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New Zealand is a one-of-a-kind island in the Pacific, famous for its indigenous Māori architecture. The country has managed to preserve an array of historical aboriginal ruins, such as marae (meeting grounds) and wharenui (meeting houses), despite its European colonization during the 19th century.

Apart from the country’s ancient ruins, New Zealand is also home to several notable architectural landmarks like the famous Sky Tower piercing the Auckland skyline and the organic forms of the Te Papa Tongarewa Museum in Wellington. Renowned architects like Sir Ian Athfield, whose works blend modernist principles with a deep respect for the natural landscape, have left an indelible mark on the country’s architectural legacy.

Being home to a stunning tropical landscape, New Zealand architects have developed eco-friendly residential designs that harness the power of renewable energy as well as visionary urban developments prioritizing livability and connectivity. A notable example is Turanga Central Library in Christchurch, a project that exceeds all eco-friendly design standards and benchmark emissions. Finally, concepts like passive design are increasingly becoming standard practice in architectural circles.

With so many architecture firms to choose from, it’s challenging for clients to identify the industry leaders that will be an ideal fit for their project needs. Fortunately, Architizer is able to provide guidance on the top design firms in New Zealand based on more than a decade of data and industry knowledge.

How are these architecture firms ranked?

The following ranking has been created according to key statistics that demonstrate each firm’s level of architectural excellence. The following metrics have been accumulated to establish each architecture firm’s ranking, in order of priority:

• The number of A+Awards won (2013 to 2026)
• The number of A+Awards finalists (2013 to 2026)
• The number of projects selected as “Project of the Day” (2009 to 2026)
• The number of projects selected as “Featured Project” (2009 to 2026)
• The number of projects uploaded to Architizer (2009 to 2026)

Each of these metrics is explained in more detail at the foot of this article. This ranking list will be updated annually, taking into account new achievements of New Zealand architecture firms throughout the year.

Without further ado, here are the 30 best architecture firms in New Zealand:

30. Mason & Wales

Mason & Wales is New Zealand’s first architectural practice, established in 1862. Our work covers projects of all types and sizes, throughout New Zealand and overseas.

Some of Mason & Wales’ most prominent projects include:

• Maunga Ora, Queenstown, New Zealand
• Threepwood Farm House, Queenstown, New Zealand
• Weathered Barn, Wānaka, New Zealand
• Manukard Gard, Queenstown, New Zealand
• Roys Peak Crib, Wānaka, New Zealand

The following statistics helped Mason & Wales achieve 30th place in the 30 Best Architecture Firms in New Zealand:

29. AW Architects

AW Architects is a creative studio based in Christchurch, New Zealand.

Some of AW Architects’ most prominent projects include:

• River House, Christchurch, New Zealand
• Ocean View Terrace House, Christchurch, New Zealand
• Cashel 112, Christchurch, New Zealand
• 212 Cashel Street, Christchurch, New Zealand
• He Puna Taimoana, Christchurch, New Zealand

The following statistics helped AW Architects achieve 29th place in the 30 Best Architecture Firms in New Zealand:

28. Jacobs Architects

“Architecture is more than drawing up plans. It’s designing high-performance spaces where you can live your best life, so you’ll never want another house.”

Jacobs Architects is an architecture firm based in New Zealand, specializing in residential architecture.

Some of Jacobs Architects’ most prominent projects include:

• Brass Monkey Hut, Canterbury Region, New Zealand

The following statistics helped Jacobs Architects achieve 29th place in the 30 Best Architecture Firms in New Zealand:

27. Archimedia

Archimedia is a New Zealand architecture practice with NZRAB and Green Star accredited staff, offering design services in the disciplines of architecture, interiors and ecology. Delivering Architecture involves intervention in both natural eco-systems and the built environment – the context within which human beings live their lives.

Archimedia uses the word “ecology” to extend the concept of sustainability to urban design and master planning and integrates this holistic strategy into every project. Archimedia prioritizes client project requirements, functionality, operational efficiency, feasibility and program.

