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November 11, 2025
Architecture, Passive House

Warmth Without Waste

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November 11, 2025
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A Little Cabin with Big Ideas

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We're stoked to be sponsoring a 1km section of the

We're stoked to be sponsoring a 1km section of the 5km Santa Fun Run on 20th December to raise funds for a new Information Centre building in Tairua. Come along and join in the fun. You may even spot our founder Steve in costume....Supporting our community is a huge part of Build Good Architecture's kaupapa. See you in the 20th!!!#tairua #coromandel #coromandelpeninsula #coromandelgoodforyoursoul #community #dogoodthings #imbatman #funrun #fundraising #sponsor

What a busy end to last week! Down to Christchurch

What a busy end to last week! Down to Christchurch for the @nziarchitects National Awards and presenting at the @nziaemerge Hui. A fantastic night celebrating the best of NZ architecture with a special congratulations to @davorpopadich for being awarded the Sir Ian Athefield award for Housing for his beautiful house. (As part of the jury for @nzia_waikato.bay.of.plenty this year I feel I was a tiny bit involved 🤣).The Emerge Hui covered some great ground and committed to some fantastic developments for our graduate membership for the coming year. And as nice as it is to visit my home town it's always good to get back to my slice of kiwi life. #nzarchitecture #architecturenz #coromandel #nzia #nziawaikatobayofplenty #sirianathfield #nziaemerge #passivehouse #passivhaus

More exciting news! I'll be joining my mate Joe Ly

More exciting news! I'll be joining my mate Joe Lyth from @wel_architecture to present on my experience and observations of living in a renovated 1860s villa and an off-grid Passivhaus as part of @nziarchitects Importance of Energy Modelling webinar series. As always I can't wait to share what I've discovered along the way and how you can save $5k on your heating bill each year!Join us on Thursday 4th December 12pm-1pm#nzarchitecture #architecturenz #designingforcomfort #offgrid #offgridliving #passivehouse #passivehousedesign #passivhaus #sustainability #greenbuilding #greenarchitecture

This is something that grinds my gears as a design

This is something that grinds my gears as a designer and as someone who goes out of their way to deliver value - the great timber and lvl sales con job in the name of prenail. I had this come up last week and thought I'd try out making a video/tell about it. Let me know what you think!#architecture #architecturenz #nzarchitecture #costofbuilding #servicefails #dobetter #coromandel #buildbetter

Design perfection spotted when walking the dogs in

Design perfection spotted when walking the dogs in Tairua 😍Simple, clean, crisp addressing the site aspect and the sun while letting the structure contribute to the form and function. We see a few gems like this around our towns on the Coromandel. If you think simple can be beautiful, like us, then we should talk!And there's no drawings on the property file 😬#coromandel #coromandelgoodforyoursoul #tairua #beachliving #nzdesign #nzarchitecture #architecturenz #sustainabledesign #sustainable

Exploring new ways to present concepts and materia

Exploring new ways to present concepts and materials to clients for a quiet little project down in Central Otago. Always learning, always growing. #architecture #nzarchitecture #nzdesign #centralotago #offgrid #sustainable #sustainablearchitecture #morpholiotrace

Last week we presented Maria's House to the Northe

Last week we presented Maria's House to the Northern Chapter of @passivehousenz and discussed our approach and experience designing New Zealand first off-grid Passive House and what it's really like to live off-grid!We're currently using our knowledge and experience designing off-grid residences between the Coromandel and Central Otago. If you want to go off-grid or even just build in some grid-tied resilience to your new home or renovation we can deliver for you! Message us here right now!#offgrid #offgridliving #sustainable #sustainableliving #passivhaus #passivehouse #nzarchitecture #architecturenz #coromandel #coromandelgoodforyoursoul #green

It's up! We're proud to be an active supporter o

It's up! We're proud to be an active supporter of our small community everyday and have recently sponsored the 15th hole at @tairuagolfandcountryclub A challenging par3 over a gully with out of bounds on the right and a steep bank on the left. At Build Good Architecture we're not afraid of a challenge!Standing bounty of a coffee or beer if you snap a photo of you with it and post to your stories. ☕️ 🍻 #nzarchitecture #architecturenz #passivhaus #passivehouse #community #sustainability #greenbuilding #tairua #coromandel #coromandelgoodforyoursoul

Exciting news!!!! I'll be presenting about designi

Exciting news!!!! I'll be presenting about designing for and living off-grid this week at @wharekorou Northern Chapter's September event in Auckland4:30pm, Wednesday 10th September 2025Registration link below and in bio! Came and hear the experience of living off-grid!https://passivehouse.nz/events/upcoming-events/local-chapter-event-auckland-sep-2025/#passivehousenz #passivhaus #passivehousedesign #greenbuilding #sustainability #energyefficiency #offgrid #buildingscience #nzarchitecture #architecturenz

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