30 Best Architecture and Design Firms in New Zealand
These annual rankings were last updated on June 13, 2025. Want to see your firm on next year’s list? Continue reading for more on how you can improve your studio’s ranking.
New Zealand is a one-of-a-kind island in the Pacific, famous for its indigenous Maori architecture. The country has managed to preserve an array of historical aboriginal ruins, such as maraeand wharenui, despite its European colonization during the 19th century.
Apart from the country’s ancient ruins, New Zealand is also home to several notable architectural landmarks like the famous Sky Tower piercing the Auckland skyline to the organic forms of the Te Papa Tongarewa Museum in Wellington. Renowned architects like Sir Ian Athfield, whose works blend modernist principles with a deep respect for the natural landscape, have left an indelible mark on the country’s architectural legacy.
Being home to a stunning tropical landscape, New Zealand architects have developed eco-friendly residential designs that harness the power of renewable energy as well as visionary urban developments prioritizing livability and connectivity. A notable example is Turanga Central Library in Christchurch, a project that exceeds all eco-friendly design standards and benchmark emissions. Finally, concepts like passive design are increasingly becoming standard practice in architectural circles.
With so many architecture firms to choose from, it’s challenging for clients to identify the industry leaders that will be an ideal fit for their project needs. Fortunately, Architizer is able to provide guidance on the top design firms in New Zealand based on more than a decade of data and industry knowledge.
How are these architecture firms ranked?
The following ranking has been created according to key statistics that demonstrate each firm’s level of architectural excellence. The following metrics have been accumulated to establish each architecture firm’s ranking, in order of priority:
The number of A+Awards wonThe number of A+Awards finalistsThe number of projects selected as “Project of the Day”The number of projects selected as “Featured Project”The number of projects uploaded to ArchitizerEach of these metrics is explained in more detail at the foot of this article. This ranking list will be updated annually, taking into account new achievements of New Zealand architecture firms throughout the year.
Without further ado, here are the 30 best architecture firms in New Zealand:
30. CoLab Architecture
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CoLab Architecture is a small practice of two directors, Tobin Smith and Blair Paterson, based in Christchurch New Zealand. Tobin is a creative designer with a wealth of experience in the building industry. Blair is a registered architect and graduate from the University of Auckland.
“We like architecture to be visually powerful, intellectually elegant, and above all timeless. For us, timeless design is achieved through simplicity and strength of concept — in other words, a single idea executed beautifully with a dedication to the details. We strive to create architecture that is conscious of local climateand the environment.”
Some of CoLab Architecture’s most prominent projects include:
Urban Cottage, Christchurch, New Zealand
The following statistics helped CoLab Architecture Ltd achieve 30th place in the 30 Best Architecture Firms in New Zealand:
Featured Projects
1
Total Projects
1
29. Paul Whittaker
© Paul Whittaker
Paul Whittaker is an architecture firm based in New Zealand. Its work revolves around residential architecture.
Some of Paul Whittaker’s most prominent projects include:
Whittaker Cube, Kakanui, New Zealand
The following statistics helped Paul Whittaker achieve 29th place in the 30 Best Architecture Firms in New Zealand:
Featured Projects
1
Total Projects
1
28. Space Division
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Space Division is a boutique architectural practice that aims to positively impact the lives and environment of its clients and their communities by purposefully producing quality space. We believe our name reflects both the essence of what we do, but also how we strive to do it – succinctly and simply. Our design process is inclusive and client focused with their desires, physical constraints, budgets, time frames, compliance and construction processes all carefully considered and incorporated into our designs.
Space Division has successfully applied this approach to a broad range of project types within the field of architecture, ranging from commercial developments, urban infrastructure to baches, playhouses and residential homes. Space Divisions team is committed to delivering a very personal and complete service to each of their clients, at each stage of the process. To assist in achieving this Space Division collaborates with a range of trusted technical specialists, based on the specific needs of our client. Which ensures we stay focussed, passionate agile and easily scalable.
Some of Space Division’s most prominent projects include:
Stradwick House, Auckland, New Zealand
The following statistics helped Space Division achieve 28th place in the 30 Best Architecture Firms in New Zealand:
Featured Projects
1
Total Projects
1
27. Sumich Chaplin Architects
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Sumich Chaplin Architects undertake to provide creative, enduring architectural design based on a clear understanding and interpretation of a client’s brief. We work with an appreciation and respect for the surrounding landscape and environment.
Some of Sumich Chaplin Architects’ most prominent projects include:
Millbrook House, Arrowtown, New Zealand
The following statistics helped Sumich Chaplin Architects achieve 27th place in the 30 Best Architecture Firms in New Zealand:
Featured Projects
1
Total Projects
1
26. Daniel Marshall Architects
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Daniel Marshall Architectsis an Auckland based practice who are passionate about designing high quality and award winning New Zealand architecture. Our work has been published in periodicals and books internationally as well as numerous digital publications. Daniel leads a core team of four individually accomplished designers who skillfully collaborate to resolve architectural projects from their conception through to their occupation.
DMA believe architecture is a ‘generalist’ profession which engages with all components of an architectural project; during conceptual design, documentation and construction phases. We pride ourselves on being able to holistically engage with a complex of architectural issues to arrive at a design solution equally appropriate to its contextand the unique ways our clients prefer to live.
Some of Daniel Marshall Architects’ most prominent projects include:
Lucerne, Auckland, New Zealand
House in Herne Bay, Herne Bay, Auckland, New Zealand
The following statistics helped Daniel Marshall Architects achieve 26th place in the 30 Best Architecture Firms in New Zealand:
Featured Projects
1
Total Projects
2
25. AW Architects
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Creative studio based in Christchurch, New Zealand. AW-ARCH is committed to an inclusive culture where everyone is encouraged to share their perspectives – our partners, our colleagues and our clients. Our team comes from all over the globe, bringing with them a variety of experiences. We embrace the differences that shape people’s lives, including race, ethnicity, identity and ability. We come together around the drawing board, the monitor, and the lunch table, immersed in the free exchange of ideas and synthesizing the diverse viewpoints of creative people, which stimulates innovative design and makes our work possible.
Mentorship is key to engagement within AW-ARCH, energizing our studio and feeding invention. It’s our social and professional responsibility and helps us develop and retain a dedicated team. This includes offering internships that introduce young people to our profession, as well as supporting opportunities for our people outside the office — teaching, volunteering and exploring.
Some of AW Architects’ most prominent projects include:
OCEAN VIEW TERRACE HOUSE, Christchurch, New Zealand
212 CASHEL STREET, Christchurch, New Zealand
LAKE HOUSE, Queenstown, New Zealand
RIVER HOUSE, Christchurch, New Zealand
HE PUNA TAIMOANA, Christchurch, New Zealand
The following statistics helped AW Architects achieve 25th place in the 30 Best Architecture Firms in New Zealand:
A+Awards Finalist
1
Total Projects
9
24. Archimedia
© Patrick Reynolds
Archimedia is a New Zealand architecture practice with NZRAB and green star accredited staff, offering design services in the disciplines of architecture, interiors and ecology. Delivering architecture involves intervention in both natural eco-systems and the built environment — the context within which human beings live their lives.
