Rabbit Island Huts consent

For Nelsonians wondering what is popping up along the road to Rabbit Island, we have the Intel.  It is the latest innovative accommodation idea by Appleby House and offers a cheap but slightly fancy option along the Great Taste Cycle ride.   Canopy enjoyed being involved with Jane realising her vision for the site.

Elevation of the Rabbit Island Huts

The design has separate huts co-located together, with room to park your bike underneath and elevated views across the countryside.  Privacy is created with native trees and shrubs that blend down into a small riparian margin that is to be enhanced.

Site plan of Accommodation

Looking forward to seeing these finished and ready for use. I am sure they will be as popular – especially with the Rabbit Island coffee container right on site in the summer months.  You will be able to wake up and smell the coffee…

Check out the Rabbit Islands Huts at http://www.applebyhouse.co.nz

Canopy Christchurch Team is Growing!

Paul Roper-Gee - Landscape Architect Extraordinaire!

Max's Pipe Dream - Supreme Judges Award Ellerslie International Flower Show 2012 (Completed with Beca)

Canopy is excited to welcome a new team member to our Christchurch office!  Award winning Landscape Architect Paul Roper-Gee has joined the team bringing with him 16 years of experience in garden, streetscape and urban design. 

Paul won ‘Best in Show’ – the Supreme Award at the Christchurch based Ellerslie International Flower Show in 2012 for his garden ‘Max’s Pipe Dream’.  Other recent project work of Paul’s includes the redevelopment of Port Vila’s central waterfront in Vanuatu, Christchurch Coastal Pathway and Beach Road streetscape in Auckland’s CBD.

 Paul gets his kicks from creating comfortable spaces for people to live, work and play in and is inspired by natural landscapes and the everyday urban environment in his design. He enjoys working collaboratively with clients, stakeholders and other design disciplines to see a project develop from early ideas through to implementation.  Outside of work you’ll find him busy in his home garden, enjoying time with family, or attempting to bowl leg spin in his social cricket team.

 Paul is enthusiastic about joining the Canopy team and looking forward to working with clients on their residential and commercial design projects.  You can get in touch with Paul on 021 447 191 or paul@canopy.co.nz

Beach Rd Cycleway, Auckland CBD. (Completed with Beca/Thresher Associates)

Paul's home garden

Christchurch City Mall - Cashel St (Completed with Isthmus)

Coastal View lifestyle village - Consent granted

Canopy has spent the last year or so masterplanning the coastal view lifestyle village. Working collaboratively with MAP architects we feel we have designed a great new village that will become an important part of the Nelson community. We are all thrilled to have gained the consent, its a great result for the team and for the Nelson Tasman region.

A village enabling a strong sense of community has been the design goal. The elevated site has enabled the design to embrace stunning views of Tasman Bay. The provision of community nodes (plazas within neighbourhoods), pedestrian walkways and a larger reserve space with a pavilion all encourage community interaction.  The design provides for the development of a vibrant internal community whilst encouraging integration and strong relationships with the wider Nelson community through shared spaces. 

We are all looking forward to getting into the next phase of works and watching this new part of the community develop.