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Sustainable timber potential for Northland, New Zealand

Newman, Neil; Francis, Kerry (On the border: Architectural science in theory and practice, 2010)

This paper explores the feasibility and potential use of locally grown timber alternatives to chemically treated Pinus radiata for domestic construction in the Northland region. Current and potential locally grown alternative ...
Compacting suburbia: The case for moving buildings

Turner, David (On the border: Architectural science in theory and practice, 2010)

Processes of intensification lead to some unforeseen consequences. One such unplanned consequence is the rearrangement of existing buildings in new or revised spatial patterns. In pursuit of higher densities, large lot ...
After the rot: Improving the durability of building envelopes in domestic housing, New Zealand

Murphy, Chris (Design, Technology, Refurbishment and Management of Buildings: 37th IAHS World Congress on Housing Science, 2010)

The issue of weathertightness of the external building envelope in domestic scaled timber frames continues to be an issue in New Zealand, some ten years after the results of a major cladding survey into the durability and ...

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