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Fire Station Render_3x2

14 Apr 202014 Apr 2020

Emergency Services Hub

Feasibility concept design for a new suburban emergency services hub.

21 Jan 202021 Jan 2020

Karaka Brewsite

New commercial hospitality premises at the developing Karaka Centre.

PassivHaus Community Hub

13 Dec 201929 Jul 2020

PassivHaus Community Hub

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16 Aug 201929 Nov 2019

Kmart Whakatane

TBC

16 Aug 201923 Aug 2019

Honda Head Office

Honda NZ had an existing office space elsewhere in Auckland with a lease due to expire, and decided to relocate their head office to within the

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Some fantastic photos from @blairhastings of a rec

Some fantastic photos from @blairhastings of a recently completed renovation project in Takapuna - the client wanted to upgrade & renovate their existing home, to create a more attractive street presence and make the most of the sea views from the first floor. You wouldn’t recognise it from it’s original form! Watch this space for an upcoming article and more images.
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One of our Architects @josephlyth Passive House pr

One of our Architects @josephlyth Passive House project is steaming on, despite issues in the current climate - watch this space for site tours soon!
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A few images from Monday morning when I spent the day doing my best to help on site! Despite awful weather, and frustrating delays due to shipping issues and material shortages, we’re still cracking on. Interior framing went up, with special attention to airtightness. The frames are being built on site due to the size, lower cost and custom layout, but another (quicker!) approach would have been to have them prefabricated. Due to material shortages at the moment the quality of the timber is low, causing more issues. 45x90 lengths can actually be 48x96 leading to compounded errors, and planing etc needed to get it all to fit.
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Having an airtight envelope is essential to ensure the performance of your home it keeps the heat in, the cold out (and vice versa during summer!) and prevents interior moisture getting into the building fabric. To be Passive House certified you have to have less than 0.6 air changes an hour - a standard new home in NZ sits at about 5-7ach.
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We’re using the exposed SIPs and the sheet flooring as the air tightness layer to reduce cost, which means attention must be paid to every joint, junction and penetration in them. Silicon to the joints in the SIPs, glued joints to the floor sheets, and tape behind all of the framing that meets the walls and floors, incase the silicon begins to deteriorate in areas that can’t be maintained - ProClima Vana to the panel junctions and ProClima Extasana applied to the frames before they’re installed, to seal around any fixings. The @kanebuildgroup guys are being amazing, and definitely share my paranoia about air leaks!!
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The interiors at Abercrombie Mews are looking grea

The interiors at Abercrombie Mews are looking great!
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Taking our time, getting the settings and taking epic shots for the #davidreidhomes magazine!!
Thanks The Look for #staging furniture and the wider team for making the house look amazing!
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Abercrombie Mews looking pretty fab in this awesom

Abercrombie Mews looking pretty fab in this awesome weather, scaffold down and driveway going in!
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Can’t of asked for better weather to kick start the week 🌞#concretepoor #cavity #cladding #huttoncontracting

A bit of a Friday treat - some fab interior images

A bit of a Friday treat - some fab interior images of our recently completed Takapuna Grammar School, by Mark Scowen. They pick out some of the details which have made the project such a success; and really pay respect to such a wonderful building - amazing work by everyone involved!
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A bit of a Friday treat - some fab interior images

A bit of a Friday treat - some fab interior images of our recently completed Takapuna Grammar School, by Mark Scowen. They pick out some of the details which have made the project such a success; and really pay respect to such a wonderful building - amazing work by everyone involved!
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A bit of a Friday treat - some fab interior images

A bit of a Friday treat - some fab interior images of our recently completed Takapuna Grammar School, by Mark Scowen. They pick out some of the details which have made the project such a success; and really pay respect to such a wonderful building - amazing work by everyone involved!
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RA are at the @archipro.co.nz eat meet and greet e

RA are at the @archipro.co.nz eat meet and greet event! Feel free to say hi 😊
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