Glue-laminated (glulam) timber is used for both the main hall portal frames, which span 27 m, and the exposed roofing members in the reception and other public areas.
Careful connection design and the use of curves of a single radius for ease of manufacture has generated a unique visual impact. The architectural glulam elements have created shapes and textures that invite curiosity and interest.
The amenity block is part of a wider redevelopment of Oriental Bay undertaken by the Wellington City Council.
This house explores the idea of “living on the veranda”, a play on the traditional NZ villa veranda; a place to pause, rest, think and to look-out from.
Where the processes of art and design converge and cross over lies a genre of work that defies the ordinary and propels us toward the idea that art and design are necessities, not fanciful luxuries. As a designer, this is where I live; this is what excites and sustains me. "New ideas; from a new generation; from New Zealand". Proudly made in New Zealand for the world!
The conversion of this ordinary 1970s warehouse and office block into a contemporary art gallery features the strong use of Pacific imagery.
This successful family home uses a symmetrical plan to create a simple set of internal spaces while negotiating with both the positive and negative aspects of the site.
In 2001 the city of Roosendaal (a provincial town in the southwest of the Netherlands) decided to ban cars from the New Market in the centre of town by building a two storey underground parking facility.
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