Some of Archimedia’s most prominent projects include:

• Te Oro, Auckland, New Zealand
• Orion Health South Building, Auckland, New Zealand
• LabPlus, Grafton, Auckland, New Zealand
• Scott House, Hamilton, New Zealand
• Mountain View School, Auckland, New Zealand

The following statistics helped Archimedia achieve 27th place in the 30 Best Architecture Firms in New Zealand:

26. MC Architecture Studio

The Studio’s work, questioning the boundary between art and architecture, provides engaging and innovative living spaces with the highest sustainability standards. Design solutions are tailored to client needs and the site’s characteristics. Hence, the final product will be unique and strongly related to the context and wider environment. On a specific-project basis, the studio, maintaining the leadership of the whole process, works in a network with local and international practices to achieve the best operational efficiency and local knowledge worldwide to accommodate the needs of a large-scale project or specific requirements.

Some of MC Architecture Studio’s most prominent projects include:

• Cass Bay House, Lyttelton, New Zealand
• Ashburton Alteration, Ashburton, New Zealand
• Eureka
• Black House, Mount Pleasant, New Zealand
• CASA, Christchurch, New Zealand

The following statistics helped MC Architecture Studio achieve 26th place in the 30 Best Architecture Firms in New Zealand:

25. Architecture van Brandenburg

Van Brandenburg is a design-led studio specializing in architecture, landscape architecture, urbanism, and product design, with studios based in Dunedin and Queenstown, New Zealand.

With a global outlook and international presence, Van Brandenburg brings together a team of architects, designers, and innovators dedicated to creating organic built forms inspired by nature. Their work is defined by a distinctive curvilinear design language that captures the fluidity and harmony found in the natural world.

Some of Architecture van Brandenburg’s most prominent projects include:

• Marisfrolg Fashion Campus, Shenzhen, China

The following statistics helped Architecture van Brandenburg achieve 25th place in the 30 Best Architecture Firms in New Zealand:

24. MacKayCurtis

MacKayCurtis is a design-led practice with a mission to create functional architecture of lasting beauty that enhances people’s lives.

Some of MacKayCurtis’ most prominent projects include:

• Mawhitipana House, Auckland, New Zealand

The following statistics helped MacKayCurtis achieve 24th place in the 30 Best Architecture Firms in New Zealand:

23. Gerrad Hall Architects

We aspire to create houses that are a joyful sensory experience.

Some of Gerrad Hall Architects’ most prominent projects include:

• Herne Bay Villa Alteration, Auckland, New Zealand
• Inland House, Mangawhai, New Zealand

The following statistics helped Gerrad Hall Architects achieve 23rd place in the 30 Best Architecture Firms in New Zealand:

22. Dorrington Atcheson Architects

Dorrington Architects & Associates was formed in 2010, resulting in a combined 20 years of experience in the New Zealand architectural market. We’re a boutique architecture firm working on a range of projects and budgets. We love our work; we pride ourselves on the work we do, and we enjoy working with our clients to achieve a result that resolves their brief. The design process is a collaborative effort, working with the client, budget, site and brief, to find unique solutions that solve the project at hand. The style of our projects is determined by the site and the budget, with a leaning towards contemporary modernist design, utilizing a rich natural material palette, creating clean and tranquil spaces.

Some of Dorrington Atcheson Architects’ most prominent projects include:

• Lynch Street
• Coopers Beach House, Coopers Beach, New Zealand
• Rutherford House, Tauranga Taupo, New Zealand
• Winsomere Cres
• Kathryn Wilson Shoebox, Auckland, New Zealand

The following statistics helped Dorrington Atcheson Architects achieve 22nd place in the 30 Best Architecture Firms in New Zealand:

21. Andrew Barre Lab

Andrew Barrie Lab is an architectural practice that undertakes a diverse range of projects. We make buildings, books, maps, classes, exhibitions and research.

