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.

Recent Posts

Feb 22, 2026

Designing the "Living Skin"

Jan 18, 2026

The Architecture of Flow & Intuition

Jan 11, 2026

The Open-Door Philosophy. How Thermal Stability Redefines the New Zealand Coastal home

Archive

(0) 2013 (14) 2014 (23) 2015 (18) 2016 (8) 2017 (10) 2018 (6) 2019 (5) 2020 (7) 2021 (10) 2022 (2) 2023 (5) 2024 (4) 2025 (9) 2026 (4)

Categories

About (15) Architecture (68) Colour (18) Food (21) Growing (16) Kids (5) Landscape (15) Sustainable (36) Tips (35) Newsletter (3) PDF Downloads (3) Masterplanning (1) Sensory Architecture (18) Legacy Architecture (6)

Mar 15, 2020

Home Office spaces

Working from home is fast becoming something many families will have to accommodate in the coming months.

Learn more

Oct 9, 2019

Clay

Recently our studio has been incorporating a sort of ‘cross pollination’ between different forms of design & craft, exploring how it affects our understanding of architecture and spatial design.

Learn more

Oct 1, 2019

How to build 'Net Zero Carbon' buildings.

A NET ZERO CARBON BUILDING is defined as ‘one that is highly energy efficient with all remaining energy sourced from onsite and/or offsite renewable sources' by the World Green Building Council.

Learn more

Sep 27, 2019

Why build 'Net Zero Carbon' Buildings

Our children and youth are marching in the streets today, protesting at the way so little is being done to prevent climate change.

Learn more

Sep 16, 2019

Biophilic Design

As humans we have an innate and deep need to connect with and experience nature.

Learn more