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Drop the Golden Pin
DCA are now open in Whakatū Nelson! We are continuing to expand our scope and expertise to deliver more transformational and revitalised places – positively impacting regional communities. Nathan Edmondston takes the Team Leader position at the new Nelson studio. Nathan is an experienced architect dedicated to sustainable outcomes. He has credentials as a Homestar…
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Straight To The Pool Room
DCA has had an epic year gaining awards for a range of truly transformational projects. We are extremely grateful to be recognised and applauded for these buildings as they bring positive impacts to the lives of clients, residents and the wider community. Most notably, the Chodge – a unique and innovative family holiday home,…
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Land of the long pathway
Our very own, Toni Brown, is about to embark on an epic mission in Aotearoa’s wilderness. Traversing our beautiful country, on foot, from top to tail. Get to know more about Toni’s mission and what sparked her interest in Te Araroa… Kia ora Toni, Can you tell us a bit about the epic adventure…
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Just Another Fabulous Architect
We’ve arrived as JAFAs (Just Another Fabulous Architect) in Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland! A continuation and expansion of our commitment to deliver more transformational and revitalised places – positively contributing to local communities within Aotearoa. Empowering the regions to thrive. Leading the Auckland studio is Registered Architect, Chris Buch. He will be diving into servicing DCA’s…
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Rocky: 1, 2, *PUNCH*!
The DCA studio’s ping pong table gets used on the daily for, exercise, stress relief, a break from screens and competitive rivalry – there is also a fair bit of smack talk thrown into the mix (all in good gest!). Recently we held our 2024 annual DCA staff tournament based at our Rotorua studio. Unfortunately…
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A Foundation Built On Lego
With a childhood engulfed in creating masterpieces from lego and a Dad as an architect, it was clear from the start that Nick Chibnall-West had the makings to offer something special to our built environment in the future. We are thrilled to announce the appointment of Nick to company director, alongside founder Darryl Church as…
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LEA Conference – Christchurch 2023
In line with one of our core values “Lifelong Learners”, Werner, Nick and Marie recently attended the Learning Environments Australasia conference in Christchurch. Over a couple of days the team listened to leading educationalists from around the globe. This was followed by visiting built examples of learning environments that have taken the opportunity post-earthquake to…
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What’s better than 3? 4 of course!!
Well…They might be a few years off from being employees, but Nick Chibnall-West, Keegan Mitchell & Michael Leung have been busy lately juggling father and work duties with their new offspring. Congratulation Nick and Chelsea on the arrival of Phoebe, Keegan & Carlee with twins Harvee and Luka, and Michael & Christina welcomed Ash to…
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We advise viewer discretion
Some of the DCA team recently celebrated all the hard work of 2022 with a game of paintball. This soon turned into a hunt for blood and bruising when directors Darryl & Werner were made to run the gauntlet. Luckily, they both survived with only their feelings hurt, and a little bit of blood. The…
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Chief Cat-herder appointed
DCA welcomes our new General Manager As a team of highly-skilled, creative individuals – the DCA team relies on our business-savvy administrative personnel for keeping everything on track and running smoothly. We’re pleased to introduce Julie Morrison, who takes on the General Manager role at DCA – working closely with the firm’s Directors, and keeping…
