"We had the pleasure of working with Julian Guthrie while we were living in London and planning our dream home back in New Zealand. Timing wise, our home was designed and built during the Covid pandemic, so with travel restricted it was critical we engage an architect we fully trusted. We liked Julian immediately from our initial Zoom meeting, felt he understood exactly what we were wanting and had the talent and skill to execute it well.

Julian and the team were fantastic. Jullian was able to take our design brief of 'modern villa with a resort like vibe' and transform it into reality.  The end result is a beautiful home - full of light, calm and elegant spaces. We could not be happier.

During the process, Julian always struck the right balance of providing clear guidance and direction, while also listening to what we wanted. Being in different countries naturally had challenges, but we found Julian readily available for Zoom calls and email exchanges across time zones.

We are so thrilled with our new home that we are now working together again on a refurbishment of our beach house. We cannot recommend Julian Guthrie highly enough!"

"We have been clients of Julian Guthrie for approximately 20 years, within which period of time he has designed both renovations and new homes for us.  The briefs have all been very different (including a new home, new beach house, and major renovation). Without exception, the results have all exceeded our expectations.

Throughout the foregoing projects, Julian has also played an integral role in the management of planning requirements, and in the case of our home in Herne Bay, that process involved the complexity of obtaining consents to incorporate a character villa with additions that complemented the original home. His advice through that process, in addition to the design undertaken by him, was invaluable. In terms of that design work, we have no reservation in recommending Julian. He is an excellent communicator, and very skilled at translating a brief from a husband and wife (who do no always agree) into an outcome with which we have both been very happy. Our homes are personal to us, but undoubtedly a testament to Julian’s skills. Julian was also retained by my law firm to re-design and refit our offices. The offices are located in a challenging heritage building in the central business district. He had to take on board a number of individuals’ and personalities’ requirements in the brief. The end product, achieved in a very short duration, on budget, is outstanding. His relationship with the contractors on site was very good, all issues being resolved between them, with little input from us as clients in that process. That was of enormous value to us as busy professionals. We therefore have no hesitation in recommending Julian Guthrie and his team."

"We selected Julian Guthrie to design our house after a meeting to get to know him, and a preliminary design. It was an unusual situation for him in that we had already engaged our builder and interior designer, whom we had worked with on previous jobs. At all times Julian worked with “Team Blackwell” in a constructive and creative way, willing to question and be questioned.

Out of this forum he has produced a magnificent home. We are delighted with the finished product, and are constantly complimented on its beauty.

Liz and I have no hesitation in recommending Julian for any project he feels will be worthy of his talent."

"Julian Guthrie and his team have designed two contemporary new builds in 2008 and 2014 and one substantial villa renovation in 2018 for us.  He also undertook the design for an extensive fitout for my head-office in Auckland in 2019.Importantly, Julian listens to what our requirements are for the project design and overlays these with his thoughts.  He pushes back when necessary but also understands when not to do so.  I think his greatest talent is designing the absolute correct building / structure for the applicable site, maximising its attributes etc.  It goes without saying that response times, quality of service etc are exemplary.  I have no hesitation in recommending Julian Guthrie to prospective clients and would unquestionably certainly utilise his services again."

"We feel very fortunate Julian Guthrie and his talented team were available to work on the total redesign and rebuild of our Pauanui beach house.

The project from day one to the final handover always felt under strong design control with the many factors that has made the end result feel so special continually being considered.

We really couldn’t be happier with the final result with every internal space delivering more than we expected and an exterior design that sits perfectly on the site and within the surrounding community.

Ours was a large complex project taking around 3 years to complete and always Julian and his professional team made us feel that this was their priority project.

Thank you Julian and your fabulous team for delivering a wonderful multi generational holiday home with spaces that totally nailed the brief."