Some of Andrew Barre Lab’s most prominent projects include:

• Learning from Trees, Venice, Italy

The following statistics helped Andrew Barre Lab achieve 21st place in the 30 Best Architecture Firms in New Zealand:

20. Arkhē

We are an award-winning design practice focused on environmentally responsible architecture. We are committed to creating context-responsive homes, weaving people and place into a cohesive fabric.

Some of Arkhē’s most prominent projects include:

• Kokako Heights House, Matatā, New Zealand
• Palm Springs House, Bay of Plenty, New Zealand
• Papamoa Beach House, Bay of Plenty, New Zealand

The following statistics helped Arkhē achieve 20th place in the 30 Best Architecture Firms in New Zealand:

19. Warren and Mahoney

Warren and Mahoney is an insight-led multidisciplinary architectural practice with six locations functioning as a single office. Our clients and projects span New Zealand, Australia and the Pacific Rim. The practice has over 190 people, comprising specialists working across the disciplines of architecture, workplace, masterplanning, urban design and sustainable design. We draw from the wider group for skills and experience on every project, regardless of the location.

Some of Warren and Mahoney’s most prominent projects include:

• MIT Manukau & Transport Interchange, Manukau, Auckland, New Zealand
• Carlaw Park Student Accommodation, Auckland, New Zealand
• Pt Resolution Footbridge, Auckland, New Zealand
• University of Auckland Recreation and Wellness Centre, Auckland, New Zealand
• Isaac Theatre Royal, Christchurch, New Zealand

The following statistics helped Warren and Mahoney achieve 19th place in the 30 Best Architecture Firms in New Zealand:

18. Ben Hudson Architects

Ben Hudson Architects is a Queenstown-based architecture studio that pairs innovative, sustainable design with a keen awareness of context and environmental responsibility. We help local and international clients realize their dream homes or holiday retreats across New Zealand.

Some of Ben Hudson Architects’ most prominent projects include:

• Kanuka House, Jacks Point, New Zealand
• Red Deer Rise, Otago, New Zealand
• Ridge House, Queenstown, New Zealand
• Alpine Home Wanaka, Wānaka, New Zealand
• Terrace Home, Queenstown, New Zealand

The following statistics helped Ben Hudson Architects achieve 18th place in the 30 Best Architecture Firms in New Zealand:

17. South Architects Limited

Led by Craig South, our friendly professional team is dedicated to crafting for uniqueness and producing carefully considered architecture that will endure and be loved. At South Architects, every project has a unique story. This story starts and ends with our clients, whose values and aspirations fundamentally empower and inspire our whole design process.

Working together with our clients is pivotal to how we operate, and we share a passion for innovation in design. We invite you to meet us and explore what we can do for you. As you will discover, our client-focused process is thorough, robust and responsive. We see architecture as the culmination of a journey with you.

Some of South Architects Limited’s most prominent projects include:

• Three Gables, Christchurch, New Zealand
• Driftwood Home, Christchurch, New Zealand
• Concrete Copper Home, Christchurch, New Zealand
• Snowdon Home, Christchurch, New Zealand
• Kilmore Street, Christchurch, New Zealand

The following statistics helped South Architects Limited achieve 17th place in the 30 Best Architecture Firms in New Zealand:

16. Pac Studio

Collaborate — Design — Construct

Pac Studio is an ideas-driven design office, committed to intellectual and artistic rigor, and fuelled by a strong commitment to realizing ideas in the world. We believe a thoughtful and inclusive approach to design, which puts people at the heart of any potential solution, is the key to compelling and positive architecture.

Through our relationships with inter-related disciplines – furniture, art, landscape, academia – we can create a whole that is greater than the sum of its parts. We are open to unconventional propositions.

We are Architects and Designers with substantial experience delivering highly awarded architectural projects on multiple scales.

