S&T in motion
Over the past six months we've been dabbling in some in-house video production.
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Will Cesar Pelli Kill the World Heritage of Seville?
About 200 years ago Rossini’s comic opera “The Barber of Seville” entered the stage.
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Next Chinese Architecture
Just before the break I received the latest issue of the Spanish magazine Arquitectura&Viva (A&V), which exclusively dealt with Chinese architecture executed by Chinese architects.
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Architecture
China
A Safer RWC
Thanks to S&T’s fire engineers and several event organisers it’s good to know that festivities surrounding the recent Rugby World Cup were not only fun, but safe.
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Fire Engineering
Sustainable Design - An Engineer’s Headache?
Design trends for modern buildings are setting high expectations for comfort, amenity, and sustainability.
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Engineering
Sustainability
S&T Lighting
New technologies are transforming the world of lighting – a world where the shape of light is limited only by the imagination and where a myriad of colours can transform a space and enhance performance and mood.
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Facelift for a Wellington Heritage Building
In challenging economic times New Zealanders are, more than ever, acknowledging the economic and sustainability benefits of renovation versus building new.
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Heritage
Design for a Restless Landscape
In the.
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Two Lighting Awards for Wellington Design Studio
S&T's Wellington Design Studio won two awards at the IESANZ Lighting Design Awards on Friday night.
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Showcasing the New Urban Edge of Christchurch
On Friday I visited the University of Auckland's School of Architecture to critique the work of the architectural design class of Camia Young and Derek Kapiti.
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1972 – The Best of German Architecture
Sometimes I get asked what my favourite piece of German architecture is.
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S&T Wellington Studio wins Silver Best Award
It was a beautiful evening to celebrate the best of New Zealand design on the Auckland waterfront last Friday.
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Awards
Interior Design
See ya, Steve!
A few minutes ago I received an RSS feed announcing that Steve Jobs passed away yesterday, aged only 56.
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Team New Zealand places in the solar decathlon
We were elated when we managed to move up one place in the overall rankings today from 4th into 3rd.
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AMAZING 3rd Place for First Light in Solar Decathalon
The Victoria University of Wellington First Light team has taken out 3rd place in the US Department of Energy's international Solar Decathalon Competition.
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Video
Meridian First Light House
Paihia Design Workshop / Weekend
When we heard we were selected for the preparation of a new Master Plan for Paihia we sensed there could be an opportunity to build a team building workshop around the project.
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Urban design
What I want for Christmas…
What I Want for Christmas: A super grunty data projector which is able to paint the façade of a building.
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Lighting
Façadism along the Forgotten World Highway
As it was my birthday last week, I took a week of leave to console myself.
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Architecture
Heritage
VIP Visits and Kiwi lamb for dinner
The .
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Meridian First Light House
What drives us?
We've just finished a few brief videos as a summary of what drives us at S&T.
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First LIght People’s Choice Award - Your VOTE counts!
The US Department of Energy's Solar decathalon includes a "People's Choice Award".
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Meridian First Light House
First Light - Construction Complete
Yesterday the First Light team were very proud to be the second of the 19 competitors to get their entry signed off by officials as being complete.
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Meridian First Light House
Christchurch Cathedral, spiritual need or historical delight?
Often witnesses to a large degree of devastation (be it natural or man-made) need to step back and create our own point of reference in order to make it “thinkable” at all.
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First Light Update
From our man on the ground - .
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Meridian First Light House
Being an Architect’s Engineer
I've been pondering what makes our engineers so special.
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As Architects and Interior Designers, we are always dealing with all sized businesses, considering the notion of the "open-plan office.
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Commercial
Interior Design
US Solar Decathlon – almost 24 hours in
The .
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Sustainability
Meridian First Light House
First Light about to take flight
The Victoria University of Wellington First Light team is now raring to go in Washington DC.
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Engineering
Meridian First Light House
Thank You, Auckland School of Architecture!
Over the last fortnight Stephenson&Turner took part in the ‘Open Desk Programme’ of the Auckland University’s School of Architecture.
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Auckland goes RWC Crazy…
It's been an exciting few days with the start of the Rugby World Cup and, in particular, the opening ceremonies in Auckland.
