DANIEL MARSHALL ARCHITECTS

01.09.11 by Nick Sayes

Elmstone Wins Sustainable Concrete Award

Presented at the ninth International Symposium on High Performance Concrete Design in Rotorua – DMA’s 9 Elmstone House was awarded a Concrete³ Sustainability Award for Excellence in Residential Concrete Construction.

The Awards are held by the Cement and Concrete Association of New Zealand (CCANZ) to acknowledge projects, products and initiatives which demonstrate excellence in environmental, economic and/or social sustainability for the built environment.

The CCANZ awarded 9 Elmstone for excellence in the design of “a contemporary home which makes use of precast concrete over three floors to optimise a steep site and offer comfortable, energy efficient and low maintenance family living”.

Other award recipients included:

2011 Supreme Concrete³ Sustainability Award – Peddle Thorp Architects – Office building at 21 Queen Street, Auckland
Excellence in Commercial Concrete Construction – Peddle Thorp Architects – Office building at 21 Queen Street, Auckland
Excellence in Concrete Innovation – Structex Engineering – Southern Cross Hospital’s Endoscopy Building in Christchurch
Excellence in Concrete for the Community – Golden Bay Cement
Excellence in Civil Concrete Construction – Downer New Zealand – DART 9 rail link station in Manukau

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