Some of Pac Studio’s most prominent projects include:

• Space Invader, Auckland, New Zealand
• Yolk House, Auckland, New Zealand
• Split House, Auckland, New Zealand
• Wanaka Crib, Wanaka, New Zealand
• Pahi House, Pahi, New Zealand

The following statistics helped Pac Studio achieve 16th place in the 30 Best Architecture Firms in New Zealand:

15. Jasmax

Jasmax is one of New Zealand’s largest and longest established architecture and design practices. With over 250 staff nationwide, the practice has delivered some of the country’s most well-known projects, from the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa to major infrastructure and masterplanning projects such as Auckland’s Britomart Station.

From our four regional offices, the practice works with clients, stakeholders and communities across the following sectors: commercial, cultural and civic, education, infrastructure, health, hospitality, retail, residential, sports and recreation, and urban design.

Environmentally sustainable design is part of everything we do, and we were proud to work with Ngāi Tūhoe to design one of New Zealand’s most advanced sustainable buildings, Te Uru Taumatua, which has been designed to the stringent criteria of the International Living Future Institute’s Living Building Challenge.

Some of Jasmax’s most prominent projects include:

• The Surf Club at Muriwai, Muriwai, New Zealand
• The Fonterra Centre, Auckland, New Zealand
• Auckland University Mana Hauora Building, Auckland, New Zealand
• University of Auckland – Grafton Campus Redevelopment, Auckland, New Zealand
• Icebreaker, Auckland, New Zealand

The following statistics helped Jasmax achieve 15th place in the 30 Best Architecture Firms in New Zealand:

14. Condon Scott Architects

Condon Scott Architects Ltd is a boutique, award-winning NZIA registered architectural practice based in Wānaka, New Zealand. Since its inception 35 years ago, Condon Scott Architects has been involved in a wide range of high-end residential and commercial architectural projects throughout Queenstown, Wānaka, the Central Otago region and further afield.

Director Barry Condon (ANZIA) and principal Sarah Scott (FNZIA) – both registered architects – work alongside a highly skilled architectural team to deliver a full design and construction management service. This spans from initial concept design right through to tender management and interior design.

Condon Scott Architects’ approach is to view each commission as a bespoke and site-specific project, capitalizing on the unique environmental conditions and natural surroundings that are so often evident in this beautiful part of the world.

Some of Condon Scott Architects’ most prominent projects include:

• Sugi House, Wānaka, New Zealand
• Bendigo Terrace House, New Zealand
• Wanaka Catholic Church, Wanaka, New Zealand
• Mount Iron Barn, Wanaka, New Zealand
• Penrith Peaks House, Wānaka, New Zealand

The following statistics helped Condon Scott Architects achieve 14th place in the 30 Best Architecture Firms in New Zealand:

13. Glamuzina Paterson Architects

Glamuzina Architects is an Auckland-based practice established in 2014. We strive to produce architecture that is crafted, contextual and clever. Rather than seeking a particular outcome, we value a design process that is rigorous and collaborative.

When designing, we look to the context of a project beyond just its immediate physical location to the social, political, historical and economic conditions of place. This results in architecture that is uniquely tailored to the context it sits within.

We work on many different types of projects across a range of scales; from small interiors to large public buildings. Regardless of a project’s budget, we always prefer to work smart, using a creative mix of materials, light and volume in preference to elaborate finishes or complex detailing.

Some of Glamuzina Paterson Architects’ most prominent projects include:

• Lake Hawea Courtyard House, Otago, New Zealand
• Brick Bay House, Auckland, New Zealand
• Giraffe House, Auckland, New Zealand
• Blackpool House, Auckland, New Zealand
• Giraffe House, Auckland, New Zealand

The following statistics helped Glamuzina Paterson Architects achieve 13th place in the 30 Best Architecture Firms in New Zealand:

12. Cheshire Architects

Cheshire Architects does special projects, irrespective of discipline, scale or type. The firm moves fluidly from luxury retreat to city master plan to basement cocktail den, shaping every aspect of an environment in pursuit of the extraordinary.

