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When we’re not designing or creating, we’re thinking. A lot. We love to think and Lisa loves to write. Here, she shares her latest musings with you.

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Sep 11, 2025

​Designing for Legacy: Crafting a Home That Tells Your Story and Lasts for Generations

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Moving from the UK to New Zealand: Build a Bespoke Luxury Home in Paradise

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Acoustic design in sensory aware spaces.

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Sep 21, 2021

Construction & Covid

How do you mitigate risk in a Pandemic?The risk when you are building is not only in terms of health, but for many construction projects at the moment, it relates to cost and time as well.

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Apr 30, 2021

Brick and Tile renovation

Farm Cove was a development that occured in the 1970s.

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Mar 9, 2021

Home Magazine Interview

To celebrate International Womens week, Home Magazine asked several NZ Women Architects about what influences, inspires them and what they most enjoy about their work.

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Jan 22, 2021

Residential development and masterplanning

How do you know what your site is worth?

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Sep 9, 2020

How to write a brief for an Architect - PDF Download

You asked, and we have delivered.You asked for an editable PDF form that would take you through the process of writing a Brief for an Architect.This document not only teaches you how to identify and document your project brief, but it provides an editable form that you can fill in with your completed brief.

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