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Auckland
Close Encounter of the Cool Kind
Yesterday was the .
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Christchurch Temporary Cathedral
We are, by now, all familiar with the image of the torn and broken Christ Church Cathedral following the earthquakes of February 22nd and June 13th June this year.
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Would you care for a dance?
What better way to get intimate than with a dance – even with a building? Intimacy reflected in the transformative relationship between form and space… by revealing secrets of rhyme and articulation in a well-determined architectural space… with close ups of body and movement… exposing links between old and new, static and moving art, bodies and buildings.
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More NZ-Made Design, please
We buy NZ-made cheese.
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Is Auckland Learning from Us?
With the launch of the .
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Put Progress on the Shelves!
Coming back from lecturing at the School of Architecture one day, I stumbled into the bookshop on the campus.
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Architecture
Opinion
S&T wins Resene Sustainable Awards - Second Year in a row!
S&T has won the Resene Total Colour Sustainable System Award for the second year in a row! This year the winning project was S&T's new Wellington Design Studio fitout.
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To whom does the street belong?
Recently we touched on the.
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Urban design
Auckland
Inspiring Travels…
After a fantastic two months of jet setting around the world, I am back in full force to the winter ‘wonderland’ that is Wellington.
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Snow! (and a First Light House update)
The week started with snow! The snow started as my family and I headed home, after 15 minutes so much had fallen that we couldn’t drive up the last hill.
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Wellington
Meridian First Light House
For Thirty Pieces of Silver… Auckland dresses up
Last week I was full of excitement about the new humane urban development at North Quay in the Wynyard Quarter; today I realise that Auckland unravels a new face (the true one?) as it dresses up for the Rugby World Cup.
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Opinion
Hamburg in the 1920s – Modernism with a Local Edge
The beginning of Modernism in Germany was very much a personal thing of individuals, such as Mies van der Rohe and Walter Gropius in Berlin or Otto Haesler in Celle.
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Opinion
Sitting on the Dock of the Bay
Finally Auckland wins the harbour back again! Happy pedestrians now stroll over Te Wero island, across the lifting bridge, and along North Wharf; untroubled by motorists enjoying the maritime environment.
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Urban design
Opinion
Lux Nova – The New Light
Recently I had the first opportunity to visit our finished Biosciences Centre (Thomas Building) extension at night – a wondrous experience.
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Herzog & de Meuron reinvigorate NAZI Design for the Bordeaux Grand Stadium
On Friday many of the architecture blogs featured a brand new project by the Swiss architects .
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Opinion
LED Technology for Energy Efficient Lighting
Last Friday I attended an ies Seminar titled “Energy Efficient Lighting Innovation, LED Technology Review”.
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Lighting
Norman Foster at the NZ Film Festival
This past Sunday morning I attended a screening of “How much does your building weigh, Mr.
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Opinion
Taking 3D Modelling to the cloud
Imagine being able to view and interact with a fully functional, computer-generated 3D model of your next building project – then presenting it on your iPad or laptop to your colleagues, board of directors, banker, potential tenants and others? Now you can, because Stephenson&Turner has developed a cloud-based technology to deliver ‘Autodesk® Revit®’ – an innovative approach to delivering the market-leading building information modelling (BIM) solution – to the end user.
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BIM Technology
DNA Lighting wins PSP Challenge Award
The atrium of the Biosciences Centre (Thomas Building) at the University of Auckland has won the.
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S&T Wellington Design Studio Opens with 6 Green Star Rating!
On Thursday, June 30, we had the grand opening of our new Wellington Office Design Studio.
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Reality TV
Mostly television these days is a carnival parade of the fattest families and 5-year old chefs.
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Upper Hutt College Gym a Success
Earlier in the week I went along to Upper Hutt College’s new entrant enrolment evening.
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Vivid Lighting
For two weeks in June, Sydney is transformed at night into a spectacular canvas of light, music and ideas at the annual .
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Day-to-day Revit
When they hear the word ‘Revit’, most people either say one of three things: “Woohoo! I love that thing.
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BIM Technology
Opinion
Two S&T projects win New Zealand Property Council Awards
The Property Council Awards 2011 has added two more outstanding projects to Stephenson&Turner’s impressive record of design for award winning buildings.
