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The NZGBC’s 5 Green Star rated new office fit-out in Auckland shows that a modest budget is no barrier to sustainability.

Clever use of laminated and untreated pine, combined with well-crafted copper and glass components provide an ever-changing space for healing and worship

The design by Robert Simeoni Architects is a collection of buildings with residual outdoor spaces that can be manipulated by using folding screens to control accessibility, allowing the zones to be adaptable to the time of year or day.

Architect Paul Haar has applied engineered timber products with elegance to address a massive structural challenge and create a warm but powerful architectural expression.

A “home among the gum trees”, this 1000 m2 residence sits 140m above a valley and on a 30 to 60 degree slope - the concept was to ‘float’ amongst the trees.

The development objectives were to create a beach community based on sustainable design principles, where each home visually engages with the ocean, has generous outdoor living room, and a sense of community through density, building relationships.

Vibe Design Group’s, renovation project, Mercer, uses a bold timber shape to transform the existing house, giving it an undeniable street presence and privacy for the occupants.

A world first for its innovative use of LVL in the structure of a multi‐storey building, the NMIT building also incorporates a new generation of earthquake-­resistant engineering technology.

The free form, wide span wooden cupola with its multiple layers was made possible through parametric programming that included design facilities and options, statics, production, CNC machining, transport and assembly parameters

When Outcrop House was judged overall winner of the 2008 Australian Timber Design Awards, architect Peter Stutchbury modestly described the work as “one of restraint” – an enclave offering comfort, ease, place and dreaming, and promoting contemplation.

Cottage Point House is located in an isolated settlement within Ku-ring-gai National Park on the waterfront of Coal and Candle Creek. The site is oriented east over the shallow bay, facing the weathered horizontal sandstone escarpments.

An innovative timber structure that demonstrates how Laminated Veneer Lumber (LVL) is better than steel in structural applications, particularly for ease of construction and performance.