Archimedia uses the word “ecology” to extend the concept of sustainability to urban design and master planning and integrates this holistic strategy into every project. Archimedia prioritizes client project requirements, functionality, operational efficiency, feasibility and programme.
Some of Archimedia’s most prominent projects include:
Te Oro, Auckland, New Zealand
Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tamaki, Auckland, New Zealand
Hekerua Bay Residence, New Zealand
Eye Institute , Remuera, Auckland, New Zealand
University of Auckland Business School, Auckland, New Zealand
The following statistics helped Archimedia achieve 24th place in the 30 Best Architecture Firms in New Zealand:
Featured Projects
1
Total Projects
25
23. MC Architecture Studio
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The studio’s work, questioning the boundary between art and architecture, provides engaging and innovative living space with the highest sustainability standard. Design solutions are tailored on client needs and site’s characteristics. Hence the final product will be unique and strongly related to the context and wider environment.
On a specific-project basis, the studio, maintaining the leadership of the whole process, works in a network with local and international practices to achieve the best operational efficiency and local knowledge worldwide to accommodate the needs of a big scale project or specific requirements.
Some of MC Architecture Studio’s most prominent projects include:
Cass Bay House, Cass Bay, Lyttelton, New Zealand
Ashburton Alteration, Ashburton, New Zealand
restaurant/cafe, Ovindoli, Italy
Private Residence, Christchurch, New Zealand
Private Residence, Christchurch, New Zealand
The following statistics helped MC Architecture Studio Ltd achieve 23rd place in the 30 Best Architecture Firms in New Zealand:
Featured Projects
2
Total Projects
19
22. Architecture van Brandenburg
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Van Brandenburg is a design focused studio for architecture, landscape architecture, urbanism, and product design with studios in Queenstown and Dunedin, New Zealand. With global reach Van Brandenburg conducts themselves internationally, where the team of architects, designers and innovators create organic built form, inspired by nature, and captured by curvilinear design.
Some of Architecture van Brandenburg’s most prominent projects include:
Marisfrolg Fashion Campus, Shenzhen, China
The following statistics helped Architecture van Brandenburg achieve 22nd place in the 30 Best Architecture Firms in New Zealand:
A+Awards Winner
1
Featured Projects
1
Total Projects
1
21. MacKayCurtis
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MacKay Curtis is a design led practice with a mission to create functional architecture of lasting beauty that enhances peoples lives.
Some of MacKayCurtis’ most prominent projects include:
Mawhitipana House, Auckland, New Zealand
The following statistics helped MacKayCurtis achieve 21st place in the 30 Best Architecture Firms in New Zealand:
A+Awards Winner
1
Featured Projects
1
Total Projects
1
20. Gerrad Hall Architects
© Gerrad Hall Architects
We aspire to create houses that are a joyful sensory experience.
Some of Gerrad Hall Architects’ most prominent projects include:
Inland House, Mangawhai, New Zealand
Herne Bay Villa Alteration, Auckland, New Zealand
The following statistics helped Gerrad Hall Architects achieve 20th place in the 30 Best Architecture Firms in New Zealand:
Featured Projects
2
Total Projects
2
19. Dorrington Atcheson Architects
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Dorrington Atcheson Architects was founded as Dorrington Architects & Associates was formed in 2010, resulting in a combined 20 years of experience in the New Zealand architectural market. We’re a boutique architecture firm working on a range of projects and budgets. We love our work, we pride ourselves on the work we do and we enjoy working with our clients to achieve a result that resolves their brief.
The design process is a collaborative effort, working with the client, budget, site and brief, to find unique solutions that solve the project at hand. The style of our projects are determined by the site and the budget, with a leaning towards contemporary modernist design, utilizing a rich natural material palette, creating clean and tranquil spaces.
Some of Dorrington Atcheson Architects’ most prominent projects include:
Lynch Street
Coopers Beach House, Coopers Beach, New Zealand
Rutherford House, Tauranga Taupo, New Zealand
Winsomere Cres
Kathryn Wilson Shoebox, Auckland, New Zealand
The following statistics helped Dorrington Atcheson Architects achieve 19th place in the 30 Best Architecture Firms in New Zealand:
Featured Projects
2
Total Projects
14
18. Andrew Barre Lab
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Andrew Barrie Lab is an architectural practice that undertakes a diverse range of projects. We make buildings, books, maps, classes, exhibitions and research.
Some of Andrew Barre Lab’s most prominent projects include:
Learning from Trees, Venice, Italy
The following statistics helped Andrew Barre Lab achieve 18th place in the 30 Best Architecture Firms in New Zealand:
A+Awards Finalist
2
Featured Projects
1
Total Projects
1
17. Warren and Mahoney
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Warren and Mahoney is an insight led multidisciplinary architectural practice with six locations functioning as a single office. Our clients and projects span New Zealand, Australia and the Pacific Rim. The practice has over 190 people, comprising of specialists working across the disciplines of architecture, workplace, masterplanning, urban design and sustainable design. We draw from the wider group for skills and experience on every project, regardless of the location.
Some of Warren and Mahoney’s most prominent projects include:
MIT Manukau & Transport Interchange, Auckland, New Zealand
Carlaw Park Student Accommodation, Auckland, New Zealand
Pt Resolution Footbridge, Auckland, New Zealand
Isaac Theatre Royal, Christchurch, New Zealand
University of Auckland Recreation and Wellness Centre, Auckland, New Zealand
The following statistics helped Warren and Mahoney achieve 17th place in the 30 Best Architecture Firms in New Zealand:
Featured Projects
2
Total Projects
5
16. South Architects Limited
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Led by Craig South, our friendly professional team is dedicated to crafting for uniqueness and producing carefully considered architecture that will endure and be loved. At South Architects, every project has a unique story. This story starts and ends with our clients, whose values and aspirations fundamentally empower and inspire our whole design process.
Working together with our clients is pivotal to how we operate and we share a passion for innovation in design. We invite you to meet us and explore what we can do for you. As you will discover, our client focussed process is thorough, robust and responsive. We see architecture as the culmination of a journey with you.
Some of South Architects Limited’s most prominent projects include:
Three Gables, Christchurch, New Zealand
Concrete Copper Home, Christchurch, New Zealand
Driftwood Home, Christchurch, New Zealand
Half Gable Townhouses, Christchurch, New Zealand
Kilmore Street, Christchurch, New Zealand
The following statistics helped South Architects Limited achieve 16th place in the 30 Best Architecture Firms in New Zealand:
Featured Projects
3
Total Projects
6
15. Pac Studio
© Pac Studio
Pac Studio is an ideas-driven design office, committed to intellectual and artistic rigor and fueled by a strong commitment to realizing ideas in the world. We believe a thoughtful and inclusive approach to design, which puts people at the heart of any potential solution, is the key to compelling and positive architecture.
Through our relationships with inter-related disciplines — furniture, art, landscape and academia — we can create a whole that is greater than the sum of its parts. We are open to unconventional propositions. We are architects and designers with substantial experience delivering highly awarded architectural projects on multiple scales.
