In the wake of the 6.3 magnitude earthquake that hit Christchurch, New Zealand in 2011, a new form of architecture has been on the rise. The natural disaster and its subsequent seismic events demolished 80% of the city, leaving Christchurch with a dire need to rebu... Read More
And the plan is here! So what do we think of the new plan of the garden city of Christchurch in New Zealand? After the devastating February 22nd 2011 earthquake in the city, Christchurch is now planning for the city centres future. The city plan was devised after 10... Read More
Rock star Japanese architect Shigeru Ban, has recently revealed a proposed new cardboard cathedral for Christchurch. The actual Christchurch Cathedral suffered quite badly in the recent earthquakes. This proposed cardboard cathedral has had mixed reviews from locals... Read More
The beautiful Christchurch Cathedral took a bit of a hit in the recent earthquakes, however I'm sure it will be repaired to its former glory! Below is a photosynth I made a while back which was featured by Microsoft.Photosynth is a clever technology which ties photo... Read More
Here's an amazing video that just circulated our office of Whitewash Head Road in Christchurch - post earthquake.For those who aren't familiar with Christchurch, Whitewash Head Road was one of the most sort after addresses in Scarborough, fetching high land prices... Read More
Our home town of Christchurch is slowly getting back to normal after the earthquake on the 22nd of February.The Christchurch City Council have put together the below website to give everyone a great over view of the before & after, showing the huge destruction o... Read More
What's going on with our planet lately! First the Christchurch earthquake and now what's happened in Japan is truly awful.So just a quick note for Japan, we are all thinking of you and do let us know if there is anyway we can help.
The recent Christchurch earthquake has definitley put a lot of company's IT into trouble. Businesses have lost servers and backups, not to mention huge amounts of data which can't be replaced.We also lost our computers, however all was well thanks to the cloud!About... Read More
Thanks a lot to everyone who sent in messages to check if we were alright. Yes we were all fine & managed to escape our office injury free.It was a horrible experience and we are still getting regular aftershocks.Our thoughts go out to all the people who are sti... Read More
Everyday we want something done faster, or as you'll sometimes hear "we need it by yesterday".This is why BIM is growing so rapidly, it speeds the construction and documentation process up, streamlining everything, so that is can be delivered fast. With the recent C... Read More
As many of you may know or have heard our home town was hit by a pretty hard earthquake last week!We'd like to take a moment to say a big thank you to all of the great email & messages that were sent through to make sure we were ok. And yes we are all fine!