Some of Cheshire Architects’ most prominent projects include:

• Rore kahu, Te Tii, New Zealand
• Eyrie, New Zealand
• Milse, Takanini, New Zealand

The following statistics helped Cheshire Architects achieve 12th place in the 30 Best Architecture Firms in New Zealand:

11. Daniel Marshall Architects

DMA is an architectural practice that creates carefully crafted architecture and bespoke objects in New Zealand and abroad to seamlessly integrate people and place.

Some of Daniel Marshall Architects’ most prominent projects include:

• Tākapu, Ocean Beach, New Zealand
• Mahuika, Auckland, New Zealand
• Green House, Auckland, New Zealand
• Upland Road, New Zealand
• Te Mahoe, New Zealand

The following statistics helped Daniel Marshall Architects achieve 11th place in the 30 Best Architecture Firms in New Zealand:

10. Patterson Associates

Pattersons Associates Architects began its creative story with architect Andrew Patterson in 1986, whose early work on New Zealand’s unspoiled coasts explores relationships between people and landscape to create a sense of belonging. The architecture studio started based on a very simple idea: if a building can feel like it naturally ‘belongs’, or fits logically in a place, to an environment, a time and culture, then the people that inhabit the building will likely feel a sense of belonging there as well. This methodology connects theories of beauty, confidence, economy and comfort.

In 2004, Davor Popadich and Andrew Mitchell joined the firm as Directors, taking it to another level of creative exploration and helping it grow into an architecture studio with an international reputation.

Some of Patterson Associates’ most prominent projects include:

• The Len Lye Centre, New Plymouth, New Zealand
• Scrubby Bay House, Canterbury, New Zealand
• Seascape Retreat, Canterbury, New Zealand
• Country House in the City, Auckland, New Zealand
• Parihoa House, Auckland, New Zealand

The following statistics helped Patterson Associates achieve 10th place in the 30 Best Architecture Firms in New Zealand:

9. Team Green Architects

Established in 2013 by Sian Taylor and Mark Read, Team Green Architects is a young, committed practice focused on designing energy-efficient buildings.

Some of Team Green Architects’ most prominent projects include:

• Hawthorn House, Queenstown, New Zealand
• Contemporary Sleepout, Arthurs Point, New Zealand
• Olive Grove House, Cromwell, New Zealand
• Frankton House, Queenstown, New Zealand
• Dalefield Guest House, Queenstown, New Zealand

The following statistics helped Team Green Architects achieve 9th place in the 30 Best Architecture Firms in New Zealand:

8. Creative Arch

Creative Arch is an award-winning, multi-disciplined architectural design practice, founded in 1998 by Architectural Designer / Director Mark McLeay. The range of work at Creative Arch is as diverse as our clients, encompassing residential homes, alterations and renovations, coastal developments, subdivision developments and commercial projects.

The team at Creative Arch is an enthusiastic group of talented professional architects and architectural designers, with a depth of experience from a range of different backgrounds and cultures. Creative Arch is a client-focused firm committed to providing excellence in service, culture, and project outcomes.

Some of Creative Arch’s most prominent projects include:

• Rothesay Bay House, North Shore, New Zealand
• Best Pacific Institute of Education, Auckland, New Zealand
• Arkles Bay Residence, Whangaparaoa, New Zealand
• Cook Holiday Home, Omaha, New Zealand
• Sumar Holiday Home, Whangapoua, New Zealand

The following statistics helped Creative Arch achieve 8th place in the 30 Best Architecture Firms in New Zealand:

7. Crosson Architects

At Crosson Architects, we are constantly striving to understand what is motivating the world around us

Some of Crosson Architects’ most prominent projects include:

• Hut on Sleds, Whangapoua, New Zealand
• Te Pae North Piha Surf Lifesaving Tower, Auckland, New Zealand
• Coromandel Bach, Coromandel, New Zealand
• Tutukaka House, Tutukaka, New Zealand
• St Heliers House, Auckland, New Zealand

The following statistics helped Crosson Architects achieve 7th place in the 30 Best Architecture Firms in New Zealand:

6. Bossley Architects

Bossley Architects is an architectural and interior design practice with the express purpose of providing intense input into a deliberately limited number of projects. The practice is based on the belief that innovative yet practical design is essential for the production of good buildings, and that the best buildings spring from an open and enthusiastic collaboration between architect, client and consultants.

