Thoughts

Inspire. Stimulate. Delight.

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 8, 2014

Lines

Lines in the landscape are wonderful inspriation for architects who, of course, create linear marks on paper in order to form architecture with vertical planes, horizontal floors and angled rooves.

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Mar 17, 2014

Weathering

Weathering.

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Dec 19, 2013

Paper

Merry Christmas everyone, I hope you have a wonderful summer holiday!

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Nov 21, 2013

Smith

Its not often that I go to pick up a trade-me purchase and end up discovering a home designed by an iconic mid century architect.

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Nov 11, 2013

Timber

We have had deliveries this week of macrocarpa, cedar, and veneer samples.

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