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Say Goodbye to Full-Wall Disassembly

Introducing a maintenance joint that works with Nu-Wall's system — not against it — simplifying maintenance.

Stecca Postless Fin Balustrade System for Contemporary Design Freedom

This new postless aluminium balustrade from Juralco offers a visually appealing uninterrupted design aesthetic, and can be top or face fixed to suit different project requirements. 

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High Hygiene Solutions

Trusted solutions that can ensure safe and hygienic environments.

Designing for Hygiene and Wellbeing in Healthcare and Aged Care

Staron Solid Surfaces deliver proven performance, combining seamless hygiene, design flexibility, and long-term durability for environments that prioritise wellbeing.

Local Solution Selected for High Hygiene Environments

Local Solution Selected for High Hygiene Environments

Allproof works with designers to provide smart drainage solutions that meet the hygiene, cleaning and maintenance requirements of food processing facilities.

Elevating Hygiene Standards: Multicube Bathroom Cubicles at Auckland University

Elevating Hygiene Standards: Multicube Bathroom Cubicles at Auckland University

Discover how Auckland University is raising the bar in campus hygiene with the installation of Resco’s advanced Multicube bathroom cubicles — a durable, easy-to-clean system built for high-traffic environments.

Designing for Long-Term Safety and Performance in Interior Flooring

Designing for Long-Term Safety and Performance in Interior Flooring

With Polysafe, Polyflor provides solutions that integrate durability, compliance, hygiene and design, delivering confident specification outcomes in the spaces that need them most.

The Loft Look, Reimagined to Define and Divide Spaces for Modern Living

The CS Loft Series combines sleek aluminium detailing with the classic loft-style look, with a range of door types and fixed panel options available to suit project requirements. 

From Overheating to Year-Round Comfort

AGP’s Solux Ultra low-e glass brings welcome relief in this new build — without sacrificing light and views.

Light Catcher: Sustainable Roofing Solutions in Grey Lynn by Nuralite

The Nuraply 3PM two-layer membrane system was chosen for its proven performance on low-slope timber substrates, making it ideal for the home’s subtle rooflines.

Bremworth Introduces the Origin Collection

Bremworth is proud to introduce the Origin Collection — a premium solution-dyed nylon carpet range, crafted in New Zealand for durability, performance, and design versatility.

Bespoke Perforated Screens and Curved Balustrades for an Auckland Home

ACMF's perforated screens were custom-designed to integrate seamlessly with the elevator lift shaft, structural elements, and sensor-controlled doors, keeping both practicality and aesthetics in mind.

Spectrum Embraces Diversity in Design in Pukekohe Build

Spectrum provided key design elements in a unique Pukekohe community housing development with a vision for a better future.

Protect the Structure: In-Situ Post-Tensioned Flat Slabs with Passive Fire Penetrations

Post-tensioned concrete slabs, with their associated steel tendons, are a common construction technique in New Zealand for elevated slabs, residential buildings, and warehouses. These flooring systems, along with the building's other structural elements and services, can penetrate the slabs and fire cells, so each penetration needs to be treated to stop the spread of fire.

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Streamline Residential Consent with Futurebuild LVL’s Truss and Lintel Layouts Service

The RDS Truss & Lintel Layouts service provides Buildable Consent Layouts, helping architects and designers reduce complexity and fast-track the process.

Further NZ-Made Commercial Window Systems to Come in 2026

APL’s commitment to designing products for the New Zealand market is being reinforced by current research and development for new ThermalHeart+ commercial systems.

Safe, Low-Maintenance Surfaces for Early Childhood Centre

A childcare facility selected BiForm composite decking for its splinter-free surface, Red List Free Declare certification, and low-maintenance performance — creating a safer, more sustainable play environment built for young feet.

Smart, Touch-Free Hand Drying Built for High-Hygiene Spaces

Smart, Touch-Free Hand Drying Built for High-Hygiene Spaces

Hand hygiene doesn’t stop at washing, drying matters too. Mitsubishi Electric Jet Towel Hand Dryers are touch-free, fast, and NSF-certified for sanitary performance, making them ideal for hospitals, healthcare, and aged care projects. Available in Slim and Smart models with White, Silver, or Dark Grey finishes, Jet Towels deliver hygiene, efficiency, and design flexibility.

Healthcare Ceilings and Helipads

Healthcare Ceilings and Helipads

Asona ceiling tiles with an anti-microbial facing allowed the team at Chow:Hill Architects to create a consistent, clean look throughout the centre all while controlling both internal noise and high levels of external noise from the helipad.

Belgotex + Gerflor: Delivering Hygienic and High-Performance Flooring for Wakefield Hospital

Belgotex + Gerflor: Delivering Hygienic and High-Performance Flooring for Wakefield Hospital

Delivering over 10,000m² of specialised Gerflor vinyl, Belgotex New Zealand played a key role in the redevelopment of Wakefield Hospital — Wellington’s largest private hospital — ensuring hygienic, resilient, and high-performance flooring across critical healthcare environments.