We have designed a wide range of projects including commercial, institutional and residential, and have amassed special expertise in the field of art galleries and museums, residential and the restaurant/entertainment sector. Whilst being very much design focused, the practice has an overriding interest in the pragmatics and feasibility of construction.

Some of Bossley Architects’ most prominent projects include:

• Ngā Hau Māngere -Old Māngere Bridge Replacement, Auckland, New Zealand
• Arruba, Waiuku, New Zealand
• Brown Vujcich House
• Voyager NZ Maritime Museum
• Okura House, North Shore, New Zealand

The following statistics helped Bossley Architects achieve 6th place in the 30 Best Architecture Firms in New Zealand:

5. Smith Architects

Smith Architects is an award-winning international architectural practice creating beautiful human spaces that are unique, innovative and sustainable through creativity, refinement, and care. Phil and Tiffany Smith established the practice in 2007.

“We have spent more than two decades striving to understand what makes some buildings more attractive than others, in the anticipation that it can help us design better buildings.”

Some of Smith Architects’ most prominent projects include:

• Kakapo Creek Children’s Garden, Mairangi Bay, Auckland, New Zealand
• New Shoots Children’s Centre, Kerikeri, New Zealand
• Gaia (Earth) Forest Preschool, Manurewa, Auckland, New Zealand
• Tiny Voices Early Learning Centre, Hobsonville Point, Auckland, New Zealand
• St Kentigerns, Childcare Centre, Auckland, New Zealand

The following statistics helped Smith Architects achieve 5th place in the 30 Best Architecture Firms in New Zealand:

4. Irving Smith Architects

Irving Smith Jack Ltd (ISJ) has been developed as a niche Architecture practice based in Nelson, but working in a variety of sensitive environments and contexts throughout New Zealand. ISJ demonstrates an ongoing commitment to innovative, sustainable and research-based design, backed up by national and international award and publication recognition, ongoing research with both the Universities of Canterbury and Auckland, and regular invitations to lecture on their work.

Timber Awards include NZ’s highest Residential, Commercial and Engineering Timber Design Awards. Key experience, ongoing research and work includes developing structural timber design solutions in the aftermath of the Canterbury Earthquakes. Current projects include cultural, urban, civic and residential projects spread throughout New Zealand, and recently in the USA and France.

Some of Irving Smith Architects’ most prominent projects include:

• SCION Innovation Hub – Te Whare Nui o Tuteata, Rotorua, New Zealand
• Mountain Range House, Brightwater, New Zealand
• Te Koputu a te Whanga a Toi: Whakatane Library & Exhibition Centre, Whakatane, New Zealand
• Alexandra Tent House, Wellington, New Zealand
• Featured image: House with Villa Silhouette, Lyttelton, New Zealand

The following statistics helped Irving Smith Architects achieve 4th place in the 30 Best Architecture Firms in New Zealand:

3. Monk Mackenzie

Monk Mackenzie is an architecture and design firm based in New Zealand. Monk Mackenzie’s design portfolio includes a variety of architectural projects, such as transport and infrastructure, hospitality and sport, residential, cultural, and more.

Some of Monk Mackenzie’s most prominent projects include:

• X HOUSE, Queenstown, New Zealand
• TURANGANUI BRIDGE, Gisborne, New Zealand
• Te Awa Kairangi, Wellington, New Zealand
• EDITION
• Lakeview, Queenstown, New Zealand

The following statistics helped Monk Mackenzie achieve 3rd place in the 30 Best Architecture Firms in New Zealand:

2. Fearon Hay Architects

Fearon Hay is a design-led studio undertaking a broad range of projects in diverse environments; the firm is engaged in projects on sites around the world. Tim Hay and Jeff Fearon founded the practice in 1993 as a way to enable their combined involvement in the design and delivery of each project. Together, they lead an international team of experienced professionals.

