Architecture
has a social
responsibility
beyond the
building, client
& architect
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Wellington
Tel. +64 4 499 1727
105 Amritsar Street
Khandallah
Wellington 6035
PO Box 3364
Wellington 6140
Christchurch
Tel. +64 3 377 2007
65 Cambridge Terrace
Christchurch 8013
PO Box 3724
Christchurch 8140
Auckland
Tel. +64 9 379 7331
Level 2
26 Lorne Street
Auckland 1010
PO Box 68060
Victoria Street West
Auckland 1142
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Christchurch Boys High School](/media/cache/09/2c/092cb158a36318336d53580ccc626cc8.jpg)
Ever evolving education
Grounded in place
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Christchurch Boys High School](/media/cache/53/29/5329b6170bbdfc10e980911ef4e9f391.jpg)
Caddick and Caldwell Blocks
Christchurch Boys High School
The Caddick and Caldwell Blocks are the most recent additions to the Christchurch Boys High School (CBHS) campus.
They were completed in 2021, providing replacements for the previous buildings of the same name that were irreparably damaged in the 2011 Christchurch earthquakes.
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Why we
practice
architecture.
We began working together in 1968. Every day, we make architecture that responds with spirit and ingenuity to the pressing challenges of our time: the need for sustainable design, quality housing, public spaces that reflect the community, and genuinecollaboration.
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Our team is a close-knit group of specialists in architecture, interior design, urban planning and landscape architecture. Over the last half-century the practice has pioneered a sustainable approach to architecture through a strikingly wide and original range of work from urban masterplans, to public infrastructure, civic and cultural buildings, offices and workplaces, and privatehousing.
Civic
Minded
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Johnsonville Library & Community Hub](/media/cache/89/be/89be846ab99424c5a7db3eb1b5e38ed5.jpg)
Elegant
Environmentalism
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Waitohi
Johnsonville Library & Community Hub
Waitohi, Johnsonville’s new library and community hub, supports sustainable city growth and sets a precedent for suburban centres transitioning towards denser ‘town’ centres, consolidating and connecting existingfacilities.
The
Spaces
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in
Between
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132 Halsey
132 Halsey is a multi-building residential development located in Auckland’s Wynyard Quarter, providing a diverse range of quality housing arrangements in the rapidly evolvingneighbourhood.
Fifty-one residences are situated in three buildings which share a common basement, communal courtyard and public plaza.
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