NEWS | pacificenvironments9

Aug 21
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
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 th...

Jul 23
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 c...

Jul 21
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 prac...

Jun 18
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
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...

May 29
3 min

Architecture and the Future of Virtual Reality

Mathew Philip, one of our architectural designers, discusses his response to COVID-19 and its impact on architecture and the future of vi...

May 14
3 min

Caroline discusses the Benefits of Living in a Sustainable Subdivision

Business Development & Operations Manager of Pacific Environments Caroline Peacocke discusses the benefits of living in a sustainable sub...

May 4
1 min

Pete shares his thoughts on the opportunities presented by COVID-19

Peter Eising, Managing Director Pacific Environments NZ Ltd, shares his thoughts on opportunities presented by COVID-19 "During lockdown,...

May 1
2 min

Brent's Experience Buying a Rental Property

Brent is one of our CAD guys, and has been looking at buying a rental property for a while. Hes recently taken the plunge and has given u...

Apr 8
2 min

Sustainable Boating

We have a surprising amount of keen boaties in our office, and we are lucky enough that each year we take part in the Architects Regatta,...

Mar 13
4 min

Simple sustainable living hacks : from personal to architectural

While you may think you are just one small, teeny tiny person and can’t make a difference, but if everyone did something small that would...

Mar 5
1 min

Architects Regatta '20

Pacific Environments participated in GIB’s annual Architects Regatta last Monday afternoon (24 Feb), The PENZL team was comprised of Lyn,...

Dec 11, 2019
1 min

Yellow Treehouse still making headlines

Despite being 11 years old now, the Yellow Treehouse is still making headlines in online and print publications. Heres the latest we have...

Dec 6, 2019
2 min

How we used to do things around here

images from Google How people used to work before the days of computers and CAD. Not sure these images would meet current day H+S standar...

Dec 1, 2019
3 min

Eco Design Advisor Conference

In October, Rachel, Mat, Ella, Lyn and David attended the Eco Design Advisor conference. This event brings together people from Governmen...

Oct 25, 2019
1 min

Architects Declare

In May 2019, the Architects Declare initiative was launched by architects in the United Kingdom to raise awareness of global climate chan...

Oct 24, 2019
2 min

Waitakere Gardens Retirement Village turns 20

Yesterday (Thu 24 Oct) Waitakere Gardens (now part of the MetlifeCare Group) celebrated it’s 20 Anniversary of Stage 1 opening in 1999. P...

Oct 7, 2019
2 min

Environmentally Sustainable Design in the PENZL office

In August, Pacific Environments, along with a number of NZ based Architects, signed Architects Declare NZ. The following open letter is i...

Oct 7, 2019
1 min

Clearwater Quays - leading the way

The Clearwater Quays apartments designed by Phil and Roger at Pacific Environments for Red Stag, are leading the way being constructed in...

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