Salmond Architecture

Our Architectural Services includes house design – Urban design, residential and commercial interior design, renovations, commercial, subdivisions, throughout the resource consent and building consent process

We provide advice and guidance on all aspects of sustainable building, in particular:

• Energy efficiency
• Passive solar heating
• Resource efficiency
• Efficient and renewable heating options
• Water efficiency
• Site management
• Sustainable subdivision design
• Site use and landscaping
• Renewable energy generation
• Indoor air quality and health
• Natural daylighting
• Materials
• Structural Insulated Panels (SIPs)
• Onsite water treatment

We can offer developers, designers and building owners advice on projects of any size and at any stage, but sustainability principles are most effective if they are considered early on in a project.

Some of the benefits of sustainable building are:

• Energy efficient buildings produce fewer greenhouse gasses that harm the global environment while being more economic to run.
• Efficient use of durable materials protect the planet’s finite resources.
• Using natural or benign materials produce less pollution during manufacture and contribute towards a healthy internal living environment.
• Subdivisions which are considerate of the specific needs of the land and community are more socially, environmentally and economically sustainable.
• Environmentally sustainable design (ESD) in work places can increase productivity of employees.

NZIA Awards

• Goldsack Harris Regional Award
• Pataka Regional Award
• Goldsack Harris Branch Award
• Pataka Branch Award
• Meridian Energy Branch Award
• Beacon Point House NZIA Southern Award

Other Awards

• Pataka – Winner of Supreme Award- VUW School of Architecture 25th Anniversary Alumni awards
• Pataka – Winner of Educational, Cultural and Community Award- VUW School of Architecture 25th Anniversary Alumni awards
• Meridian Energy office – Winner of Commercial, Hospitality and Industrial Award- VUW School of Architecture 25th Anniversary Alumni awards
• Pataka – Award commendation 1999- Carter Holt Harvey Architectural awards
• Meridian Energy 1999 – NZIA Resene Colour Awards
• Pataka 1999 – Dulux Colour Awards
• Thomas House – Runner up in the alterations and additions section, 2003 (Wellington area) – Master Builders House of the Year
• Reinecke House – Finalist 2003- David Cox Memorial Award

Publications

• A Beautiful Solution – Abode Magazine

Salmond Architecture is an NZIA practice, NZ Green Building Council professional member, NZ Prefab member, superhome movement member.

The practice is passionate about the long term environmental and economic sustainability of the Wanaka region.

Anne is involved in many community groups that actively work in areas of strategic planning and urban design for a sustainable future for the local community such as:

• Historic Places trust committee Member (Queenstown lakes)
• Member of the Queenstown Lakes District Council Heritage Working Party
• Member of Sustainable Wanaka Planning Group
• Leader – Cardrona Urban Design Workshop
• Presenter – Wanaka 2020 Community Planning Workshops
• Presenter at Prefab Conference
• Presenter at Superhome Movement Wanaka

Salmond Architecture director Anne Salmond has been involved in researching methods for undertaking post-occupancy evaluations with Victoria University of Wellington.

Anne undertakes evaluations using the walkthrough method developed there.

Post occupancy evaluations completed include:

• Hanson Court apartments –  WCC housing upgrade project
• Regent Park housing –  WCC city housing project
• TeAra Hau –  WCC city housing project
• Berkeley Dallard –  WCC city housing project
• Newtown Park –  WCC city housing project
• School of Architecture –  Victoria University of Wellington
• Science laboratories –  Victoria University of Wellington
• Bank of New Zealand Retail Outlets
• New Zealand Armed Forces Navy accommodation units

Building evaluations are carried out as part of the briefing for new projects, to help assess the effectiveness of completed projects, and to determine any finetuning or changes required to existing projects.