Some of Pac Studio’s most prominent projects include:
Space Invader, Auckland, New Zealand
Split House, Auckland, New Zealand
Yolk House, Auckland, New Zealand
Wanaka Crib, Wanaka, New Zealand
Pahi House, Pahi, New Zealand
The following statistics helped Pac Studio achieve 15th place in the 30 Best Architecture Firms in New Zealand:
Featured Projects
3
Total Projects
8
14. Jasmax
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Jasmax is one of New Zealand’s largest and longest established architecture and design practices. With over 250 staff nationwide, the practice has delivered some of the country’s most well known projects, from the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa to major infrastructure and masterplanning projects such as Auckland’s Britomart Station.
From our four regional offices, the practice works with clients, stakeholders and communities across the following sectors: commercial, cultural and civic, education, infrastructure, health, hospitality, retail, residential, sports and recreation, and urban design.
Environmentally sustainable design is part of everything we do, and we were proud to work with Ngāi Tūhoe to design one of New Zealand’s most advanced sustainable buildings, Te Uru Taumatua; which has been designed to the stringent criteria of the International Living Future Institute’s Living Building Challenge.
Some of Jasmax’s most prominent projects include:
The Surf Club at Muriwai, Muriwai, New Zealand
Auckland University Mana Hauora Building, Auckland, New Zealand
The Fonterra Centre, Auckland, New Zealand
Auckland University of Technology Sir Paul Reeves Building , Auckland, New Zealand
NZI Centre, Auckland, New Zealand
The following statistics helped Jasmax achieve 14th place in the 30 Best Architecture Firms in New Zealand:
Featured Projects
3
Total Projects
21
13. Condon Scott Architects
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Condon Scott Architects is a boutique, award-winning NZIA registered architectural practice based in Wānaka, New Zealand. Since inception 35 years ago, Condon Scott Architects has been involved in a wide range of high end residential and commercial architectural projects throughout Queenstown, Wānaka, the Central Otago region and further afield.
Director Barry Condonand principal Sarah Scott– both registered architects – work alongside a highly skilled architectural team to deliver a full design and construction management service. This spans from initial concept design right through to tender management and interior design.
Condon Scott Architect’s approach is to view each commission as a bespoke and site specific project, capitalizing on the unique environmental conditions and natural surroundings that are so often evident in this beautiful part of the world.
Some of Condon Scott Architects’ most prominent projects include:
Sugi House, Wānaka, New Zealand
Wanaka Catholic Church, Wanaka, New Zealand
Mount Iron Barn, Wanaka, New Zealand
Bendigo Terrace House, New Zealand
Bargour Residence, Wanaka, New Zealand
The following statistics helped Condon Scott Architects achieve 13th place in the 30 Best Architecture Firms in New Zealand:
Featured Projects
4
Total Projects
17
12. Glamuzina Paterson Architects
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Glamuzina Architects is an Auckland based practice established in 2014. We strive to produce architecture that is crafted, contextual and clever. Rather than seeking a particular outcome we value a design process that is rigorous and collaborative.
When designing we look to the context of a project beyond just its immediate physical location to the social, political, historical and economic conditions of place. This results in architecture that is uniquely tailored to the context it sits within.
We work on many different types of projects across a range of scales; from small interiors to large public buildings. Regardless of a project’s budget we always prefer to work smart, using a creative mix of materials, light and volume in preference to elaborate finishes or complex detailing.
Some of Glamuzina Paterson Architects’ most prominent projects include:
Lake Hawea Courtyard House, Otago, New Zealand
Blackpool House, Auckland, New Zealand
Brick Bay House, Auckland, New Zealand
Giraffe House, Auckland, New Zealand
Giraffe House, Auckland, New Zealand
The following statistics helped Glamuzina Paterson Architects achieve 12th place in the 30 Best Architecture Firms in New Zealand:
Featured Projects
4
Total Projects
5
11. Cheshire Architects
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Cheshire Architects does special projects, irrespective of discipline, scale or type. The firm moves fluidly from luxury retreat to city master plan to basement cocktail den, shaping every aspect of an environment in pursuit of the extraordinary.
Some of Cheshire Architects’ most prominent projects include:
Rore kahu, Te Tii, New Zealand
Eyrie, New Zealand
Milse, Takanini, New Zealand
The following statistics helped Cheshire Architects achieve 11th place in the 30 Best Architecture Firms in New Zealand:
Featured Projects
3
Total Projects
3
10. Patterson Associates
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Pattersons Associates Architects began its creative story with architect Andrew Patterson in 1986 whose early work on New Zealand’s unspoiled coasts, explores relationships between people and landscape to create a sense of belonging. The architecture studio started based on a very simple idea; if a building can feel like it naturally ‘belongs,’ or fits logically in a place, to an environment, a time and culture, then the people that inhabit the building will likely feel a sense of belonging there as well. This methodology connects theories of beauty, confidence, economy and comfort.
In 2004 Davor Popadich and Andrew Mitchell joined the firm as directors, taking it to another level of creative exploration and helping it grow into an architecture studio with an international reputation.
Some of Patterson Associates’ most prominent projects include:
Seascape Retreat, Canterbury, New Zealand
The Len Lye Centre, New Plymouth, New Zealand
Country House in the City, Auckland, New Zealand
Scrubby Bay House, Canterbury, New Zealand
Parihoa House, Auckland, New Zealand
The following statistics helped Patterson Associates achieve 10th place in the 30 Best Architecture Firms in New Zealand:
Featured Projects
5
Total Projects
5
9. Team Green Architects
© Team Green Architects
Established in 2013 by Sian Taylor and Mark Read, Team Green Architects is a young committed practice focused on designing energy efficient buildings.
Some of Team Green Architects’ most prominent projects include:
Dalefield Guest House, Queenstown, New Zealand
Olive Grove House, Cromwell, New Zealand
Hawthorn House, Queenstown, New Zealand
Frankton House, Queenstown, New Zealand
Contemporary Sleepout, Arthurs Point, New Zealand
The following statistics helped Team Green Architects achieve 9th place in the 30 Best Architecture Firms in New Zealand:
Featured Projects
5
Total Projects
7
8. Creative Arch
© Creative Arch
Creative Arch is an award-winning, multi-disciplined architectural design practice, founded in 1998 by architectural designer and director Mark McLeay. The range of work at Creative Arch is as diverse as our clients, encompassing residential homes, alterations and renovations, coastal developments, sub-division developments, to commercial projects.
The team at Creative Arch are an enthusiastic group of talented professional architects and architectural designers, with a depth of experience, from a range of different backgrounds and cultures. Creative Arch is a client-focused firm committed to providing excellence in service, culture and project outcomes.
Some of Creative Arch’s most prominent projects include:
Rothesay Bay House, North Shore, New Zealand
Best Pacific Institute of Education, Auckland, New Zealand
Sumar Holiday Home, Whangapoua, New Zealand
Cook Holiday Home, Omaha, New Zealand
Arkles Bay Residence, Whangaparaoa, New Zealand
The following statistics helped Creative Arch achieve 8th place in the 30 Best Architecture Firms in New Zealand:
Featured Projects
5
Total Projects
18
7. Crosson Architects
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At Crosson Architects we are constantly striving to understand what is motivating the world around us.
