Design Experience

27/08/2026

UNO Windows & Doors is a company on a mission to create better spaces and simplify the process of purchasing windows and doors.

They do more than supply windows and doors—they deliver end-to-end solutions that add real value by simplifying how you bring everything together at every stage of the build.

You’ll find their team at Design Experience in Auckland next month. Make sure you drop by their stand!

24/08/2026

Great products are backed by great support.

GIB®’s team of builders, specifiers, engineers, chemists, and technical specialists provides expert guidance and practical support throughout every stage of a project, helping ensure the right resources are available when needed.

Catch up with the GIB® team at Design Experience. Register for free: https://designexperience.co.nz/register/

18/08/2026

What can architecture learn from landscape, climate, and local material culture?

Join us at Design Experience to hear from Talbot Sweetapple, Principal at internationally acclaimed MacKay-Lyons Sweetapple Architects. Recognised with more than 170 awards, the Canadian practice is renowned for culturally responsive architecture that is deeply grounded in place—yet resonates globally.

Don’t miss this opportunity to gain insights from one of the world’s leading architectural practices.

Wellington – 14 September
Auckland – 15 September
Hamilton – 16 September
Tauranga – 17 September

Free entry, drinks, and canapes: https://designexperience.co.nz/register/

17/08/2026

What happens when climate, geology, and landscape are treated not as constraints but as design intelligence?

Join us at Design Experience this September to explore how architecture can reclaim depth, identity, and meaning in an era of global sameness by grounding design in the unique qualities of place, craft, and connection.

Canadian-based Talbot Sweetapple will deliver the keynote address, drawing on his extensive international career and the work of MacKay Lyons Sweetapple Architects to explore an approach to architecture that is deeply responsive to place.

You'll find a host of leading industry brands showcasing what's new. Drinks and canapés are on us, and you can earn CPD points, too.

Wellington - 14 September
Auckland - 15 September
Hamilton - 16 September
Tauranga - 17 September

Entry is free! https://designexperience.co.nz/register/

Thanks to event partners, James Hardie, Resene, GIB®, Smartspec, and SpecAdvisor.

18/06/2026

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Eaves might be small — but fire separation detail isn’t.

In terraced housing and medium-density projects, maintaining compliant intertenancy fire separation through roof eaves is one of the trickier junctions to resolve under C/AS1 requirements.

GIB® Intertenancy Barrier Systems, including GIB Barrierline®, provide a practical way to extend fire separation through the eaves while accommodating common roof configurations — helping designers and builders maintain compliance without overcomplicating detailing.

Check out the latest edition of latest Industry Insider to see how these systems help simplify one of residential construction’s most critical fire safety details. https://industryinsideronline.co.nz/2026/05/resolving-eaves-fire-separation/

16/06/2026

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Now manufactured in New Zealand — and raising the bar for building envelopes.

Kingspan’s insulated panel systems are now proudly produced in Christchurch, bringing locally made PIR roof, wall and coldstore solutions to commercial and industrial projects across Aotearoa.

From the KSN1000FC Five Crown system to high-performance coldstore panels, these integrated solutions streamline construction, improve thermal efficiency and support demanding H1 energy requirements — all while reducing complexity on site.

Read the latest Industry Insider to explore how local manufacturing is strengthening performance, compliance, and certainty in New Zealand construction. https://industryinsideronline.co.nz/2026/05/kingspan-insulated-panels-now-made-in-nz/

05/06/2026

📐 Simplifying structural timber specification.

Whether you're designing a residential home, commercial project or engineered timber structure, finding the right beam, portal or post shouldn't slow down the design process.

The Prolam Ltd Specifier has been developed to help architects, designers, builders and specifiers quickly identify suitable glulam solutions, perform structural timber calculations and generate supporting documentation for code compliance. All from a single online platform.

By reducing reliance on manual span tables and streamlining the specification process, the tool helps save valuable time during design, documentation and consent preparation.

As engineered timber continues to play a bigger role in modern construction, digital tools like the Prolam Specifier are helping project teams work smarter, specify with greater confidence and keep projects moving.

👉 Read the full article here: https://industryinsideronline.co.nz/2026/05/a-faster-way-to-specify-structural-timber/

03/06/2026

Check out the latest Industry Insider!

Is uncertainty making a comeback in New Zealand construction?

After two years of rebuilding post-pandemic, the industry is once again watching global events closely. Rising fuel and freight costs linked to instability in the Middle East are raising questions about what comes next for projects, budgets, and supply chains.

In the latest edition of Industry Insider, we explore:
✔️ Industry perspectives on the return of volatility
✔️ Smarter specification tools for timber design
✔️ Simplified H1 compliance ahead of major changes
✔️ Reliable LVL framing solutions
✔️ NZ-made insulated panels with strong thermal and fire performance
✔️ Practical fire-rated detailing for residential projects

Whether you're designing, specifying or building, this issue is packed with insights and solutions to help keep projects on track.

📖 Read the latest edition now at https://industryinsideronline.co.nz/

29/05/2026

That's a wrap! Sincere thanks to everyone who joined us at Design Experience in Queenstown, Dunedin, Christchurch, and Auckland this week. This was another great round of events, topped off by an outstanding keynote presentation by guest speaker, Florian Idenburg from Solid Objectives Idenburg LIU.

Find more great photos from last night's Auckland event on the Facebook album: https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.1605238644938442&type=3

Huge thanks to our 2026 event partners and sponsors, James Hardie, Resene, GIB®, Smartspec, SpecAdvisor, and all of our valued exhibitors. We couldn't run these events without such wonderful industry support.

29/05/2026