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OUR MISSION
Our mission is simple “solve the problems others deem to ignore” Modular Stone Pavement Design, Construction, Protection and Maintenance. As most of us in the industry are aware, the premature failure rate of modular paving in the public realm is a matter of concern, despite significant improvements in engineering design during the last two decades. […]
2012 WAN Award Winners
2012 WAN Urban Regeneration Award Winners from World Architecture News. The winners of the first ever WAN Urban Regeneration Award can now be revealed. Our esteemed jury panels fought back and forth to select two winners – one for the Completed category, the other Unbuilt – but we can now announce the successful practices of […]
Rob Roy Plaza – Wai-atarau
Auckland’s newest inner-city open space will be called Wai-atarau Plaza. It’s the open space plaza in front of the Freemans Bay Rob Roy Tavern formerly the Birdcage which was moved twice during the recent construction of the Victoria St tunnel. The site marks the original foreshore of Freemans Bay, known as Wai-atarau, which means ‘place of […]
Auckland Waterfront
The Auckland Waterfront has come alive after revitalisation of Wynyard Quarter, a 36-hectare area of reclaimed land stretching from the eastern side of Viaduct Harbour to the Western Wall facing the Westhaven marina and previously known as the tank farm. The Urban Design Framework for Wynyard Quarter has been awarded in the 2012 New Zealand Institute of […]
Exhibition Road London
A world-class streetscape. After three years of meticulous construction work in Exhibition Road and South Kensington, the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea’s contractor, Balfour Beatty, completed a project this month to create one of the most exciting streetscapes in the country. Completed in November 2011, the Exhibition Road development is a £28m project to […]