Some of Crosson Architects’ most prominent projects include:
Hut on Sleds, Whangapoua, New Zealand
Te Pae North Piha Surf Lifesaving Tower, Auckland, New Zealand
Coromandel Bach, Coromandel, New Zealand
Tutukaka House, Tutukaka, New Zealand
St Heliers House, Saint Heliers, Auckland, New Zealand
The following statistics helped Crosson Architects achieve 7th place in the 30 Best Architecture Firms in New Zealand:
A+Awards Winner
1
A+Awards Finalist
2
Featured Projects
4
Total Projects
6
6. Bossley Architects
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Bossley Architects is an architectural and interior design practice with the express purpose of providing intense input into a deliberately limited number of projects. The practice is based on the belief that innovative yet practical design is essential for the production of good buildings, and that the best buildings spring from an open and enthusiastic collaboration between architect, client and consultants.
We have designed a wide range of projects including commercial, institutional and residential, and have amassed special expertise in the field of art galleries and museums, residential and the restaurant/entertainment sector. Whilst being very much design focused, the practice has an overriding interest in the pragmatics and feasibility of construction.
Some of Bossley Architects’ most prominent projects include:
Ngā Hau Māngere -Old Māngere Bridge Replacement, Auckland, New Zealand
Arruba, Waiuku, New Zealand
Brown Vujcich House
Voyager NZ Maritime Museum
Omana Luxury Villas, Auckland, New Zealand
The following statistics helped Bossley Architects achieve 6th place in the 30 Best Architecture Firms in New Zealand:
Featured Projects
6
Total Projects
21
5. Smith Architects
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Smith Architects is an award-winning international architectural practice creating beautiful human spaces that are unique, innovative and sustainable through creativity, refinement and care. Phil and Tiffany Smith established the practice in 2007. We have spent more than two decades striving to understand what makes some buildings more attractive than others, in the anticipation that it can help us design better buildings.
Some of Smith Architects’ most prominent projects include:
Kakapo Creek Children’s Garden, Mairangi Bay, Auckland, New Zealand
New Shoots Children’s Centre, Kerikeri, Kerikeri, New Zealand
GaiaForest Preschool, Manurewa, Auckland, New Zealand
Chrysalis Childcare, Auckland, New Zealand
House of Wonder, Cambridge, Cambridge, New Zealand
The following statistics helped Smith Architects achieve 5th place in the 30 Best Architecture Firms in New Zealand:
A+Awards Finalist
1
Featured Projects
6
Total Projects
23
4. Monk Mackenzie
© Monk Mackenzie
Monk Mackenzie is an architecture and design firm based in New Zealand. Monk Mackenzie’s design portfolio includes a variety of architectural projects, such as transport and infrastructure, hospitality and sport, residential, cultural and more.
Some of Monk Mackenzie’s most prominent projects include:
X HOUSE, Queenstown, New Zealand
TURANGANUI BRIDGE, Gisborne, New Zealand
VIVEKANANDA BRIDGE
EDITION
Canada Street Bridge, Auckland, New Zealand
The following statistics helped Monk Mackenzie achieve 4th place in the 30 Best Architecture Firms in New Zealand:
A+Awards Winner
2
A+Awards Finalist
4
Featured Projects
4
Total Projects
17
3. Irving Smith Architects
© Irving Smith Architects
Irving Smith Jackhas been developed as a niche architecture practice based in Nelson, but working in a variety of sensitive environments and contexts throughout New Zealand. ISJ demonstrates an ongoing commitment to innovative, sustainable and researched based design , backed up by national and international award and publication recognition, ongoing research with both the Universities of Canterbury and Auckland, and regular invitations to lecture on their work.
Timber Awards include NZ’s highest residential, commercial and engineering timber designs. Key experience, ongoing research and work includes developing structural timber design solutions in the aftermath of the Canterbury earthquakes. Current projects include cultural, urban, civic and residential projects spread throughout New Zealand, and recently in the United States and France.
Some of Irving Smith Architects’ most prominent projects include:
SCION Innovation Hub – Te Whare Nui o Tuteata, Rotorua, New Zealand
Mountain Range House, Brightwater, New Zealand
Alexandra Tent House, Wellington, New Zealand
Te Koputu a te Whanga a Toi : Whakatane Library & Exhibition Centre, Whakatane, New Zealand
offSET Shed House, Gisborne, New Zealand
The following statistics helped Irving Smith Architects achieve 3rd place in the 30 Best Architecture Firms in New Zealand:
A+Awards Winner
2
A+Awards Finalist
1
Featured Projects
6
Total Projects
13
2. Fearon Hay Architects
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Fearon Hay is a design-led studio undertaking a broad range of projects in diverse environments, the firm is engaged in projects on sites around the world. Tim Hay and Jeff Fearon founded the practice in 1993 as a way to enable their combined involvement in the design and delivery of each project. Together, they lead an international team of experienced professionals.
The studio approached every project with a commitment to design excellence, a thoughtful consideration of site and place, and an inventive sense of creativity. Fearon Hay enjoys responding to a range of briefs: Commercial projects for office and workplace, complex heritage environments, public work within the urban realm or wider landscape, private dwellings and detailed bespoke work for hospitality and interior environments.
Some of Fearon Hay Architects’ most prominent projects include:
Bishop Hill The Camp, Tawharanui Peninsula, New Zealand
Matagouri, Queenstown, New Zealand
Alpine Terrace House, Queenstown, New Zealand
Island Retreat, Auckland, New Zealand
Bishop Selwyn Chapel, Auckland, New Zealand
The following statistics helped Fearon Hay Architects achieve 2nd place in the 30 Best Architecture Firms in New Zealand:
A+Awards Winner
2
A+Awards Finalist
3
Featured Projects
8
Total Projects
17
1. RTA Studio
© RTA Studio
Richard Naish founded RTA Studio in 1999 after a successful career with top practices in London and Auckland. We are a practice that focuses on delivering exceptional design with a considered and personal service. Our work aims to make a lasting contribution to the urban and natural context by challenging, provoking and delighting.
Our studio is constantly working within the realms of public, commercial and urban design as well as sensitive residential projects. We are committed to a sustainable built environment and are at the forefront developing carbon neutral buildings. RTA Studio has received more than 100 New Zealand and international awards, including Home of The Year, a World Architecture Festival category win and the New Zealand Architecture Medal.
Some of RTA Studio’s most prominent projects include:
SCION Innovation Hub – Te Whare Nui o Tuteata, Rotorua, New Zealand
OBJECTSPACE, Auckland, New Zealand
C3 House, New Zealand
Freemans Bay School, Freemans Bay, Auckland, New Zealand
ARROWTOWN HOUSE, Arrowtown, New Zealand
Featured image: E-Type House by RTA Studio, Auckland, New Zealand
The following statistics helped RTA Studio achieve 1st place in the 30 Best Architecture Firms in New Zealand:
A+Awards Winner
2
A+Awards Finalist
6
Featured Projects
6
Total Projects
16
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These annual rankings were last updated on June 13, 2025. Want to see your firm on next year’s list? Continue reading for more on how you can improve your studio’s ranking.
