lossnay balanced MVHR system will ensure the interior environment is healthy throughout the year.
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A key challenge was that the main views and openings were to the south - not ideal for solar gain, but through exploring different specifications in the model we could assess the impact on heating demand and overheating of each decision to achieve adequate performance levels. While reducing heating energy demand is important, with our changing climate, managing overheating potential is arguably even more of a priority. With this project we reduced the overheating potential from over 8% under the H1 schedule method minimum standards, down to just over 3% with the proposed glazing. The modelling also showed that with standard glazing, while the heating demand would have been slightly lower, the proposed building would have had an overheating risk of nearly 12% - a good example of making sure you’re balancing the specification both ways, and how energy modelling can take the unknown risks out of performance!
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Final metrics compared to H1 schedule method minimums:
22% lower heating energy demand
58% lower overheating risk
69% lower overall energy demand PER
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Project Lead: @natashacockerell
Architectural Graduate: @anekegibbs
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We're extremely happy to share that our Windy Ridg

We're extremely happy to share that our Windy Ridge High Performance classroom block is one of the nominees for the @propertycouncilnz Property Industry Awards 2024!
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Through energy modelling in PHPP, and dynamic modelling from @stephensonandturner, we reduced the heating energy demand by over 55% from the current H1 minimums, while also delivering a 38% lower overheating potential. A simple form helped us achieve the performance, while keeping costs in check and allowing us to include flashes of beauty and fun, with biophilic design elements internally and externally.
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A range of spaces within and around the building provide teaching spaces for every need, including a central social staircase, flexible bleacher seating, a sunny window seat, a 'green room' for filming, exterior first floor decks with views of the water, and a link bridge out to the orchard bank behind. The school have been in the building for over a year now, and rave about the levels of comfort throughout the year.
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Despite it's high level of energy efficiency, the project actually came in under budget, and was completed by Woodview Construction a whole month early! Proof that when you consider performance from the start of the design process, achieving better buildings does not have to cost more.
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If you're interested in talking about your own project, and how you can achieve higher levels of performance, durability, health and energy efficiency, feel free to get in touch!
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On the Drawing Board – a stunning sculptural hom

On the Drawing Board – a stunning sculptural home in the QT area from the RA Queenstown Office, for @dcd_ltd_queenstown
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The Landing
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A design scope based on performance, views, ease of living and being true to nature. The building's form, texture and colours are inspired from a native Kea landing on the schist landscape. The building rises out of the schist rock ground and the expansive roof encloses the occupants under its wing like form.
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Mainly northwest facing with unobstructed 180 degree views, the Whakatipu Basin is secluded and sheltered by nesting into the hillside above Lake Hayes. The ground floor provides warm, cave/bunker like spaces, representing the earth. The upper floor is light, airy and expansive as a Kea wing, split by the central circulation the body.
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Project lead @shanabanananz
Kea Photo 01 - Christopher George
Kea Photo 02 - Arthur Lee
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