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Tea and coffee at the ready, Respond are back in t

Tea and coffee at the ready, Respond are back in the office! We hope everyone had a fantastic break, and feel free to get in touch about that project you’ve been thinking about over Christmas! 😉
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A very Happy New Year to everyone out there, and a

A very Happy New Year to everyone out there, and a happy new decade! Our top nine consists of concepts, projects on site and completed, and some LEGO and NZ mountains for good measure; we can’t wait to have more of the same in 2020 (especially the LEGO!!)
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Wishing all our friends, colleagues and clients, p

Wishing all our friends, colleagues and clients, past, future & present a very happy Christmas! Here’s a little Christmas poem from Respond (you’ll have to hum O Little Town of Bethlehem!) 🎄
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Oh little town of Auuuuuckland the time is nearly here
For lots of food, a bit of booze and general Christmas cheers
Meanwhile, Respond are wooorking still on drawings and consents,
We’re pushing hard to clear the board before the big event!
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The past 12 months have been the best! The team would like to say,
a real big thanks to everrrryone we’ve worked with day to day!
To clients and consuuuultants, be future, past or now,
To work with you, desiiiign for you is fab, please take a bow!!
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While we’re all looking foooorward to a long festive break,
We also look towards next year, designs we’re yet to make,
With a raft of proooojects on the board, the next year will be fun,
But we can’t wait to work with you, so 2020 bring it on!
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Respond spent an hour today as a guest of @formanc

Respond spent an hour today as a guest of @formancenz and @kanebuildgroup at one of their fantastic SIP projects in Torbay. The 315mm SIP roof on the first floor spans over 7m creating an amazing space, and gives an insulation value of nearly R9 - around 3x the building code minimum! Not to mention, those views!! 👌🏻
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Respond are extremely excited to have submitted ou

Respond are extremely excited to have submitted our first Passive House project for Building Consent and pricing!
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Lower Saddle House sits between two small hills, overlooking the settlement of Tahekeroa.
After years of designing beyond the building code, the project is Respond’s first foray into Passive House design, with Architect @josephlyth as both project lead and client.
The project aim is to produce a high performance building at a similar cost to standard New Zealand housing, to show that we can produce higher quality, lower energy housing to reasonable budgets. To do this the focus lies on producing a compact design with a well-insulated, airtight envelope, to provide a healthy interior environment with minimal heating costs. The interior fit out is basic & functional to keep costs down, and can then be upgraded as budgets allow in the future. It’s far easier to upgrade a kitchen or a bathroom, than your windows or walls!
Robust plywood linings to interior walls & paint to the exposed SIPs keep costs down and finish an interior that is conditioned by a mechanical heat recovery system; while high specification double glazed windows & shading both mitigate the solar gains in the summer and allow them in during the winter months.
Externally the project has a quite traditional appearance which belies its modern fabric. Vertical board & battens and a metal roof, blend the home into the rural vernacular, while a wide covered deck provides year round exterior living space.
The project is single storey, but is designed to be upgraded to accommodate the architects growing family. The current loft space is open to the double height living area, and provision has been made in the design & structure for a future staircase up to a master bedroom, ensuite, dressing area and mezzanine area; providing a home that will accommodate generations to come.
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A custom carpet design for our heritage school pro

A custom carpet design for our heritage school project in Takapuna, a collaboration between one of our graduates @emmafelldown & designers Terry. The design came together through representations of the area’s natural forms, and it’s history of arrival & connection. We can’t wait to see this laid!
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We had a great site visit to our 7 unit developmen

We had a great site visit to our 7 unit development in Howick this week! Units 1-3 are already going up, and the slab for units 6&7 are about to be poured. Exciting times! Photo: @mevuni .
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We had a great site visit to our 7 unit developmen

We had a great site visit to our 7 unit development in Howick this week! Units 1-3 are already going up, and the slab for units 6&7 are about to be poured. Exciting times!
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