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An Architectural practice that provides a range of services, under the pillars of Design, Consult, Teach - Architecture that balances budget, beauty and build-ability, alongside health, performance and efficiency.

It was fantastic for Director Joe Lyth to attend the New Zealand Certified Builders Association Conference recently, spe...
22/06/2026

It was fantastic for Director Joe Lyth to attend the New Zealand Certified Builders Association Conference recently, spending two days connecting with builders and innovators.

Joe was there to present the IceBox along side Lenny Basham from Basham Building 🔨 . Massive thanks to Julie Roberts and the Mitre 10 team for all the support, and for the chance to share the findings from the experiment. Thanks also to everyone who joined the session and contributed to the discussions - it was amazing to have so many people in the room, field some insightful questions, and hear that the benefits of healthier, higher performance buildings are becoming far more recognised by the wider industry.

It was a great two days full of great presentations and learnings, we especially enjoyed the BRANZ seminar, and watching one of our collaborators Mark from Fairfield Construction on stage with Paul from Twin Solutions Ltd, chatting about better ways of building.

Massive thanks to New Certified Builders for having us, and for their donation of 120 trees to Trees That Count on our behalf to help restore land, remove CO2 and create habitats for native animals. The Ice Box challenge is taking a break for winter, but will be back on the road in the spring around the country!

A fantastic day heading down to our project - The Copse, aiming for certification, and now aiming to be too (due t...
15/05/2026

A fantastic day heading down to our project - The Copse, aiming for certification, and now aiming to be too (due to extortionate reconnection fees from the local power company!) The flight down and back was perfect thanks to , with sensational views throughout!

The purpose of the visit was the pre-line inspection and blower door airtightness test, before the interior linings go on. Before Christmas we did an envelope only test to test the Formance SIPs and Starke joinery with an amazing result of 0.24ach n50. Since then have done a great job of adjusting and finessing the joinery, but also all of the services penetrations have been made, so there were more holes than before...

The tension was high, but after an initial pressurise to find any holes the result came in........ an incredible 0.16ach n50, and some extremely happy builders!! Tom, Pete and the team have absolutely smashed this out of the park, and their attention to detail and focus on quality can be seen throughout.

The services fitout is going well with the ducted heat pump system almost complete, and the Stiebel Eltron New Zealand ventilation well on the way. Rigid ducting for the heating & cooling provides less noise & more longevity than the usual flexi-duct, with 3D coordination in the design phase mitigating on-site working out to coordinate these with the semi-rigid ventilation ducts come. The project is a perfect example of collaboration, coordination and careful design, with a passionate team all working together to get the outcome the client is hoping for 🙌

SIPs floor, wall and roof
screw pile foundations
engineering
joinery
ventilation
wraps and tapes

On a recent trip to the UK, Director was invited back to .school.of.art where he undertook his training, to add some Ne...
29/04/2026

On a recent trip to the UK, Director was invited back to .school.of.art where he undertook his training, to add some New Zealand & Passivhaus insights to second year crits.

The studio 2.5 project explored the addition of community housing & facilities to an existing council site, with consideration and retention of the biodiversity & microclimates currently present on the plot.

The students had produced some lovely responses working with the existing fabric on site, creating new spaces within existing, and all utilising low carbon & natural building methodologies. Wood fibre board, exposed hempcrete & timber frame, geometric forms & and tactile approaches to finishes outside & in. It was interesting to hear how construction is developing in the UK, and great to see such planet conscious design from the group!

Many thanks to Justine Langford for the invitation, and looking forward to seeing the completed work!

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