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Paul Martin, the Bishop of Christchurch, announces a decision on the earthquake-damaged Cathedral of the Blessed Sacrament. (First published in August 2019)
Catholic leaders have revealed a planned precinct in central Christchurch will cost $100 million as they appoint architects to design a new cathedral. Christchurch firm Warren and Mahoney Architects and American firm Franck & Lohsen Architects have been unveiled as the team chosen to design the new $40m cathedral on a block overlooking Victoria Square on Colombo St. But the whole Catholic precinct, including the cathedral capable of seating 1000 people, an open courtyard, chancery offices, a garden and parking, will cost $100m.
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Prime TV documentary A Living Hell: Apartment Disasters explores the leaky home crisis in New Zealand.
We see them everywhere in our cities – vacated leaky apartment buildings and terraced houses covered in white plastic sheeting while they undergo remedial work. What we don’t see is the huge personal cost and anguish behind the defective buildings. And, in case you thought this only happened with older buildings from a particular era, you’re mistaken. Apartments are still being built with problems. The Altera Apartments in Stonefields, Auckland, was completed in 2015 by Fletchers, one of our largest residential building companies. But a new TV documentary screening on
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The sports stadium built as part of La Trobe University’s Sports Park development, has been awarded Australia’s first ‘6 Star Green Star Design and As Built v1.2 certified rating’ for a sports building by the Green Building Council Australia (GBCA).
Designed by Warren & Mahoney Architects and built by ADCO, the sports stadium was completed in January 2020. The sports facility also includes an indoor stadium with six multipurpose highball courts, a teaching and research building with world-class sport science and analytics research laboratories, and office space for commercial tenants.
Among the many environmental features integrated into the stadium were 1,104 high specification (470W) solar photovoltaic (PV) panels on the roof amounting to 519 kW, and capable of generating about 724,000 kWh/year. The PV system generates enough renewable energy to meet the entire stadium’s electrical demand as well as the rest of the campus for net posi