Trent Simpkin

It is now widely known that New Zealand has a shortage of timber, and many people like yourself are wondering about alternative options, the obvious being steel framed homes Carter Holt Harvey recently announcing that they’ll restrict supply to other building suppliers like ITM and Mitre10 has certainly made the issue hit the news. In turn, […]

With the demand for architecture services around New Zealand increasing, Arcline has branched out into various regions around the country. We joined the Whanganui Architecture industry with this practical home design in a residential suburb of town. Our client for this project approached us with a large 1400m² section in Springvale, with an existing house

Come along to stand 117 at the Northland Home & Lifestyle Show, at McKay Stadium, 12-14th February 2021. The Arcline Architecture Team will be there, happy to discuss your needs, wants and any upcoming projects. Explore our Virtual Reality models on screen and play with our 3D Printed home models on the stand. With well

It’s at the start of every project, yet often the most overlooked and crucial step. But often we hear the words – ‘how do I write a brief for an Architect?’ As designers we see a lot of varying briefs, long and short, detailed and simple. Some clients want to express everything in words, others

It’s a fruitful exercise of any designer to look back over past work and see what worked well, what could be improved and take a good look at trophy projects that really stood out.  We therefore thought it’d be suitable to revisit the Kumeu Residence by video, to explore the home once more, further to

The coastal pockets of land between Auckland and Whangarei are filling quickly as many Aucklanders shift away from the city. Arcline has been priviledged to contribute over the years to the Architecture in Langs Beach, with these two projects shown below as examples of our design work.  There’s no hiding that Langs Beach is an

Tiny Homes have very much become a buzz item in New Zealand in the last few years. Many companies are offering standard designs, some of which can go on trailers and be easily transported. We thought we’d give you the option of undertaking your own tiny home design, allowing for custom elements to be used

homeAR have done an amazing job of making augmented reality available to New Zealand architects & designers. In short, this is next level design walk-through tool which we’ve just started using. homeAR Augmented Reality  Watch the homeAR video below showing their app in use:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IOxWiLtUxZ0&feature=youtu.be How is this different to what we’re already doing?Up until

The first logical step to building a new home is browsing the net for design and function ideas. The web is a large place to start so we thought we’d guide you to the 6 best websites for house ideas which will put you on the right track from the get-go. As an Architectural firm

It’s with a certain level of excitement we announce that our Three Kings House located beside the Houhora Harbour in Northland was ArchiPro’s April Project of the Month. Project Video by ArchiPro Watch the interview with Alan Simpkin and take a tour of the Three Kings House with him below.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PUh6-UdSTfM Being An ArchiPro Project of the