We are excited to have won City Home of the Year 2023 for the Cliffs Road house at the Home of the Year Awards on Thursday night. We would like to thank our amazing and very special client Jan Warburton, the W Hamilton Building team, and all the craftspeople who contributed to bring this unique … [Read more...]

We are very excited that the Cliffs Road House has been selected as a finalist for the Home Magazine’s Home of the Year 2023. Thank you again to our wonderful client and collaborator Jan Warburton and the talented team of craftspeople that worked on the project. The awards are announced on the 30th … [Read more...]

Te Kāhui Whaihanga New Zealand Institute of Architects Southern Architecture Awards were held in Arrowtown on the 12 August 2022. We were very excited to receive an award for the Cliffs Road House. We would like to thank our client and the builders W. Hamilton Builders. The citation reads: “An … [Read more...]

The Cliffs Road House also received a Resene Colour Award at Te Kāhui Whaihanga New Zealand Institute of Architects Southern Architecture Awards 2022. We would like to thank our client, who led the colour and finish selections, for her wonderful vision; it was a joy to collaborate with her. The … [Read more...]

At a ceremony in Arrowtown on the 12 August 2022, Andrea received a 2022 Presidents Awards from Judi Keith-Brown NZIA President honouring her commitment to Te Kāhui Whaihanga New Zealand Institute of Architects. For the past 3 years, Andrea has been the Southern Director on the NZIA Board, for 2 of … [Read more...]

Very excited that the Cliffs Road House has been shortlisted for a 2022 NZIA Southern Architecture Award! Working from an initial concept design by Saunders Arkitektur Norway, we developed the design of this project along with key project collaborators Jan Warburton / Stevenson Brown Engineers … [Read more...]

Our concept for the staged redevelopment of the historic Sims Building at Port Chalmers, to create a viable and vibrant future for the derelict foundry building, and for the wider site. But envisaged also as a catalyst for mixed-use urban regeneration along the Beach Street edge in time; … [Read more...]

30SQ - A little project we designed earlier this year,  and are looking to get into production soon; High-quality pre-fabricated construction, including services Highly insulated, sustainable natural materials, low carbon 30m2 internal floor area, exempt from Building Consent … [Read more...]

The beautiful stone for this eighty metre long curved retaining wall originates from the mountain range directly above the site, and every stone has been raked from the adjacent paddocks and washed by our client, ready for laying by the craftsman stone mason. To further tie the wall and the home … [Read more...]

The level 1 steelwork is up on our Waterfall Creek project in Wanaka! The design for this project has made use of the existing levels on a spectacular site, to reduce the impact of the building by creating a partially buried lower level, which is defined by a curved stone wall that follows the … [Read more...]

A  great shot of construction progress at the St Clair home we are working on with the W Hamilton Building team here in Dunedin, showing the first-floor level formed up and ready for the concrete pour. What’s not immediately evident is the complex cast-in-situ concrete primary structure, which … [Read more...]

Andrea had the honour and pleasure of being part of the NZIA National Jury for the 2018 New Zealand Awards along with Richard Goldie of Peddle Thorp, Auckland, Amy Muir of Muir Architecture, Melbourne and John Melhuish of Herriot Melhuish O’Neill Architects, Wellington. It was a privilege to be able … [Read more...]

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City House wins an Auckland Architecture Award in the NZIA Architecture Awards 2016 announced last night at the Onehunga Heliport, Auckland. This award in the housing category is the second award for the project, designed with Andrew Kissell. The judges citation reads: “The atmosphere of a … [Read more...]

City House takes out the Best City House Award in the Home of the Year Awards 2016 announced at the Northern Club, Auckland last night. This house designed with Andrew Kissell is located on the city fringe of Auckland in a rapidly changing part of town. International judge Tom Kundig who is based in … [Read more...]

This project which began construction in November 2014 is nearing completion. The building is a modern take on the traditional forms of the miners huts and barns that dot the Central Otago landscape. The simple form has two main wings, a living wing to the north and a bedroom wing to the south, … [Read more...]