Some of our most frequently asked questions relate to limitations of glazed internal partitions.

There is more than one way to reduce noise in interior spaces.

With the changes to the NZBC regarding fire protection becoming mandatory on 10 April, I've been fielding lots of inquiries about fire-rated systems using Scyon Stria and RAB Board.

In March MBIE published further explanation around the design of commercial toilets to further elucidate the design of toilet layouts for commercial building, adequate privacy and line of sight and accessible toilet layouts.

Once again there has been an unsignalled collapse of a construction company, and once again I go to my AR ledger to calculate the damage.

Recently an architect was looking at a ‘staggered stud’ wall system for an office fitout project – which was recommended by an acoustic technician to achieve a high STC-rated wall. The architect wanted some level of confidence in how this type of system goes together.

Urbanized, a feature-length documentary about the design of cities, is included in the EBOSS 2013 architectural documentary series.

Work began this month on New Zealand’s first living building.

October has seen the highest number of new dwellings being consented since four years ago, with a total number of 1,639, including 168 apartments (129 retirement village units), Statistics NZ announced today.

Last month David Shearer launched Labour's proposed programme to assist with the issue of housing affordability.