New Zealand is a one-of-a-kind island in the Pacific, famous for its indigenous Maori architecture. The country has managed to preserve an array of historical aboriginal ruins, such as maraeand wharenui, despite its European colonization during the 19th century.
Apart from the country’s ancient ruins, New Zealand is also home to several notable architectural landmarks like the famous Sky Tower piercing the Auckland skyline to the organic forms of the Te Papa Tongarewa Museum in Wellington. Renowned architects like Sir Ian Athfield, whose works blend modernist principles with a deep respect for the natural landscape, have left an indelible mark on the country’s architectural legacy.
Being home to a stunning tropical landscape, New Zealand architects have developed eco-friendly residential designs that harness the power of renewable energy as well as visionary urban developments prioritizing livability and connectivity. A notable example is Turanga Central Library in Christchurch, a project that exceeds all eco-friendly design standards and benchmark emissions. Finally, concepts like passive design are increasingly becoming standard practice in architectural circles.
With so many architecture firms to choose from, it’s challenging for clients to identify the industry leaders that will be an ideal fit for their project needs. Fortunately, Architizer is able to provide guidance on the top design firms in New Zealand based on more than a decade of data and industry knowledge.
How are these architecture firms ranked?
The following ranking has been created according to key statistics that demonstrate each firm’s level of architectural excellence. The following metrics have been accumulated to establish each architecture firm’s ranking, in order of priority:
The number of A+Awards wonThe number of A+Awards finalistsThe number of projects selected as “Project of the Day”The number of projects selected as “Featured Project”The number of projects uploaded to ArchitizerEach of these metrics is explained in more detail at the foot of this article. This ranking list will be updated annually, taking into account new achievements of New Zealand architecture firms throughout the year.
Without further ado, here are the 30 best architecture firms in New Zealand:
30. CoLab Architecture
© CoLab Architecture Ltd
CoLab Architecture is a small practice of two directors, Tobin Smith and Blair Paterson, based in Christchurch New Zealand. Tobin is a creative designer with a wealth of experience in the building industry. Blair is a registered architect and graduate from the University of Auckland.
“We like architecture to be visually powerful, intellectually elegant, and above all timeless. For us, timeless design is achieved through simplicity and strength of concept — in other words, a single idea executed beautifully with a dedication to the details. We strive to create architecture that is conscious of local climateand the environment.”
Some of CoLab Architecture’s most prominent projects include:
Urban Cottage, Christchurch, New Zealand
The following statistics helped CoLab Architecture Ltd achieve 30th place in the 30 Best Architecture Firms in New Zealand:
Featured Projects
1
Total Projects
1
29. Paul Whittaker
© Paul Whittaker
Paul Whittaker is an architecture firm based in New Zealand. Its work revolves around residential architecture.
Some of Paul Whittaker’s most prominent projects include:
Whittaker Cube, Kakanui, New Zealand
The following statistics helped Paul Whittaker achieve 29th place in the 30 Best Architecture Firms in New Zealand:
Featured Projects
1
Total Projects
1
28. Space Division
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Space Division is a boutique architectural practice that aims to positively impact the lives and environment of its clients and their communities by purposefully producing quality space. We believe our name reflects both the essence of what we do, but also how we strive to do it – succinctly and simply. Our design process is inclusive and client focused with their desires, physical constraints, budgets, time frames, compliance and construction processes all carefully considered and incorporated into our designs.
Space Division has successfully applied this approach to a broad range of project types within the field of architecture, ranging from commercial developments, urban infrastructure to baches, playhouses and residential homes. Space Divisions team is committed to delivering a very personal and complete service to each of their clients, at each stage of the process. To assist in achieving this Space Division collaborates with a range of trusted technical specialists, based on the specific needs of our client. Which ensures we stay focussed, passionate agile and easily scalable.
Some of Space Division’s most prominent projects include:
Stradwick House, Auckland, New Zealand
The following statistics helped Space Division achieve 28th place in the 30 Best Architecture Firms in New Zealand:
Featured Projects
1
Total Projects
1
27. Sumich Chaplin Architects
© Sumich Chaplin Architects
Sumich Chaplin Architects undertake to provide creative, enduring architectural design based on a clear understanding and interpretation of a client’s brief. We work with an appreciation and respect for the surrounding landscape and environment.
Some of Sumich Chaplin Architects’ most prominent projects include:
Millbrook House, Arrowtown, New Zealand
The following statistics helped Sumich Chaplin Architects achieve 27th place in the 30 Best Architecture Firms in New Zealand:
Featured Projects
1
Total Projects
1
26. Daniel Marshall Architects
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Daniel Marshall Architectsis an Auckland based practice who are passionate about designing high quality and award winning New Zealand architecture. Our work has been published in periodicals and books internationally as well as numerous digital publications. Daniel leads a core team of four individually accomplished designers who skillfully collaborate to resolve architectural projects from their conception through to their occupation.
DMA believe architecture is a ‘generalist’ profession which engages with all components of an architectural project; during conceptual design, documentation and construction phases. We pride ourselves on being able to holistically engage with a complex of architectural issues to arrive at a design solution equally appropriate to its contextand the unique ways our clients prefer to live.
Some of Daniel Marshall Architects’ most prominent projects include:
Lucerne, Auckland, New Zealand
House in Herne Bay, Herne Bay, Auckland, New Zealand
The following statistics helped Daniel Marshall Architects achieve 26th place in the 30 Best Architecture Firms in New Zealand:
Featured Projects
1
Total Projects
2
25. AW Architects
© AW Architects
Creative studio based in Christchurch, New Zealand. AW-ARCH is committed to an inclusive culture where everyone is encouraged to share their perspectives – our partners, our colleagues and our clients. Our team comes from all over the globe, bringing with them a variety of experiences. We embrace the differences that shape people’s lives, including race, ethnicity, identity and ability. We come together around the drawing board, the monitor, and the lunch table, immersed in the free exchange of ideas and synthesizing the diverse viewpoints of creative people, which stimulates innovative design and makes our work possible.
Mentorship is key to engagement within AW-ARCH, energizing our studio and feeding invention. It’s our social and professional responsibility and helps us develop and retain a dedicated team. This includes offering internships that introduce young people to our profession, as well as supporting opportunities for our people outside the office — teaching, volunteering and exploring.
Some of AW Architects’ most prominent projects include:
OCEAN VIEW TERRACE HOUSE, Christchurch, New Zealand
212 CASHEL STREET, Christchurch, New Zealand
LAKE HOUSE, Queenstown, New Zealand
RIVER HOUSE, Christchurch, New Zealand
HE PUNA TAIMOANA, Christchurch, New Zealand
The following statistics helped AW Architects achieve 25th place in the 30 Best Architecture Firms in New Zealand:
A+Awards Finalist
1
Total Projects
9
24. Archimedia
© Patrick Reynolds
Archimedia is a New Zealand architecture practice with NZRAB and green star accredited staff, offering design services in the disciplines of architecture, interiors and ecology. Delivering architecture involves intervention in both natural eco-systems and the built environment — the context within which human beings live their lives.
Archimedia uses the word “ecology” to extend the concept of sustainability to urban design and master planning and integrates this holistic strategy into every project. Archimedia prioritizes client project requirements, functionality, operational efficiency, feasibility and programme.
