Our Profile
We served our first 10 years in a carpentry apprenticeship and building experience in the Dunedin area. Its topography was such that level and hill sites provided a wide range of construction types.
A draughting position with the NZPO Engineering Division till 1976 gave experience in site surveys, buildings, and permanently recording plant and equipment.
Employment in a cousin's architectural office located in the North Island followed, and purchase of Plans Drawn Ltd Dannevirke followed in 1980, where we carried out a variety of design work in a rural community till November 2005, when we relocated the practice to Christchurch.
Building in the 21st century now means much more research, meeting changing and increasing Building Code requirements, Planning and Industry compliance.
Trends towards using more renewable resources, making use of solar heating, providing maximum insulation properties, safety features, use of spaces are all now exercising many people's minds.
We endeavour to keep pace with all these through industry associations (Architectural Designers of NZ), seminars and many trade technicians and technical brochures.