Designing innovative joinery: Master Joiners
They had such a great time with their inaugural awards last year that members of the Canterbury branch of Master Joiners are already abuzz preparing for this year’s competition. “Joinery is a highly skilled craft practised for centuries, “explains Canterbury President Nathan Busch. “Our awards celebrate professional excellence in the craft across a […]
Collaborative build a beauty: Morel Construction
Battling the wild elements was just one of the challenges faced by a Christchurch construction company when extending and refurbishing a remote West Coast bach. Morel Construction’s team members are passionate about building high quality and high performance houses, so when a return client started talking about using Formance SIP panel on their […]
Seismic studies accelerating
A University of Canterbury earthquake engineering professor has gained almost $1 million from Marsden Fund Te Pūtea Rangahau a Marsden to accelerate his research into the effects of ground-shaking caused by earthquakes. Professor Brendon Bradley, an award-winning earthquake engineering expert and director of Te Hirangu Rū QuakeCoRE: The New Zealand Centre for Earthquake […]
Autumn stripe living: RESENE
After two decades of grey reigning supreme as the preferred neutral for most, warmer tones are finally beginning to make a comeback. Previously seen as the pique of modernity, many are coming to realise that cool greys aren’t always particularly comforting hues – especially when used in large quantities. Earthy clay browns, especially […]
From the editor: 3 March 2022
Marching on Almost a quarter of the way through 2022, and already many aspects of life as we know it have changed, once again. Change is not necessarily a bad thing and there are many ways to adapt to it and even take advantage of it. History and nature have shown us time […]
Dancing the night away
Inspired by cheap Champagne, faux luxury, and the destruction of our natural world, choreographer Jessie McCall brings four dancers to the stage for a joyful yet confronting dance-theatre work Daybreak Estate, playing in Christchurch on 17 – 19 March. Daybreak Estate was created in 2020 and premiered in Experimental Dance Week Aotearoa in […]
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