Visualising your ideal living space is now within reach, courtesy of the game-changing tool - virtual staging. Explore the benefits with Gubb Design.
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Whether you have a sprawling garden, cosy balcony, or a small deck, taking advantage of your home’s exterior space is easy with our renovation and upgrade tips.
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We have a few expert tips for transforming your home office space that will ultimately reduce stress and improve productivity. Check them all out here!
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Making house alterations before selling up is a great idea, but which ones really increase the value of your home the most? Find out here!
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Just finished your new build or renovations? Complete the look of a new home with these stylish contemporary home decorating ideas.
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As architects, we can so easily become caught up in everything that new house design trends have to offer, but it’s important that as we look to expand and develop to keep up with the times, we also take the time to look back at our past.
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Winter is a beautiful and often underappreciated season, one in which you feel more in touch with the space in your home. When you’re cooped up inside and watching the patter of rain on your windows, you want to feel safe and warm, assured that the cold will stay out there while you recline indoors.
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It’s no secret that when you build a home with Gubb Design, we’re with you through the whole process. This means that when it comes time for your builders to arrive with materials for your home’s exterior, we’ve checked every detail once, twice, and again to ensure that your new house design will be built with the best quality materials to last you for decades.
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Auckland is currently going through a rapid period of growth. Amid a housing crisis, new developments are popping up left, right and centre in efforts to combat it. Some architects believe the key to providing adequate housing is to build outwards through urban sprawl projects such as Hobsonville and Dairy Flat, expanding suburbia right to the edges of Auckland’s territory.
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New additions to the family can mean those house alterations you’ve been dreaming of can quickly become a necessity. If you find yourself needing to upsize with a little more urgency than expected, stress can kick in. The thought of uprooting the kids and moving for months to even a year can be daunting. If you’re considering a home reno that can keep you and the kids sticking to as normal of a routine as possible, we’re here to help.
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As we reach the close of the decade, there’s no better time to reflect on the architecture, design, house and building trends we loved the most this year. 2019 opened up a lot in terms of housing, and in New Zealand it was a constantly evolving topic. Let’s take a moment to reflect on a time capsule of housing design trends for 2019.
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Summer is here! What better way to sit back and enjoy some warm rays this season than with the perfect outdoor environment to entertain friends and family right in your back yard? Adding some alfresco elements to your back yard is on the simpler end of possible house additions, so don’t fret! It can be easily achieved in a summer and is a sure-fire way to raise the value of your property and your popularity levels at the same time! But just what makes the perfect outdoor entertaining environment? We’ll go through some of the key elements in this article.
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The quintessential Kiwi bach is an integral part of summertime throughout the country. Our extensive list of popular beach spots available up and down New Zealand make baches the perfect option for holiday time. There is something about the humble Kiwi bach that makes it so cosy and comfortable and it’s important that the person you request architectural services from is in tune with those key elements.
In this article, we get to the core of the special characteristics that make the best baches what they are.
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Modern houses in New Zealand showcase a vast range of building materials, collected and curated from across the globe. The humble approach of building homes using locally sourced materials is making a resurgence in housing trends, and there is immense value in this method. In this blog, we talk about why the use of local materials can elevate any new house design.
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Starting the process of a new home build can be daunting, especially when you reach the stage of needing to choose an architectural designer that can take your vision and turn it into a reality. There are so many architectural designers to choose from, and getting it wrong can create an array of issues further down the track.
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If you live in New Zealand, you’ll be no stranger to our highly regulated conservation laws and guidelines to protect our local wildlife. Our systems are set up so that the Department of Conservation (DoC) categorises reserve areas as specially protected. These places are accessible to the public most of the time and have their own ecosystems. Those of us who live near a reserve, creek, stream or bush that’s considered DoC land will know that making house alterations can be tricky.
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The architectural space we’re currently designing in is referred to as “contemporary”. Just as styles of architecture before this time are known for common defining features, contemporary design also showcases many features. Most new house designs that we see today are home to these. In this blog, we’ll go over some of the most common features of contemporary homes.
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Last month, architectural designers in Auckland and from all around New Zealand got together to celebrate the annual Festival of Architecture. As members of the architecture community, it’s important to spread knowledge and ideas through events such as this. The festival showcased some of the best and most innovative ideas that the industry is developing. The festival also hosted a few fun events to get involved in. We recap some highlights from the festival.
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