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Intergenerational living: The future of housing?

By Peter Eising, Managing Director & Registered Architect, Pacific Environments Architects Our population is getting ready for...

Apr 29
1 min

3 degrees of rotation

Cardboard light by John Kaminski

Apr 9
1 min

Café style staff room

When the new Huapai District School principal first went into the school’s staffroom, he immediately recognized an opportunity to...

Apr 1
1 min

Helping to create a home away from home for the Takanini community

Pacific Environments Architectural Designer Rachel Xu joined Interiors Team Lead Sara Romano to celebrate the opening of the Te Paataka...

Mar 23
2 min

Villa Renovation makes the cover!

It's not everyday that you make front page news, so we are especially excited that one of our projects is on the cover of this months New...

Mar 19
1 min

Heart Racing

Hynds Ltd, one of our valued clients have entered a team in the 2021 Tour of NZ cycle race, and they’ve saved a space for Pete, again!...

Mar 8
2 min

Choosing to challenge

Today is International Women’s Day! This year’s theme is #ChooseToChallenge ‘because from challenge comes change’. To celebrate and...

Mar 5
1 min

Aotearoa Bike Challengers

Although the final results haven’t been released, we’re proud of our Pacific Environments cyclists who took part in this years Aotearoa...

Feb 24
1 min

The art of noise…. reduction

We’ve just installed new artwork into the meeting room - it looks great, but actually sounds even better. The pieces are Autex Printed...

Feb 14
1 min

It takes two to Tukutuku

Pacific Environment’s Mathew Philip not only learnt the fine art of weaving, but also about the history of the land as he worked in...

Dec 16, 2020
2 min

We have an Award-Winning Project!

Congratulations to Tane Pratt, the Pacific Environments team and consultants who designed and worked on the new Hawkes Bay EIT Institute...

Dec 10, 2020
1 min

Building Communities

As part of our housing portfolio, Pacific Environments is proud to work alongside Kainga Ora & Developers on social housing projects,...

Dec 10, 2020
1 min

A Retirement Village with...Toddlers

We are thrilled to be involved in a project that is evolving traditional retirement village living and bringing connection and joy to its...

Oct 16, 2020
3 min

Breathable Homes

Roger, one of Pacific Environments architectural designers, shares his thoughts on the importance of 'Breathable Homes.' Much like...

Aug 21, 2020
2 min

Sustainable Retirement & Aged Care Communities in a COVID-19 age

Peter Eising shares his thoughts An emerging dialogue has developed on whether Governments (world-wide, and now particularly NZ), should...

Jul 30, 2020
1 min

Trees for Survival 2020

Pacific Environments are very proud to have been involved in Trees for Survival 2020. Here are some highlights from the day! On Friday...

Jul 23, 2020
3 min

Think of the Polar Bears

Iliya, one of our architects, shares his thoughts on consumer behaviour and how to make more environmentally friendly decisions when it...

Jul 21, 2020
3 min

A Way with Written Words

Thomas discusses his position as a young architectural graduate, using his point of view to discuss the roles of critical writing in...

Jun 18, 2020
3 min

The Age of Timber

David Nutsford shares his knowledge on using timber in the construction of our buildings One of the greatest attributes of timber is that...

Jun 11, 2020
4 min

Plastic Free July

Ella Shares her Tips for a Plastic Free July. Plastic Free July is the movement that first made aware of the amount of single use plastic...

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