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Awards
Appointments to drive S&T forward
The role of Principal in S&T is not one for the faint hearted or inexperienced.
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Company News
Supporting the New Generation of Designers
A few weeks ago a group of us from the Auckland office attended an awards ceremony at the University of Auckland’s School of Architecture and Planning.
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Scholarship
Auckland City Limits
As yet more land around Auckland is being earmarked for development to enable downsized modern versions of “the ¼ acre dream”, we have to ask ourselves; “what on earth are we doing here?” As all us Aucklanders know and everybody else laughs behind our backs about, getting around in the city and surrounding areas is a big fat joke! The answer is not urban sprawl.
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Urban design
Opinion
Meeting the coastal challenge
The devastating earthquakes in Christchurch and Japan have reminded us all of the fragility of our built environment – and the importance of designing resilient buildings and landscapes, particularly those located on and around our coastlines.
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Research
Green Property Summit 2011
Last month a number of us attended the Green Property Summit in Auckland (for which S&T were sponsors).
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Sustainability
Meridian First Light House
Memories of Chernobyl
The 26th of April marked the 25th anniversary of the Chernobyl nuclear power station disaster.
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Opinion
Conserving Christchurch’s Heritage Buildings
An often undervalued area of architecture, the Christchurch earthquakes have recently brought built heritage conservation back into the spotlight.
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Heritage
S&T proud to support NZ First Light Solar Decathlon Team
Frank Kitts Park in Wellington is the place to head in May to see solar power and energy-efficient technologies in action! A student team from Victoria University of Wellington have been assembling a solar-powered Kiwi bach in Frank Kitts Park as a practice run for the US Department of Energy Solar Decathlon 2011, taking place in Washington DC later in the year.
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Sustainability
Meridian First Light House
Biosciences Centre Opens
The University of Auckland's new Biosciences Centre Extension opened yesterday to resounding approval from faculty and industry scientists.
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Lessons from the Empire State Building’s Retrofit
Yesterday a number of S&T team members attended the Green Property Summit in Auckland (for which S&T were sponsors).
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Sustainability
Supporting our Community through Shine
This Saturday night saw a group of S&T staff, partners and guests attending a charity dinner held in an unusual venue – Accommodation Block A of Mount Eden Prison! The charity was .
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Social Responsibility
Sympathy and support for Christchurch colleagues
All of us at Stephenson&Turner have been deeply affected by the recent tragic events in Christchurch.
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Social Responsibility
A New Lease on Life
Wellington City Council’s entire housing portfolio is getting a makeover, and Stephenson&Turner has been among the first to start making it happen.
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Residential
Mount Eden Prison Update
Work is progressing well on the Stephenson&Turner-designed Mt Eden Prison Stage 1 redevelopment.
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Construction Updates
MAF Multipurpose building wins again
MAF's Multipurpose Building won a sustainable award at the local Wellington NZIA awards this year.
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Awards
NZIA Award for Harbour View
Another win for Harbour View at the local Auckland NZIA awards.
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Awards
Success at Lighting and Timber Design Awards
S&T adds four more awards to the collection for 2010.
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Awards
Sustainability
S&T Wins Gold!
Stephenson&Turner won three awards at the glamorous 2010 Best Design Awards ceremony sponsored by the Designer’s Institute of New Zealand.
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Awards
Great Design at All Levels
These last few weeks I have been out and about in Wellington helping with reports for Housing NZ on the general condition of some of their local housing stock.
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Opinion
S&T Welcomes New Chief Executive to the Team
S&T is charging forward into a brand new era with the appointment of its first Chief Executive.
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Company News
A Lesson in Simplicity
A special software tool created for the Ministry of Education has proved so successful it’s been showcased at an Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) conference in Paris.
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Education
Resene Award for MAF Building
S&T has won a Sustainable System award at the 2010 Resene Total Colour awards.
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Awards
Sustainability
1970’s Building Wins Enduring Award
A Wellington building designed by S&T in the early 1970s has earned an Enduring Architecture Award in the New Zealand Institute of Architects’ 2009 Wellington Local Architecture Awards.
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