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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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May 22, 2019

Korari Relocatable Home

We are excited to announce that we won the Built Smart / APL Relocatable Home competition!

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Oct 1, 2018

Blackbird house renovation

It was a pleasure to collaborate with a wonderful family whose Farm Cove property was due for an upgrade.

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Jan 31, 2018

Greytown Heritage

Greytown has a main street full of carefully restored heritge timber buildings dating from when it was established in the 1850s in the Wairarapa.

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Dec 21, 2017

2017

It has been another amazing year.

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Dec 10, 2017

Wairarapa Cottage

Building your first home on a tight budget with an Architect on board can be a daunting prospect for many, but for one of our clients this was an opportunity to carefully tailor and design the house around their lifestyle, sustainable values, and needs as a family.

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