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Meet Tom Kundig

“I often work with elemental materials such as steel, concrete, wood and glass in their raw states,” says Tom Kundig, Principal / Owner / Founder of bi-coastal US design firm, Olson Kundig.

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“We create the buildings that people didn’t know they needed.”

“You can design in so many different ways,” says Thomas Robinson, Founding Principal at Los Angeles- and Portland, Oregon-based firm LEVER Architecture.

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“Our point of difference, a streamlined selection of the highest-performance construction products"

“By having a select number of products at our fingertips, we are able to have better knowledge of each one, inside and out,” says Todd Laidlaw, Regional Sales Manager Oceania for GCP Applied Technologies

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“Knowledge across sectors brings greater benefits for everyone.”

“We find that our mixed-sector approach creates better outcomes across a range of projects,” says Tim Robinson, Architect and Co-Founder of London-based Sonn Studio.

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“What sets us apart is ethics.”

“From manufacturing and product quality to environmental responsibility and representation, our core values are what define us as leaders in the bathroom ware space,” says Dan Coe, of Paterson Trading Company.

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“We have pathways for reuse; we just need the market to embrace them.”

“Any waste or offcut from our products now has an avenue for repurposing,” says Autex New Zealand’s General Sales Manager, Marcel Herbke.

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“The design potential drew me in; the sustainable vision will keep me here.”

“Businesses that don’t prioritise sustainability won’t be in business any more by 2030,” says Ryan Flaxman, Project Floors’ new Business Development Manager.

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“While everyone else is focused on building boxes in various forms, our mission is to create a super

“This is something the industry needs in order for us to be better stewards of the land and its uses.”

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“New Zealand is not doing nearly enough to honour our sustainability commitment.”

As a Green Star-Accredited professional and sustainability advisor, Carolyn’s job is to support building industry professionals, and others, to better incorporate SDG principles into their work.

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“This is not a fad or a hobby, it’s the way the world is going.”

“Change is happening now,” says Joseph Lyth, Local Chapter Lead - Auckland at Passive House Institute New Zealand and Associate Architect at Respond Architects.

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“The planet needs all of us to do more.”

“One of my biggest drivers, both personally and professionally, is sustainability,” says Sarab Sira, Business Development Manager for Project Floors.

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“It’s all part of the show.”

“I’ve got two careers that run in parallel,” says Teulo’s Technical Producer, Harley Neville. “My vocation is film-making.

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“I try to bring the fun with good questions and in-depth discussion.”

“When I arrived in Auckland from Toronto five years ago, I ran into a lot of brick walls,” says Peter Raimondo, Teulo MC and Senior Building Enclosure Engineer and Associate Director at Oculus.

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