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Timber Soffits

Timber-lined soffits are a low maintenance and often more cost effective solution when adding warmth to your project.

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How to Avoid Conflict Timbers With Sustainable, Ethical Alternatives

When compared to Siberian Larch, Abodo eco timbers prove a better choice for lessening environmental and human impact.

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Modern Māori Architecture

The use of timber in Māori architecture has a long history of tradition, which is continued in the modern day.

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Could Co housing Be a Solution to the Housing Crisis Abodo Wood

Could Co-Housing Be a Solution to Financial and Mental Wellbeing?

Co-housing is becoming increasingly popular, as New Zealand reckons with skyrocketing house prices, rising living costs and mental wellbeing pressures.

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How Managed Plantations and Native Forests Can Coexist

Monoculture plantation forests fulfill an important role in supplying sustainable products for our timber-hungry market.

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Project Revisit: Karangahake House

Built in 2019, the silvered patina at Karangahake House is proof of the effectiveness of Abodo’s Sioo:x coating on Tundra Cladding.

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Building Beyond Zero

Sustainable building expert Chris Magwood explains how carefully chosen materials can turn buildings into carbon sinks.

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Multi Depth Timber Cladding with Abodo Vulcan

With unparalleled stability, our Vulcan timber cladding allows designers an almost infinite range of design possibilities.

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Project Revisit: Raglan Sleepout

After 8-9 years in harsh conditions we find Vulcan Cladding endures with one recoat of advanced Protector coating technology.

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Endangered Kārearea (NZ Falcon) Is Nurtured in Abodo Timber Sourced Forest

Kaingaroa forest holds the highest known density of the endangered kārearea.

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Timber Window Shrouds

While their primary purpose is for solar shading and privacy, window shrouds also create visual interest.

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The Carbon Cost of your Façade

An accurate picture of a building’s carbon footprint begins with its facade.

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