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Friday fireplace series: Red Stag Rise, Wānaka.

Winter light, a quiet fire, and the steady rhythm of fluted concrete.

At Red Stag Rise, texture does more than add detail. It gives the fireplace wall depth, shadow and a calm architectural presence.

Read more about the full project on the blog via link in bio.

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Featured Product: 20 Series Fluted Structural Blocks and 390 Fluted Bricks in Carbon Black
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S.K.I House, Wānaka.

A multi-award-winning alpine retreat where structural concrete blocks do more than hold the line. They help shape the whole home.

Designed by Roberts Gray Architects (), S.K.I House uses Viblock structural concrete blocks to create a quiet, grounded response to Central Otago’s extremes. The double-skinned construction supports year-round thermal performance, while the modular block system informed everything from room proportions to window placement.

Solid, calm, precise. A home built for the seasons, and for generations.

Featured products: Structural 20 Series and 390 Half Grey
Photography by , with the project featured in his latest book, Cape to Bluff Vol. 2.

Explore the project via the link in bio.

One more day to get your name in the draw.

We’re giving away three copies of Cape to Bluff Vol. 2 — a new book celebrating residential architecture from across Aotearoa by and Andrea Stevens of .

Among the homes featured is Manukard Gārd by — one of three Viblock projects included in the book.

Set into the Central Otago landscape, the project speaks to material, permanence and a deep sense of place. The kind of architecture we’re always proud to play a small part in.

Entries close tonight at midnight. Winners will be contacted tomorrow, 11 June.

Enter via the link in our bio.

At Red Stag Rise, fluted concrete creates depth through light, shadow and texture.

Designed for the Central Otago environment, the material responds to changing conditions throughout the day while remaining timeless, durable and connected to its surroundings.

A project shaped by Craft, Precision and Care.

Explore more in our latest journal article. Link in bio.

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Win a copy of Cape to Bluff Vol. 2.

We’re proud to support Cape to Bluff Vol. 2 - the new residential architecture book by and Andrea Stevens of .

Traversing Aotearoa from north to south, the book brings together exceptional homes shaped by land, climate, material and the people who live there.

Even better, three Viblock projects are featured inside:

Manukard, Glenorchy


SKI House, Wānaka


Te Mata House, Hawke’s Bay


To celebrate the launch, we’re giving away three copies.

Enter via the link in our bio. Winners will be contacted on the 11th of June.

One of our favourite textures is having a moment.

Tomorrow night, Viblock 20 Series Fluted Blocks will feature on Grand Designs New Zealand as part of .nz’s The Rocks project in Queenstown.

Here are a few of our favourite fluted moments from the Viblock archive.

With its clean linear profile, fluted concrete brings rhythm, depth and shadow to concrete blocks and bricks, shifting with the light and adding quiet detail to bold architectural forms.

Keep an eye out tomorrow night on TVNZ 1 and TVNZ+.

Featured in Abode.

Set against the Wānaka landscape, this home brings concrete, steel and timber into sharp architectural balance - grounded, refined and built to last.

Designed by and built by , the project features Viblock 20 Series Fluted structural blocks and 390 Fluted Bricks in Carbon Black, carried across the exterior cladding and interior feature walls.

The fluted finish adds depth, rhythm and shadow, giving the concrete a crafted architectural presence without overpowering the warmth of timber or the precision of steel.

It’s a strong example of what we love about concrete: enduring materiality, clean lines, and the ability to shape a home from the ground up.

Read the full feature via the link in bio.

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Featured products: 20 Series Fluted structural blocks and 390 Fluted Bricks in Carbon Black
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Words Kathy Young

Also involved: , Louvre Solutions, Limitless Stainless Ltd, , ,

Let’s talk concrete.

Viblock will be at the ArchiPro Home Design Evening tomorrow at Shed 10, Auckland.

Come and talk to us about bricks, structural and landscape products, texture, colour and product selection for your next project.

We’ll also have Pressed Stone samples on show, offering a first look at Viblock’s new concrete system inspired by the depth and variation of natural stone.

See you tomorrow.

Meet Pressed Stone.

A new Viblock concrete system developed to capture the irregular texture and quiet depth of natural stone, with the control, consistency and support of a complete Viblock system.

Samples will be on show at the Home Design evening, and can also be viewed at our Christchurch showroom.

Explore Pressed Stone via the link in bio.