Projects
Commercial
Architects on Tour in the USAIn April this year, Marketing Manager Craig Chetty and Key Account Manager Paula Pioch from James Hardie New Zealand accompanied a group of 10 architects and architectural designers on the 2008 Streetscapes Architectural Tour of the USA.
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Koru Lounge - Linea™ Weatherboard a feature in new-look Koru lounges |
Commercial - Apartments
Chapel On The ParkChapel on the Park is a development in rapidly growing Chapel Downs, Auckland which combines retail spaces at street level with 2 storey apartments above. | |
James Hardie by the Sea | |
James Hardie products grace Internationally Acclaimed DevelopmentJames Hardie building products are set to feature strongly in what's been described as New Zealand's leading example of a genuinely master-planned, integrated residential neighbourhood.
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Commercial - Education
A modern new building for an historic schoolHamilton Girls High School is a vibrant, multi-cultural inner-city school with a roll of around 1300 students. With a history spanning nearly 100 years, it has occupied the same site since 1911. However, by 2000, Hamilton Girls had well and truly outgrown its existing administration facilities and a new solution was needed.
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Sancta Maria Catholic High SchoolSancta Maria College in Botany Downs, Auckland is the first integrated secondary school built by the Catholic Diocese for 30 years. For architects Jasmax Limited, this offered the opportunity to create a unique learning environment. | |
Stimulating New EnvironmentJust under 12 months ago, Silverdale School moved into its new premises in Longmore Lane, Silverdale, 20 minutes' drive north of Auckland. This $9 million complex, officially opened by Prime Minister Helen Clark, is a state-of-the-art facility with an infrastructure to service in excess of 600 students. |
Residential
Albert Town Residence - designed by Gary ToddIn designing his own contemporary-style family home on a small, sloping site in Wanaka, Gary Todd, based his concept on the New Zealand lifestyle and the extremes of the Central Otago climate.
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Black Barn Utility BuildingDesigning a new utility building to tie in with an existing home on his rural Tauranga property provided a unique and exciting project for architectural designer John Little, director of Ambienti. | |
Bob Burnett Architecture ShowhomeDoubling as both home and office space, ADNZ designer Bob Burnett and partner, Shizuka Yasui, were both the client and the designers on this up market architectural showhome on the port hills in Christchurch. | |
Improving building standards in New ZealandStatistics sourced from the latest Census relating to the building industry make sobering reading. The collected responses indicate that only 30% of those contractors working within the construction field described themselves as "qualified." | |
James Hardie Supports Homes on the MoveWhen it comes to building a new home, most of us think of tradespeople on site for months, laying foundations and erecting framing. But there's another new-home construction option that's gaining in popularity, especially with those building beach houses and baches in remote locations. | |
Jessup/Lynch Residence - Steve HumphersonThe Jessup/Lynch Residence, designed by Steve Humpherson of Sorted Architecture Ltd is another award-winning home that features James Hardie products. The contemporary linear design won the Residential New Single Dwelling up to 250sqm category in the 2006 ADNZ Resene National Design Awards. | |
Linea™ Weatherboard's fire-resistant claims put to the testWhen John Duffin heard that his recently completed beach house at Mangawhai Heads had caught fire, he feared it had been burned to the ground. | |
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The Red HouseStephen Ansley, Architectural Designer fulfilled his client's desire of a "replica style, low maintenance family home" with the use of James Hardie 135mm Linea Weatherboards.
Versatile Linea Weatherboards are ideal for new homes or renovations and come in three different widths so you can create the look you want.
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The Residence - Lake Tekapo | |
Tranquillity RiseA stones throw from the cliff edge, this 600m2 section in a narrow street in the Heritage zone of Howick was not without its challenges for designer Jo-Anne Hitchcock. "Designing a 265m2 house under the height to boundary rules was always going to be interesting" says Jo-Anne. |
Miscellaneous
Axon Panel finds a New Partner! |
