By Accumen Shapes
As part of the Britomart redevelopment program, the owners of this building have done themselves proud. By rescuing this 1898 building, which initially cost £12,000 to construct, we now get to appreciate an excellent example of New Zealand’s architectural history. Cheshire Architects have been involved in several projects at Britomart and this is another example of their outstanding ability to breathe life back into these treasured buildings.
For Accumen Shapes, it was a great privilege to reproduce a number of the damaged decorative mouldings caused by more than 100 years of wear and tear, with MacKenzie Plasterers supplying the craftsmanship required to install them.
Accumen Shapes Ltd is a New Zealand owned and operated business that specialise in the manufacture of traditional and contemporary lightweight exterior decorative mouldings that can transform your existing or planned building into a unique architectural dream without major structural re-design.
Accumen Shapes also manufacture a wide range of Insulation Products for the Commercial and Industrial business sectors.
Accumen Shapes custom manufacture a wide range of lightweight exterior mouldings including columns, architraves, cornices, window cills (sills), fence caps, quoins, false vents and shutters, arches, bands/dado lines, parapet mouldings and chimney surrounds. In addition we also manufacture bBOLD signage, shapes, film sets and theatre props.
Accumen Shapes operate New Zealand’s only locally based manufacturing facility for Pre-formed Fibreglass Pipe Sections. We have manufacturing capabilities for FoamGlas (Cellular Glass Insulation), Ravatherm and Foamular XPS shapes and sheets, PUR, PIR and Phenolic shapes and sheets, Rockwool pipe section and Siliner and Ductliner boards. We also have New Zealand’s only fully automated laminating operation for laminating foils, cloth, ridged insulation foams etc to insulation blanket, boards etc
BACKGROUND
In 1991, a small company was formed based in Otahuhu, Auckland, New Zealand. Since establishment, we have evolved into the present company known as Accumen Shapes Ltd, which develops and specialises in the production and manufacture of KickIt® high-quality lightweight decorative shapes and mouldings, and a wide range of commercial and industrial insulation products.