Infection Prevention and Control: Selecting the Right Flooring for Healthcare

Infection Prevention and Control: Selecting the Right Flooring for Healthcare

The COVID-19 crisis was a powerful reminder of how infection prevention and control (IPC) strategies are essential in healthcare and aged-care environments to stop the development of infections and antimicrobial resistance. It highlighted the importance of effective cleaning protocols for preventing transmission.

Curved, Textured Cabinetry for Cockle Bay Kitchen

Curved, Textured Cabinetry for Cockle Bay Kitchen

Melanie Sa'u has used Plymasters’ Techno Veneer to create an organic, open and most importantly serene space for calm mornings and inviting evenings.

Amore Rangehoods Ensure Quiet, Efficient Extraction with Flexible Design Options

Amore Rangehoods Ensure Quiet, Efficient Extraction with Flexible Design Options

When designing kitchens where acoustic performance and extraction efficacy are critical, Amore’s quiet rangehood line represents a compelling option. Amore offers wallmount, undermount, and island mount configurations, enabling integration into diverse kitchen typologies without sacrificing spatial harmony. 

Free SuperSlab CodeMark Compliance Confirmation via Allied Concrete’s DesignHub Service

Free SuperSlab CodeMark Compliance Confirmation via Allied Concrete’s DesignHub Service

Unsure whether your SuperSlab foundation design meets CodeMark requirements? Use DesignHub by Allied Concrete for a free CodeMark compliance confirmation to help streamline building consent.

Prolam Exposed Truss Design Solutions

Prolam Exposed Truss Design Solutions

Prolam’s streamlined process from design to manufacture and supply makes integrating Exposed Trusses into residential and commercial building designs simple, fast and cost-effective.

Access All Areas: Blum’s Expanded Showroom Reveals New Possibilities Around the Home

Access All Areas: Blum’s Expanded Showroom Reveals New Possibilities Around the Home

A stunning, renovated space, the 482m² Blum showroom is ready for your visit.

Dyson Announces the Return of an Icon: The Dyson Airblade dB Hand Dryer

Dyson Announces the Return of an Icon: The Dyson Airblade dB Hand Dryer

The Dyson Airblade dB hand dryer is one of the most hygienic options available, thanks to its touch-free operation, HEPA filtration, and rapid drying technology.

Designing for Safety: The Blueprint Behind Winstone Wallboards’ New Tauranga Facility

Designing for Safety: The Blueprint Behind Winstone Wallboards’ New Tauranga Facility

Winstone Wallboards’ state-of-the-art Tauranga Facility is a masterclass in safety in design, setting an exciting new benchmark for large-scale industrial developments in Aotearoa New Zealand.

Don't Be Afraid of the Dark: Painting CoreClad Primed Black

Don't Be Afraid of the Dark: Painting CoreClad Primed Black

IBuilt CoreClad Primed in black gives architects a high-strength plywood cladding option that is pre-primed for optimum coverage and opacity.

Inclusive Bathroom Fixtures with Design-Led Appeal

Inclusive Bathroom Fixtures with Design-Led Appeal

The Mecca Care range by Nero Tapware is ideally suited to high-end residential interiors where accessibility must be achieved without compromising on visual quality.

Masons Q-Tie: A Seismic Brick Veneer Tie Built for Local Conditions

Masons Q-Tie: A Seismic Brick Veneer Tie Built for Local Conditions

Introducing Masons' new stainless steel, Type B veneer tie designed for movement, durability and straightforward installation.

Designing for Hygiene and Humanity: HIMACS at Allevia Hospital Epsom

Designing for Hygiene and Humanity: HIMACS at Allevia Hospital Epsom

Klein Architects have delivered a benchmark in healthcare design with the new Gilgit Wing at Allevia Hospital in Epsom, now Aotearoa’s largest private surgical facility. This $150 million, four-level expansion sets a new standard for clinical environments that balance infection control, durability, and emotional wellbeing.

Potter Interior Systems: Acoustic Ceiling Tiles Engineered for Medical Environments

Potter Interior Systems: Acoustic Ceiling Tiles Engineered for Medical Environments

Creating hygienic, high-performance environments is essential in healthcare design. From hospitals to aged care, every surface plays a role in infection control and acoustic comfort. Potter Interior Systems delivers ceiling solutions that meet these demands without compromising on performance or aesthetics.

Exposed CLT and Carefully Concealed Services for New Fisher & Paykel HQ

Exposed CLT and Carefully Concealed Services for New Fisher & Paykel HQ

With the SoundDown Legato Acoustic Flooring system, services could run in multiple directions and be concealed inside the floor cavity, allowing for exposed CLT ceilings for the 10,000m² mass timber building.

Robust and Secure Drainage Solutions for Commercial and High-Demand Facilities

Robust and Secure Drainage Solutions for Commercial and High-Demand Facilities

JESANI’s stainless steel drainage systems are purpose-built for commercial and high-demand facilities where durability, hygiene, and tamper resistance are non-negotiable.