Some of Archimedia’s most prominent projects include:
Te Oro, Auckland, New Zealand
Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tamaki, Auckland, New Zealand
Hekerua Bay Residence, New Zealand
Eye Institute , Remuera, Auckland, New Zealand
University of Auckland Business School, Auckland, New Zealand
The following statistics helped Archimedia achieve 24th place in the 30 Best Architecture Firms in New Zealand:
Featured Projects
1
Total Projects
25
23. MC Architecture Studio
© MC Architecture Studio Ltd
The studio’s work, questioning the boundary between art and architecture, provides engaging and innovative living space with the highest sustainability standard. Design solutions are tailored on client needs and site’s characteristics. Hence the final product will be unique and strongly related to the context and wider environment.
On a specific-project basis, the studio, maintaining the leadership of the whole process, works in a network with local and international practices to achieve the best operational efficiency and local knowledge worldwide to accommodate the needs of a big scale project or specific requirements.
Some of MC Architecture Studio’s most prominent projects include:
Cass Bay House, Cass Bay, Lyttelton, New Zealand
Ashburton Alteration, Ashburton, New Zealand
restaurant/cafe, Ovindoli, Italy
Private Residence, Christchurch, New Zealand
Private Residence, Christchurch, New Zealand
The following statistics helped MC Architecture Studio Ltd achieve 23rd place in the 30 Best Architecture Firms in New Zealand:
Featured Projects
2
Total Projects
19
22. Architecture van Brandenburg
© Architecture van Brandenburg
Van Brandenburg is a design focused studio for architecture, landscape architecture, urbanism, and product design with studios in Queenstown and Dunedin, New Zealand. With global reach Van Brandenburg conducts themselves internationally, where the team of architects, designers and innovators create organic built form, inspired by nature, and captured by curvilinear design.
Some of Architecture van Brandenburg’s most prominent projects include:
Marisfrolg Fashion Campus, Shenzhen, China
The following statistics helped Architecture van Brandenburg achieve 22nd place in the 30 Best Architecture Firms in New Zealand:
A+Awards Winner
1
Featured Projects
1
Total Projects
1
21. MacKayCurtis
© MacKayCurtis
MacKay Curtis is a design led practice with a mission to create functional architecture of lasting beauty that enhances peoples lives.
Some of MacKayCurtis’ most prominent projects include:
Mawhitipana House, Auckland, New Zealand
The following statistics helped MacKayCurtis achieve 21st place in the 30 Best Architecture Firms in New Zealand:
A+Awards Winner
1
Featured Projects
1
Total Projects
1
20. Gerrad Hall Architects
© Gerrad Hall Architects
We aspire to create houses that are a joyful sensory experience.
Some of Gerrad Hall Architects’ most prominent projects include:
Inland House, Mangawhai, New Zealand
Herne Bay Villa Alteration, Auckland, New Zealand
The following statistics helped Gerrad Hall Architects achieve 20th place in the 30 Best Architecture Firms in New Zealand:
Featured Projects
2
Total Projects
2
19. Dorrington Atcheson Architects
© Dorrington Atcheson Architects
Dorrington Atcheson Architects was founded as Dorrington Architects & Associates was formed in 2010, resulting in a combined 20 years of experience in the New Zealand architectural market. We’re a boutique architecture firm working on a range of projects and budgets. We love our work, we pride ourselves on the work we do and we enjoy working with our clients to achieve a result that resolves their brief.
The design process is a collaborative effort, working with the client, budget, site and brief, to find unique solutions that solve the project at hand. The style of our projects are determined by the site and the budget, with a leaning towards contemporary modernist design, utilizing a rich natural material palette, creating clean and tranquil spaces.
Some of Dorrington Atcheson Architects’ most prominent projects include:
Lynch Street
Coopers Beach House, Coopers Beach, New Zealand
Rutherford House, Tauranga Taupo, New Zealand
Winsomere Cres
Kathryn Wilson Shoebox, Auckland, New Zealand
The following statistics helped Dorrington Atcheson Architects achieve 19th place in the 30 Best Architecture Firms in New Zealand:
Featured Projects
2
Total Projects
14
18. Andrew Barre Lab
© Marcela Grassi
Andrew Barrie Lab is an architectural practice that undertakes a diverse range of projects. We make buildings, books, maps, classes, exhibitions and research.
Some of Andrew Barre Lab’s most prominent projects include:
Learning from Trees, Venice, Italy
The following statistics helped Andrew Barre Lab achieve 18th place in the 30 Best Architecture Firms in New Zealand:
A+Awards Finalist
2
Featured Projects
1
Total Projects
1
17. Warren and Mahoney
© Simon Devitt Photographer
Warren and Mahoney is an insight led multidisciplinary architectural practice with six locations functioning as a single office. Our clients and projects span New Zealand, Australia and the Pacific Rim. The practice has over 190 people, comprising of specialists working across the disciplines of architecture, workplace, masterplanning, urban design and sustainable design. We draw from the wider group for skills and experience on every project, regardless of the location.
Some of Warren and Mahoney’s most prominent projects include:
MIT Manukau & Transport Interchange, Auckland, New Zealand
Carlaw Park Student Accommodation, Auckland, New Zealand
Pt Resolution Footbridge, Auckland, New Zealand
Isaac Theatre Royal, Christchurch, New Zealand
University of Auckland Recreation and Wellness Centre, Auckland, New Zealand
The following statistics helped Warren and Mahoney achieve 17th place in the 30 Best Architecture Firms in New Zealand:
Featured Projects
2
Total Projects
5
16. South Architects Limited
© South Architects Limited
Led by Craig South, our friendly professional team is dedicated to crafting for uniqueness and producing carefully considered architecture that will endure and be loved. At South Architects, every project has a unique story. This story starts and ends with our clients, whose values and aspirations fundamentally empower and inspire our whole design process.
Working together with our clients is pivotal to how we operate and we share a passion for innovation in design. We invite you to meet us and explore what we can do for you. As you will discover, our client focussed process is thorough, robust and responsive. We see architecture as the culmination of a journey with you.
Some of South Architects Limited’s most prominent projects include:
Three Gables, Christchurch, New Zealand
Concrete Copper Home, Christchurch, New Zealand
Driftwood Home, Christchurch, New Zealand
Half Gable Townhouses, Christchurch, New Zealand
Kilmore Street, Christchurch, New Zealand
The following statistics helped South Architects Limited achieve 16th place in the 30 Best Architecture Firms in New Zealand:
Featured Projects
3
Total Projects
6
15. Pac Studio
© Pac Studio
Pac Studio is an ideas-driven design office, committed to intellectual and artistic rigor and fueled by a strong commitment to realizing ideas in the world. We believe a thoughtful and inclusive approach to design, which puts people at the heart of any potential solution, is the key to compelling and positive architecture.
Through our relationships with inter-related disciplines — furniture, art, landscape and academia — we can create a whole that is greater than the sum of its parts. We are open to unconventional propositions. We are architects and designers with substantial experience delivering highly awarded architectural projects on multiple scales.