The studio approached every project with a commitment to design excellence, a thoughtful consideration of site and place, and an inventive sense of creativity. Fearon Hay enjoys responding to a range of briefs: Commercial projects for office and workplace, complex heritage environments, public work within the urban realm or wider landscape, private dwellings and detailed bespoke work for hospitality and interior environments.

Some of Fearon Hay Architects’ most prominent projects include:

• Matagouri, Queenstown, New Zealand
• Bishop Hill The Camp, Tawharanui Peninsula, New Zealand
• Alpine Terrace House, Queenstown, New Zealand
• Bishop Selwyn Chapel, Auckland, New Zealand
• Island Retreat, Auckland, New Zealand

The following statistics helped Fearon Hay Architects achieve 2nd place in the 30 Best Architecture Firms in New Zealand:

1. RTA Studio

Richard Naish founded RTA Studio in 1999 after a successful career with top practices in London and Auckland. We are a practice that focuses on delivering exceptional design with a considered and personal service. Our work aims to make a lasting contribution to the urban and natural context by challenging, provoking and delighting.

Our studio is constantly working within the realms of public, commercial and urban design as well as sensitive residential projects. We are committed to a sustainable built environment and are at the forefront of developing carbon-neutral buildings. RTA Studio has received more than 100 New Zealand and international awards, including Home of the Year, a World Architecture Festival category win and the New Zealand Architecture Medal.

Some of RTA Studio’s most prominent projects include:

• SCION Innovation Hub – Te Whare Nui o Tuteata, Rotorua, New Zealand
• OBJECTSPACE, Auckland, New Zealand
• Fisher & Paykel Appliances Global Headquarters, Auckland, New Zealand
• C3 House, New Zealand
• Arrowtown House, Arrowtown, New Zealand

The following statistics helped RTA Studio achieve 1st place in the 30 Best Architecture Firms in New Zealand:

Why Should I Trust Architizer’s Ranking?

With more than 30,000 architecture firms and over 130,000 projects within its database, Architizer is proud to host the world’s largest online community of architects and building product manufacturers. Its celebrated A+Awards program is also the largest celebration of architecture and building products, with more than 400 jurors and hundreds of thousands of public votes helping to recognize the world’s best architecture each year.

Architizer also powers firm directories for a number of AIA (American Institute of Architects) Chapters nationwide, including the official directory of architecture firms for AIA New York.

An example of a project page on Architizer with Project Award Badges highlighted

A Guide to Project Awards

The blue “+” badge denotes that a project has won a prestigious A+Award as described above. Hovering over the badge reveals details of the award, including award category, year, and whether the project won the jury or popular choice award.

The orange Project of the Day and yellow Featured Project badges are awarded by Architizer’s Editorial team, and are selected based on a number of factors. The following factors increase a project’s likelihood of being featured or awarded Project of the Day status:

• Project completed within the last 3 years
• A well-written, concise project description of at least 3 paragraphs
• Architectural design with a high level of both functional and aesthetic value
• High-quality, in-focus photographs
• At least 8 photographs of both the interior and exterior of the building
• Inclusion of architectural drawings and renderings
• Inclusion of construction photographs

There are 7 Projects of the Day each week and a further 31 Featured Projects. Each Project of the Day is published on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram Stories, while each Featured Project is published on Facebook. Each Project of the Day also features in Architizer’s Weekly Projects Newsletter and shared with 170,000 subscribers.

We’re constantly looking for the world’s best architects to join our community. If you would like to understand more about this ranking list and learn how your firm can achieve a presence on it, please don’t hesitate to reach out to us at editorial@architizer.com.

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