A dream collaboration: Tetrad Consulting
The team of BG Cooke construction, VIP Steel, SAN Architecture and Tetrad Consulting worked seamlessly together to deliver a major project in the Waterloo Business Park – a new head office and 3000sqm warehouse/distribution centre for the expanding children’s clothing business, Jamie Kay. This was Tetrad Consulting’s first contract with BG Cooke […]
Teamwork creates award-winner
Design plus setting plus orientation led to a very clear win for Sheppard Rout in the regional round of the NZIA awards, housing section. The stunning modernist home was designed and meticulously detailed for the architect’s own family. Set on a long north-south orientated site in Helmores Lane, the site is surrounded […]
Erosion & sediment control experts: MBC Environmental Solutions
Our unique paradise islands are parked squarely in the Roaring 40s and one upshot is that while we can always count on plenty of weather, there is an unpredictability in just what that weather will be. The drylands of Canterbury graphically illustrated the volatility of our climate by becoming very wet indeed, in a short […]
Swimming in success: Apollo Projects
Christchurch’s Apollo Projects have once again proven their expertise when it comes to the design and build of leisure facilities. The team have partnered with the Christchurch City Council to deliver the fantastic Te Pou Toetoe: Linwood Pool. The stunning $22million sports and aquatic facility is located adjacent to Linwood Park. Its name was […]
Reconnecting with home: Dream Doors
The great thing about Cantabrians is our ability to turn a minus into a plus – be it earthquakes or pandemics, we know what to do; we roll up our sleeves and keep ourselves busy with home improvement projects. Adrian Kay of Dream Doors Christchurch can attest to that, as the demand for kitchen […]
Bright idea for Dark Sky: Sheppard and Rout
In winning the brief to design the award-winning Dark Sky Project, Sheppard and Rout have once again excelled. Director Jasper Van der Lingen, along with Jonathan Kennedy and Duncan Barron, led this important development which houses the newly restored 125-year-old Brashear Telescope, an astro-tourism facility, an observatory, experience area, a café/bar/restaurant, retail, a gathering […]
Multi-prep for Multi-Use Arena
Preparation for construction of Christchurch’s $473 million Multi-Use Arena continues, with contamination testing, utilities work, transport planning and formation of a project board underway. Construction of the 25,000-capacity, roofed stadium is due to begin on the site bordered by Hereford, Tuam, Madras and Barbadoes Streets in February. Until then, Christchurch City Council is […]
A Dream Update: DJ Hewitt
A bespoke kitchen and bathroom makeover refreshed and updated the heart of a 1940s home. A Canterbury couple moved from rural life to leafy Fendalton, but first handed the keys to DJ Hewitt Builders to transform the essential rooms. Originally with a kitchen revamp in mind, they took Daryl Hewitt’s advice to simultaneously […]
New Brighton’s Hottest New Project
THE CITY’S HOT SALT WATER POOLS ARE SOON TO BE OPEN Christchurch residents and visitors will soon be making the most of New Brighton’s revitalised foreshore with the much-anticipated opening of He Puna Taimoana, the New Brighton hot pools. The hot pools are part of the wider regeneration of New Brighton, led by […]
A spoonful of colour
If you’re finding yourself twiddling your thumbs this summer and wanting an excuse to start some D.I.Y projects, we have just the one for you. Aside from looking cute and quirky, dipping your wooden spoons in paint can also be very practical. Searching for anything in your utensils draw or pot can be a bit […]
