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    Awards are great but transforming lives is better

    National Winner for Category 07 – Commercial/Industrial It is a significant acknowledgment and achievement to be awarded the 2022 National winner in the Commercial/Industrial category of the ADNZ awards. We have received numerous building user testimonials that give us confidence that we have achieved what we set out to do. The following were some of…

    Guess what we’ve been doing?

    Quite a lot, really.   We’ve been busier than a mosquito at a nudist beach.   With a raft of projects on the go across New Zealand, we’re active in sectors as varied as iwi-led and multi-tenanted commercial developments, healthcare and aged care, education, social housing, residential, and government agency initiatives. As projects progress and…

    NZIA 2021 Awards – shortlisted projects

    We’re excited that we will soon be hosting jury visits at four of our projects which have been shortlisted for the 2021 NZIA Waikato Bay of Plenty awards. From the commercial, civic public space, luxury multi-apartment and lakeside residential sectors – we’re covering a lot of bases. Black Gables, Lake Tarawera. Photography: Nick Lambert Cultural…

    Matariki

    Matariki signals the Maori New Year. It is a time of renewal and celebration in New Zealand that begins with the rising of the Matariki star cluster (the Pleiades or Seven Sisters). DCA acknowledges and celebrates Matariki as a year of milestones past and a year of new beginnings.  We look forward to another year of creating…

    Pain, agony, suffering, TRIUMPH

    A balanced world is a better world.  International Women’s day is about awareness against bias and a call to take action for gender equality.  In the typically male dominated industry of architecture, DCA buck this trend, with almost a 50-50 balance of gender.  Recently two women in the DCA team have achieved personal milestones that…

    FLYING ARCHITECTS – CANOPY TOURS

    To celebrate our year, the DCA team headed into the Mamaku forest, north-west of Rotorua with Canopy Tours.  The award winning tourism experience takes you on a zip line adrenaline-filled excursion through 800 year old native forest.  The result was a bunch of architects with smiles from ear to ear, high fives and an appreciation…

    IT’S A WRAP.

    Back in July 2017 when we rebranded, we created a new strategic plan and vision to “Transform the World through great architecture”.  We thought this could take a few years.  As we reflect back on the past eighteen months, we have made some giant strides towards our goals.  Completing the master planning of $500M NZD…

    Papamoa Primary School

    After two years of design and construction, Papamoa Primary School’s new six classroom learning block has just been completed.  At DCA we go above and beyond to ensure we deliver transformative results for our clients.  We believe in listening first and doing second. DCA did this by undertaking a series of in-depth workshops with teachers, students…

    WE LOST ….

    Wintec recently went nationwide to short-list three firms for their new $35M student learning hub. The three successful firms would then be briefed in a design competition. DCA architects teamed up with and supported MOAA architects in a Joint Venture bid, and we were lucky enough to make the short-list. The resulting MOAA-DCA scheme was…

    21st Birthday Bash

    In July, DCA celebrated turning 21 years old by splashing out on some new branding and throwing a party at the Toi Ohomai Health and Science building. You may have noticed our new logo and bright colours recently if you’re a loyal Facebook and Instagram follower.  Darryl Church Architecture has recently ‘transformed’ into DCA Architects…