Residential

With the cost of building in NZ at a record high, we’ve put together a helpful guide of ten ways to make your house design more affordable.  It may appear that our Arcline Architecture pencils only sketch large, expensive homes. But actually, most of our week is spent designing New Zealand dream homes that are […]

In July 2019, the New Zealand government implemented legislation on the standards of healthy homes. This act ensures that homes are in good shape and new house plans are built according to specific safety standards. The act outlines six standards that houses must follow. A new house design must incorporate all these elements, and landlords

A basic floor plan is a blueprint for the house design. Usually, blueprints are drawn on a 1:100 scale, meaning 1m equals 1cm on the basic house floor plan. It provides a bird’s-eye view of your house. Dotted lines show the roof and eaves locations, different hatching, squares and lines reference the surface in an

In New Zealand, with our hills, mountains & rugged coastlines we’re often forced to build on sites with steep contours and unstable ground conditions. We also want to maximise our outdoor living spaces to make the most of our beautiful country, leading to the use of decks as one of the most common ways to

There’s been talk for several years now of 3D Printed Homes so we thought we’d give it a go. However, there is one key difference – our home is somewhat more of a model, being only a 75th of the size of the actual house.  3D Printing the Kerikeri Residence  We’ve had 3D printed models

Over the last year we’ve been privileged to design a large amount of West Coast Architecture. We’ve been working with South Peak Homes to deliver affordable yet stylish homes to the West Coast communities of Westport, Greymouth, Blackball and Hokitika. With all the homes built in a factory, this increases build speed and quality, with no setbacks

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