Some of Pac Studio’s most prominent projects include:
Space Invader, Auckland, New Zealand
Split House, Auckland, New Zealand
Yolk House, Auckland, New Zealand
Wanaka Crib, Wanaka, New Zealand
Pahi House, Pahi, New Zealand
The following statistics helped Pac Studio achieve 15th place in the 30 Best Architecture Firms in New Zealand:
Featured Projects
3
Total Projects
8
14. Jasmax
© Jasmax
Jasmax is one of New Zealand’s largest and longest established architecture and design practices. With over 250 staff nationwide, the practice has delivered some of the country’s most well known projects, from the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa to major infrastructure and masterplanning projects such as Auckland’s Britomart Station.
From our four regional offices, the practice works with clients, stakeholders and communities across the following sectors: commercial, cultural and civic, education, infrastructure, health, hospitality, retail, residential, sports and recreation, and urban design.
Environmentally sustainable design is part of everything we do, and we were proud to work with Ngāi Tūhoe to design one of New Zealand’s most advanced sustainable buildings, Te Uru Taumatua; which has been designed to the stringent criteria of the International Living Future Institute’s Living Building Challenge.
Some of Jasmax’s most prominent projects include:
The Surf Club at Muriwai, Muriwai, New Zealand
Auckland University Mana Hauora Building, Auckland, New Zealand
The Fonterra Centre, Auckland, New Zealand
Auckland University of Technology Sir Paul Reeves Building , Auckland, New Zealand
NZI Centre, Auckland, New Zealand
The following statistics helped Jasmax achieve 14th place in the 30 Best Architecture Firms in New Zealand:
Featured Projects
3
Total Projects
21
13. Condon Scott Architects
© Condon Scott Architects
Condon Scott Architects is a boutique, award-winning NZIA registered architectural practice based in Wānaka, New Zealand. Since inception 35 years ago, Condon Scott Architects has been involved in a wide range of high end residential and commercial architectural projects throughout Queenstown, Wānaka, the Central Otago region and further afield.
Director Barry Condonand principal Sarah Scott– both registered architects – work alongside a highly skilled architectural team to deliver a full design and construction management service. This spans from initial concept design right through to tender management and interior design.
Condon Scott Architect’s approach is to view each commission as a bespoke and site specific project, capitalizing on the unique environmental conditions and natural surroundings that are so often evident in this beautiful part of the world.
Some of Condon Scott Architects’ most prominent projects include:
Sugi House, Wānaka, New Zealand
Wanaka Catholic Church, Wanaka, New Zealand
Mount Iron Barn, Wanaka, New Zealand
Bendigo Terrace House, New Zealand
Bargour Residence, Wanaka, New Zealand
The following statistics helped Condon Scott Architects achieve 13th place in the 30 Best Architecture Firms in New Zealand:
Featured Projects
4
Total Projects
17
12. Glamuzina Paterson Architects
© Glamuzina Paterson Architects
Glamuzina Architects is an Auckland based practice established in 2014. We strive to produce architecture that is crafted, contextual and clever. Rather than seeking a particular outcome we value a design process that is rigorous and collaborative.
When designing we look to the context of a project beyond just its immediate physical location to the social, political, historical and economic conditions of place. This results in architecture that is uniquely tailored to the context it sits within.
We work on many different types of projects across a range of scales; from small interiors to large public buildings. Regardless of a project’s budget we always prefer to work smart, using a creative mix of materials, light and volume in preference to elaborate finishes or complex detailing.
Some of Glamuzina Paterson Architects’ most prominent projects include:
Lake Hawea Courtyard House, Otago, New Zealand
Blackpool House, Auckland, New Zealand
Brick Bay House, Auckland, New Zealand
Giraffe House, Auckland, New Zealand
Giraffe House, Auckland, New Zealand
The following statistics helped Glamuzina Paterson Architects achieve 12th place in the 30 Best Architecture Firms in New Zealand:
Featured Projects
4
Total Projects
5
11. Cheshire Architects
© Patrick Reynolds
Cheshire Architects does special projects, irrespective of discipline, scale or type. The firm moves fluidly from luxury retreat to city master plan to basement cocktail den, shaping every aspect of an environment in pursuit of the extraordinary.
Some of Cheshire Architects’ most prominent projects include:
Rore kahu, Te Tii, New Zealand
Eyrie, New Zealand
Milse, Takanini, New Zealand
The following statistics helped Cheshire Architects achieve 11th place in the 30 Best Architecture Firms in New Zealand:
Featured Projects
3
Total Projects
3
10. Patterson Associates
© Patterson Associates
Pattersons Associates Architects began its creative story with architect Andrew Patterson in 1986 whose early work on New Zealand’s unspoiled coasts, explores relationships between people and landscape to create a sense of belonging. The architecture studio started based on a very simple idea; if a building can feel like it naturally ‘belongs,’ or fits logically in a place, to an environment, a time and culture, then the people that inhabit the building will likely feel a sense of belonging there as well. This methodology connects theories of beauty, confidence, economy and comfort.
In 2004 Davor Popadich and Andrew Mitchell joined the firm as directors, taking it to another level of creative exploration and helping it grow into an architecture studio with an international reputation.
Some of Patterson Associates’ most prominent projects include:
Seascape Retreat, Canterbury, New Zealand
The Len Lye Centre, New Plymouth, New Zealand
Country House in the City, Auckland, New Zealand
Scrubby Bay House, Canterbury, New Zealand
Parihoa House, Auckland, New Zealand
The following statistics helped Patterson Associates achieve 10th place in the 30 Best Architecture Firms in New Zealand:
Featured Projects
5
Total Projects
5
9. Team Green Architects
© Team Green Architects
Established in 2013 by Sian Taylor and Mark Read, Team Green Architects is a young committed practice focused on designing energy efficient buildings.
Some of Team Green Architects’ most prominent projects include:
Dalefield Guest House, Queenstown, New Zealand
Olive Grove House, Cromwell, New Zealand
Hawthorn House, Queenstown, New Zealand
Frankton House, Queenstown, New Zealand
Contemporary Sleepout, Arthurs Point, New Zealand
The following statistics helped Team Green Architects achieve 9th place in the 30 Best Architecture Firms in New Zealand:
Featured Projects
5
Total Projects
7
8. Creative Arch
© Creative Arch
Creative Arch is an award-winning, multi-disciplined architectural design practice, founded in 1998 by architectural designer and director Mark McLeay. The range of work at Creative Arch is as diverse as our clients, encompassing residential homes, alterations and renovations, coastal developments, sub-division developments, to commercial projects.
The team at Creative Arch are an enthusiastic group of talented professional architects and architectural designers, with a depth of experience, from a range of different backgrounds and cultures. Creative Arch is a client-focused firm committed to providing excellence in service, culture and project outcomes.
Some of Creative Arch’s most prominent projects include:
Rothesay Bay House, North Shore, New Zealand
Best Pacific Institute of Education, Auckland, New Zealand
Sumar Holiday Home, Whangapoua, New Zealand
Cook Holiday Home, Omaha, New Zealand
Arkles Bay Residence, Whangaparaoa, New Zealand
The following statistics helped Creative Arch achieve 8th place in the 30 Best Architecture Firms in New Zealand:
Featured Projects
5
Total Projects
18
7. Crosson Architects
© Crosson Architects
At Crosson Architects we are constantly striving to understand what is motivating the world around us.
