New Zealand Commercial Design Trends Series NZ Commercial Design Trends Vol. 33/03C | Page 22

Below:The entry plaza shows
how external cladding materials
form part of the interior decor, too.
Project:Te Ara o Mauao, Toi Ohomai Institute of Technology
Architect:Chow Hill Architects
Structural and services engineer:BECA
Acoustic engineer:Marshall Day Acoustics
Project managers:Greenstone
Builder:Marra Construction
Cladding:Timber – Herman Pacific Vertical Cladding SV5
Series; profile metal cladding – Dimond 630 and Dimond
Rib 50; concrete panels with rough sawn timber finish from
HEB Tauranga
External glazing:Metro
External joinery suites:APL
Interior finishes:Tongue and groove interior wall panelling
in Herman Pacific dressed cedar; Herman Pacific Australian
oak timber battens
Interior joinery suites:Potter Systems, APL Magnum Series
Balustrade:Metro Posiglaze
Paint systems:Resene
Acoustic wall treatments:Autex Quiet Space and Vertiface
Floor tiles:Stones – ceramic tile range from Jacobsen
Carpet tiles:Colour Frame from Shaw Contract Group
Ceiling tiles:Armstrong Optra by Forman Building Systems
Plasterboard Ceilings:Boral Square Hole Echostop from
Forman Building Systems
Vinyl finishes:Tarkett iQ Optima by Jacobsen
Furniture:Crestline
Story by Charles Moxham
Photography by Mark Hamilton
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chow hill at Trendsideas.com
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