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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

Sep 1, 2025

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

Jul 30, 2025

Acoustic design in sensory aware spaces.

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Aug 28, 2022

Rituals

Rituals have a strong influence on the shape of Architecture.

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Dec 11, 2021

Designing for the senses

There are elements of the summer retreat that we can bring into the Architecture of our homes to encourage a sense of wellbeing.

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Nov 22, 2021

Resene Colour Awards 2021

The Beachlands house has just won a Resene Total Colour, Neutrals Colour, Maestro Award.

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Nov 15, 2021

TIDA Awards 2021

The Beachlands house has just received a Highly commended in the 2021 TIDA NZ Architect designed homes awards.

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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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