Some of Crosson Architects’ most prominent projects include:
Hut on Sleds, Whangapoua, New Zealand
Te Pae North Piha Surf Lifesaving Tower, Auckland, New Zealand
Coromandel Bach, Coromandel, New Zealand
Tutukaka House, Tutukaka, New Zealand
St Heliers House, Saint Heliers, Auckland, New Zealand
The following statistics helped Crosson Architects achieve 7th place in the 30 Best Architecture Firms in New Zealand:
A+Awards Winner
1
A+Awards Finalist
2
Featured Projects
4
Total Projects
6
6. Bossley Architects
© Bossley Architects
Bossley Architects is an architectural and interior design practice with the express purpose of providing intense input into a deliberately limited number of projects. The practice is based on the belief that innovative yet practical design is essential for the production of good buildings, and that the best buildings spring from an open and enthusiastic collaboration between architect, client and consultants.
We have designed a wide range of projects including commercial, institutional and residential, and have amassed special expertise in the field of art galleries and museums, residential and the restaurant/entertainment sector. Whilst being very much design focused, the practice has an overriding interest in the pragmatics and feasibility of construction.
Some of Bossley Architects’ most prominent projects include:
Ngā Hau Māngere -Old Māngere Bridge Replacement, Auckland, New Zealand
Arruba, Waiuku, New Zealand
Brown Vujcich House
Voyager NZ Maritime Museum
Omana Luxury Villas, Auckland, New Zealand
The following statistics helped Bossley Architects achieve 6th place in the 30 Best Architecture Firms in New Zealand:
Featured Projects
6
Total Projects
21
5. Smith Architects
© Simon Devitt Photographer
Smith Architects is an award-winning international architectural practice creating beautiful human spaces that are unique, innovative and sustainable through creativity, refinement and care. Phil and Tiffany Smith established the practice in 2007. We have spent more than two decades striving to understand what makes some buildings more attractive than others, in the anticipation that it can help us design better buildings.
Some of Smith Architects’ most prominent projects include:
Kakapo Creek Children’s Garden, Mairangi Bay, Auckland, New Zealand
New Shoots Children’s Centre, Kerikeri, Kerikeri, New Zealand
GaiaForest Preschool, Manurewa, Auckland, New Zealand
Chrysalis Childcare, Auckland, New Zealand
House of Wonder, Cambridge, Cambridge, New Zealand
The following statistics helped Smith Architects achieve 5th place in the 30 Best Architecture Firms in New Zealand:
A+Awards Finalist
1
Featured Projects
6
Total Projects
23
4. Monk Mackenzie
© Monk Mackenzie
Monk Mackenzie is an architecture and design firm based in New Zealand. Monk Mackenzie’s design portfolio includes a variety of architectural projects, such as transport and infrastructure, hospitality and sport, residential, cultural and more.
Some of Monk Mackenzie’s most prominent projects include:
X HOUSE, Queenstown, New Zealand
TURANGANUI BRIDGE, Gisborne, New Zealand
VIVEKANANDA BRIDGE
EDITION
Canada Street Bridge, Auckland, New Zealand
The following statistics helped Monk Mackenzie achieve 4th place in the 30 Best Architecture Firms in New Zealand:
A+Awards Winner
2
A+Awards Finalist
4
Featured Projects
4
Total Projects
17
3. Irving Smith Architects
© Irving Smith Architects
Irving Smith Jackhas been developed as a niche architecture practice based in Nelson, but working in a variety of sensitive environments and contexts throughout New Zealand. ISJ demonstrates an ongoing commitment to innovative, sustainable and researched based design , backed up by national and international award and publication recognition, ongoing research with both the Universities of Canterbury and Auckland, and regular invitations to lecture on their work.
Timber Awards include NZ’s highest residential, commercial and engineering timber designs. Key experience, ongoing research and work includes developing structural timber design solutions in the aftermath of the Canterbury earthquakes. Current projects include cultural, urban, civic and residential projects spread throughout New Zealand, and recently in the United States and France.
Some of Irving Smith Architects’ most prominent projects include:
SCION Innovation Hub – Te Whare Nui o Tuteata, Rotorua, New Zealand
Mountain Range House, Brightwater, New Zealand
Alexandra Tent House, Wellington, New Zealand
Te Koputu a te Whanga a Toi : Whakatane Library & Exhibition Centre, Whakatane, New Zealand
offSET Shed House, Gisborne, New Zealand
The following statistics helped Irving Smith Architects achieve 3rd place in the 30 Best Architecture Firms in New Zealand:
A+Awards Winner
2
A+Awards Finalist
1
Featured Projects
6
Total Projects
13
2. Fearon Hay Architects
© Fearon Hay Architects
Fearon Hay is a design-led studio undertaking a broad range of projects in diverse environments, the firm is engaged in projects on sites around the world. Tim Hay and Jeff Fearon founded the practice in 1993 as a way to enable their combined involvement in the design and delivery of each project. Together, they lead an international team of experienced professionals.
The studio approached every project with a commitment to design excellence, a thoughtful consideration of site and place, and an inventive sense of creativity. Fearon Hay enjoys responding to a range of briefs: Commercial projects for office and workplace, complex heritage environments, public work within the urban realm or wider landscape, private dwellings and detailed bespoke work for hospitality and interior environments.
Some of Fearon Hay Architects’ most prominent projects include:
Bishop Hill The Camp, Tawharanui Peninsula, New Zealand
Matagouri, Queenstown, New Zealand
Alpine Terrace House, Queenstown, New Zealand
Island Retreat, Auckland, New Zealand
Bishop Selwyn Chapel, Auckland, New Zealand
The following statistics helped Fearon Hay Architects achieve 2nd place in the 30 Best Architecture Firms in New Zealand:
A+Awards Winner
2
A+Awards Finalist
3
Featured Projects
8
Total Projects
17
1. RTA Studio
© RTA Studio
Richard Naish founded RTA Studio in 1999 after a successful career with top practices in London and Auckland. We are a practice that focuses on delivering exceptional design with a considered and personal service. Our work aims to make a lasting contribution to the urban and natural context by challenging, provoking and delighting.
Our studio is constantly working within the realms of public, commercial and urban design as well as sensitive residential projects. We are committed to a sustainable built environment and are at the forefront developing carbon neutral buildings. RTA Studio has received more than 100 New Zealand and international awards, including Home of The Year, a World Architecture Festival category win and the New Zealand Architecture Medal.
Some of RTA Studio’s most prominent projects include:
SCION Innovation Hub – Te Whare Nui o Tuteata, Rotorua, New Zealand
OBJECTSPACE, Auckland, New Zealand
C3 House, New Zealand
Freemans Bay School, Freemans Bay, Auckland, New Zealand
ARROWTOWN HOUSE, Arrowtown, New Zealand
Featured image: E-Type House by RTA Studio, Auckland, New Zealand
The following statistics helped RTA Studio achieve 1st place in the 30 Best Architecture Firms in New Zealand:
A+Awards Winner
2
A+Awards Finalist
6
Featured Projects
6
Total Projects
16
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