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Illuminated spaces

With warm summer nights in sight, it is time to start thinking about creating your perfect outdoor entertaining area. When the sun sinks, outdoor lighting is the real hero. There is so much you can do with lighting to create ambience and a sense of cosiness outside. The right lighting for your area […]

Constructive design collaborations

Using the wider Canterbury/Otago regions as their professional canvas, the newly established architectural practice, Figure & Ground (formerly Connell Architecture) and Petrie Construction work in collaboration to provide excellence in design and construction. Connell Architecture won two Highly Commended awards for Residential New Homes in Ngahere Street at the recent Architectural Designers New […]

Supreme construction: Clive Barrington

Six houses entered; six gold awards won, including the 2021 Registered Master Builders’ Canterbury Supreme House of the Year Award. Winning six awards, two category awards, the lifestyle award and the overall Supreme Award has never been achieved before. It’s well known that quality and perfection are hallmarks of the work of the […]

Home ground advantage: Jennian Homes

Envisioned your dream home? A piece of land has caught your eye? Perhaps a unique design ethos or aesthetic viewpoint is driving your desire for a new build? Whatever your conceptual blueprint, it will need to be interpreted by a building team of your choosing. Will they speak your design language with professionalism […]

Bringing home the gold: M&S Construction

And the gold goes to… M & S Construction of Queenstown for a home in the over $2million category. Builder Marty Hulsman is over the moon at his company’s success in the Southern House of the Year awards. “This is only the second time we have entered one of our homes in the […]