Designed to blend into its surroundings so as not to ruin the view, Treehotel in Sweden is now making its glassed tree-top hotel room, Mirrorcube, available for mail order purchase.

UK-based Duke Studios has created ten studio offices constructed from a building material that's strong yet fully sustainable and recyclable.

Residential building consents are up from 2011 levels, however March's growth is tempered with a reduction in consents in April, even as demand increased for new housing in the country's biggest city, Auckland.

Have you ever wanted to take your SketchUp models on the go?

A simpler system for timber treatment has recently been introduced by the Department of Building and Housing and is summarised in a Quick Guide to Timber Treatment for Enclosed Framing.

eboss are assisting Nat Cheshire from Cheshire Architects for Cooper & Company's re-fit of Australis Nathan's ground floor in Britomart.

Outside Canterbury, the general tenor of economic information during the past month has been encouraging.

Statistics NZ have released information on the number of building consents issued in March 2011.

The February Canterbury earthquake, combined with the fact the NZ economy was already struggling, pushed the Reserve Bank to cut the official cash rate by 50 basis points at its March meeting.

From Statistics New Zealand: