Wellness is a pretty popular theme at the moment. We know that wellness is about being in good mental and physical health and about actively maintaining that good health. We know that the role of an architect is to design buildings and oversee construction. How do these two things fit together? Typically we spend a lot of our day indoors. Whether we are at home or at work or socialising with friends and family we are often in and around buildings. The way a building is design

Contrasting, yet complimenting. Warm, grainy, textural wood, matched with cool, dark industrial steel and concrete. Modern style, made extremely liveable. #Easyliving #Architecture #Martinborough #Cedar #Steelcladding #Newhome

Perception Planning is a team of resource management planning, landscape and freshwater professionals based in Martinborough, Taupō and Christchurch. We help people with feasibility assessments, resource consent applications, submissions on plan changes, strategic resource management planning, as well as landscape design and assessment, ecological assessments and consultation/engagement projects. Our company tag line is ‘your connection with the environment’. We are focussed

The cladding you choose for your home is an important step in defining the look and feel of the project—you may have strong ideas or you may want to talk to your designer about the pros and cons of each option. There are many variables in choosing a cladding type including budget, function, maintenance, aesthetics, architectural intent and context. A cladding type can take on a different character and meaning depending on the building design or setting. Some schemes have a st

Want to avoid costly mistakes? & questions to ask to ensure you get the designer who is right for you.