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What’s On the Walls Matters: Material Choices for Higher-Density Living

What’s On the Walls Matters: Material Choices for Higher-Density Living

As more acoustic finishes are introduced into interiors, it’s important to have confidence in how those materials will behave in the event of a fire. Floc has achieved a Group 1-S rating under BRANZ testing, the highest fire safety classification for interior surface finishes.

MiTek Posi-Strut: Engineered Floor Trusses That Deliver Acoustic and Fire Performance in Multi-Unit Residential Buildings

MiTek Posi-Strut: Engineered Floor Trusses That Deliver Acoustic and Fire Performance in Multi-Unit Residential Buildings

MiTek Posi-Strut floor trusses form the structural core of tested intertenancy systems achieving STC ratings up to 65, IIC ratings up to 59, and FRR 60/60/60 fire resistance.

Como Terraces: DS Series Solves Complex Multi-Residential Design

Como Terraces: DS Series Solves Complex Multi-Residential Design

Carr Architecture turned to the DS Series Gas Fireplace for its architectural form and design flexibility, working closely with Escea's Architectural Advisory Team to bring their vision to life across this complex, multi-residential development.

Engineered for Multi-Residential: Why Specifiers are Choosing Novas Door Hardware

Engineered for Multi-Residential: Why Specifiers are Choosing Novas Door Hardware

As urban density increases across New Zealand, the Novas door hardware range delivers the tactile refinement, spatial efficiency, and code-compliant durability essential for modern multi-residential design.

Passive Fire Protection: Intertenancy Walls and Floors in Apartments and High-Density Construction

Passive Fire Protection: Intertenancy Walls and Floors in Apartments and High-Density Construction

Applying an Allproof Industries passive fire protection solution to an intertenancy wall or floor should be carefully designed and planned. The penetration contributes to, and forms an integral part of, the overall fire-rated compartmentation of a building.

Creating More Liveable Bathrooms with Space-Saving Technology

Creating More Liveable Bathrooms with Space-Saving Technology

Designed for compact living, built for project efficiency. See how Kohler & Englefield helps designers and developers deliver smarter bathrooms with confidence.

Indoor Air Quality in Apartments: Why the Window Perimeter Matters

Indoor Air Quality in Apartments: Why the Window Perimeter Matters

Good indoor air quality in apartments and high-density dwellings requires more than opening windows. Ventilation, moisture management and facade performance all need to work together.

Designing Screening for Higher-Density Living: Privacy, Fire Performance and Design Flexibility

Designing Screening for Higher-Density Living: Privacy, Fire Performance and Design Flexibility

In higher-density housing, good screening is about more than separation. Archi-Line aluminium battens help designers balance privacy, openness and architectural expression, with flexible profiles and finishes backed by documented fire, wind and fixing guidance for apartment, townhouse and multi-unit projects.

Why Airtightness and Moisture Control Matter in Higher-Density Living

Why Airtightness and Moisture Control Matter in Higher-Density Living

By combining airtightness, weather protection and vapour permeability, Wraptite SA and UV-SA help support the performance outcomes that modern apartment living demands.

Tubular Daylighting for Natural Light and Privacy in High-Density Homes

Tubular Daylighting for Natural Light and Privacy in High-Density Homes

Tubular daylighting can bring natural light into compact and internal spaces without relying on additional windows, helping designers balance daylight, privacy and efficient layouts in high-density homes.

Apartment Façades: Getting the Layers Right Behind the Cladding with FORTX

Apartment Façades: Getting the Layers Right Behind the Cladding with FORTX

In multi-storey housing, the layers behind the cladding decide how apartments handle rain, wind, heat, moisture and movement, and even how much available floor area the wall consumes.

Making Every Millimetre Count: The Rise of Slimline Lighting

Making Every Millimetre Count: The Rise of Slimline Lighting

At just 47mm deep, Vynco’s Lopez Flush downlight combines high performance with a slim profile, making it ideal for tight roof cavities in apartment developments and townhouses.

Add Depth and Character to Apartments with Louvrelite Aluminium Window Surrounds

Add Depth and Character to Apartments with Louvrelite Aluminium Window Surrounds

Juralco Louvrelite Window Surrounds provide an adaptable aluminium exterior cladding solution for adding architectural character to medium and high-density housing.

Create Privacy and Façade Variety with Portiqo Architectural Screens

Create Privacy and Façade Variety with Portiqo Architectural Screens

UNEX Systems' new Portiqo Architectural Screens are a modular aluminium screening system designed to enhance architectural aesthetics and/or create privacy.

Designing Smarter Apartments Starts with Smarter Hot Water Systems

Designing Smarter Apartments Starts with Smarter Hot Water Systems

Rheem Eclipse Commercial Electric Continuous Flow systems are designed to provide a scalable, fully electric hot water solution for high-density residential developments, helping support both resident comfort and efficient building design.

Warmup Underfloor Heating: The Invisible Comfort for Modern Apartment Living

Warmup Underfloor Heating: The Invisible Comfort for Modern Apartment Living

Concealed entirely beneath floors (tiles, timber, or carpet) using ultra-thin heating elements and mats, Warmup systems provide consistent, radiant heat across the entire floor surface while leaving 100% of walls and floor space unobstructed for interior design.

Designing Better High-Density Living with Viking Dec-K-ing

Designing Better High-Density Living with Viking Dec-K-ing

By combining waterproofing and pedestrian surfacing into one robust solution, Viking Dec-K-ing helps architects design durable, low-maintenance outdoor spaces that contribute to more comfortable, practical and desirable apartment living.

ROCKWOOL Outsulation and OutFix Brick Ties in High-Performance Apartment Design

ROCKWOOL Outsulation and OutFix Brick Ties in High-Performance Apartment Design

Visionwest Apartments, designed by SGA Architects, demonstrate how continuous ROCKWOOL Outsulation and OutFix Brick ties can maximise thermal performance, fire safety, acoustic comfort and long-term durability while supporting the growing use of low-maintenance brick facades.

A Practical Drainage Solution for High-Density Living

A Practical Drainage Solution for High-Density Living

Jesani develops shower and door channels to provide a long-lasting drainage solution that can work across different bathroom layouts, without requiring the bathroom design to be built around the drain.

Engineered for High-Density Living: KOROK Intertenancy Apartment Systems

Engineered for High-Density Living: KOROK Intertenancy Apartment Systems

KOROK Intertenancy Apartment Systems can achieve acoustic ratings from STC 55 to STC 76, and fire ratings from FRR -/60/60 through to -/240/240, giving architects and engineers the flexibility needed to meet project-specific requirements.

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