Clay: A Modern Take on a Timeless Classic

Clay: A Modern Take on a Timeless Classic

Inspired by the beauty of handmade Zellige, Clay captures the warmth, texture, and individuality of traditional craftsmanship — reimagined in durable porcelain.

Fenta Ceiling Tiles: UV-Coated, Impervious Ceiling Tiles

Fenta Ceiling Tiles: UV-Coated, Impervious Ceiling Tiles

A practical ceiling finish for hygiene-critical spaces, Fenta Ceiling Tiles combine a fibre-cement core with an ultra-hard UV-cured coating to create a smooth, impervious surface that cleans easily and stands up to routine use.

Airtight and Antimicrobial Access Hatches Maintain Hygiene Across Healthcare and Research Facilities

Airtight and Antimicrobial Access Hatches Maintain Hygiene Across Healthcare and Research Facilities

Como hatches ensure compliance with hygiene standards while enabling easy access to services above the ceiling for maintenance.

How Architects Are Successfully Merging Sustainability with Modern Design

How Architects Are Successfully Merging Sustainability with Modern Design

Can sustainability and modern design truly coexist without one compromising the other? This recently completed renovation may just be the proof we’ve been looking for.

Prefinished Wall Linings and Ceiling Tiles with Tested Antimicrobial Performance for Education, Healthcare and Food Prep Areas

Prefinished Wall Linings and Ceiling Tiles with Tested Antimicrobial Performance for Education, Healthcare and Food Prep Areas

Climateline wall linings and Ecotile ceiling tiles feature a Biocote antimicrobial additive incorporated into the powder coating, resulting in durable, non-porous, easy to clean surfaces that actively reduce bacterial growth.

Protect Your Reputation with Proven Watertight Solutions

Protect Your Reputation with Proven Watertight Solutions

Aquaknight’s stainless steel membrane clamping range provides exceptional strength, backed by WSP Laboratories deflection tests for trusted peace of mind. 

Creating a Stylish New Flagship Showroom for Kia Newmarket

Creating a Stylish New Flagship Showroom for Kia Newmarket

Shuttle entrance matting from Advance Flooring ensures a quality first impression, reduces slip hazards, and minimises maintenance at the busy showroom.

Thoughtfully Framing Auckland's Coastline Views

Thoughtfully Framing Auckland's Coastline Views

You can’t miss the house at the end of a Long Bay close — it’s 652sqm. Newly finished for Djohan and Herlina Marzuki and Herlina’s 93-year-old mother, the exterior is mostly aluminium cladding, with some Alexandra stone used as a feature.

Smart Access for the Viaduct Events Centre

Smart Access for the Viaduct Events Centre

How Tātaki Auckland Unlimited upgraded security at the Viaduct Events Centre with ABLOY Protec2 CLIQ.

Fire Stopping Guidance Documents for KOROK Wall Systems

Fire Stopping Guidance Documents for KOROK Wall Systems

KOROK's firestop documents, developed with RYANFIRE, Hilti, and Promat, provide tested and NZBC-compliant solutions for service penetrations in KOROK fire-rated wall systems.

Bespoke Elevator Complements Refined Architectural Detailing in Mount Maunganui Home

Bespoke Elevator Complements Refined Architectural Detailing in Mount Maunganui Home

Designed to complement a home defined by glass and light, the Powerglide E-Series elevator delivers understated luxury and architectural cohesion in this Mount Maunganui residence.

Drainage Selection for Fast-Paced Restaurants: Metabronze Contributes to Hygiene, Safety, and Durability at McDonald's Stores

Drainage Selection for Fast-Paced Restaurants: Metabronze Contributes to Hygiene, Safety, and Durability at McDonald's Stores

SPS Floor Wastes and Cleanouts from Metabronze have been installed for the floors of several new and refurbished McDonald's stores, ensuring hygiene and durability for the high-traffic restaurants.

Protect Your Project from Condensation Liability

Protect Your Project from Condensation Liability

Condensation in roof cavities is one of the most widespread and costly issues in New Zealand buildings. It silently compromises structural integrity, fosters mould growth, and leads to expensive call-backs and reputational damage for architects, builders, and roofers.

A Resilient and Flexible Interior Waterproofing Membrane That’s Tile-Ready in 24 Hours

A Resilient and Flexible Interior Waterproofing Membrane That’s Tile-Ready in 24 Hours

Bostik Dampfix Gold Interior is a water-based wet area waterproofing membrane with excellent flexibility to accommodate substrate movement, and high resistance to detergents and bleaches to ensure long-term durability. 

Southland Maple Beech: New Zealand’s FSC Certified Indigenous Timber

Southland Maple Beech: New Zealand’s FSC Certified Indigenous Timber

Grown and harvested in the Western South of the South Island, Southland Maple Beech is beloved for its beauty and its deep-rooted and significant connection to local history.

Working at Height: How to Prevent Falls on New Zealand PV Roofs

Working at Height: How to Prevent Falls on New Zealand PV Roofs

Discover how to improve safety and efficiency in rooftop photovoltaic installations with smart, non-invasive fall protection systems tailored for New Zealand conditions.

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