Spaces

Marc Woodbury on reductive thinking, embedded sustainability and the steady evolution of one of New Zealand’s most considered architectural practices.

After seven years of persistence, New Zealand timber supplier Sugi has forged rare relationships with Japan’s generational sawmills. The result: access to some of the country’s most sought-after timbers, materials whose value lies not just in performance, but in provenance.

Taking time to design carefully, slow architecture creates buildings that last and spaces people truly love to live in.