Smart Building: Working around material prices to create cost efficiencies. Efficiencies come in many forms when building a bespoke home, but it is perhaps keeping things local and incorporating the use of materials manufactured in a controlled environment that..
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Prefabrication is better than traditional construction methodologies for so many reasons. Computer numerically controlled (CNC) technology ensures pinpoint accuracy and significantly less waste. The real clincher though is speed. A prefabricated home can potentially be put together in 1 day…
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The terms ‘sustainability’ and ‘eco’ are not obvious on Adam Taylor’s website. They are there (see if you can find them). But perhaps the future of green design is embedded in good design. Not something separate. Homestar Practitioner Among..
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Last month we flew the ‘Sustainable design’ flag at the Down to Earth Expo at ASB Stadium Baypark in Tauranga. It was the very first one and the only ‘green’ or sustainable expo in the Bay of Plenty so we..
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Adam Taylor is so much more than a guy who designs houses. He is design. It’s in his blood. He eats it. If he’s not creating he is thinking about creating. I should know I am married to him…
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Green walls, living walls or vertical gardens can lift an interior space or take the outside of a building to another level. Whether you choose a small pocket-planter type system or have an entire wall designed and planted there are..
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Worm farms make great bins. If you’re anything like the Taylor family you feel like you’re continually filling, and therefore having to empty, your rubbish bin. The thing is, a lot of that ‘rubbish’ is actually food. Not food you..
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Renewable resources are few and far between and this constantly figures in our design decisions. However sustainably sourced timber is a cost effective and natural material with real architectural merit. Here are some of our few choices pics of timber..
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Homestar™ helps you improve the performance of your home – making it better. Better to live in, better for the planet and better value in the market. There are 1.6 million homes in New Zealand that can be improved –..
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We like to engage our clients with a measured approach to sustainability. Balancing project timelines and budgets against best practice. Taking a holistic view at the the construction/materials environmental impact, the buildings ongoing running cost and of course its expected..
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