Whitaker Architects

Whitaker Architects is a design-led studio specialising in high-quality residential and commercial architecture throughout New Zealand.

Led by Directors Francis Whitaker and Ruth Whitaker, together with their talented team of associates and designers, including Peter Tucker, Louis Deverson and Tukiteraki Bull, the practice brings more than 120 years of combined architectural experience, delivering projects of exceptional quality across New Zealand.

Whitaker Architects is committed to ensuring that every project is highly resolved and thoughtfully tailored to the particular requirements of its client, budget and site. The studio provides hands-on design leadership from initial concept through to completion, maintaining the integrity of the original design vision throughout documentation, construction and delivery.

Through a careful response to site, brief and budget, Whitaker Architects creates refined, enduring and well-crafted architecture. Its experience extends from urban environments to some of New Zealand’s most remote and spectacular landscapes, resulting in buildings that are deeply connected to their setting.

By developing a strong understanding of each client’s aspirations and the distinctive qualities of the land, the practice creates meaningful places with identity, narrative and lasting value.