South Architects

About

Welcome to our award winning architectural and interior design practice.

Led by Craig South, our friendly professional team is dedicated to crafting for uniqueness and producing carefully considered architecture that will endure and be loved.

At South Architects, every project has a unique story. This story starts and ends with our clients, whose values and aspirations fundamentally empower and inspire our whole design process.

Working together with our clients is pivotal to how we operate and we share a passion for innovation in design.

We invite you to meet us and explore what we can do for you. As you will discover, our client focussed process is thorough, robust and responsive.

We see architecture as the culmination of a journey with you. As we get to know you, so we begin the design process that responds with creativity and flair to your ideas and requirements. Our journey together is also shaped by awareness of the environment and location, with all elements working harmoniously together to create beautiful and functional architecture.

We understand that the experience of designing a new home is a life changing journey and we seek to make the experience as stress-free and fun as possible by celebrating milestones along the way and keeping you well-informed on progress.We look forward to meeting you, working alongside you and sharing in your journey.

Our journey with you

Awards and recognition

2022

NZIA

Canterbury Housing Award

2022

NZIA

Canterbury Housing Award

2021

TIDA - Homes

Overall Winner

2021

NZIA

Canterbury Housing Multi Unit

Testimonials

Craig and the team have been great at listening, thinking about what is important for us, then applying their passion and flair to produce a really smart design which we are extremely happy with. It is fantastic working with true professionals who care and love what they are doing.

Alistair and Carol

We have worked with the team at South Architects over a number of years and a number of different projects and it is clear to see that they are passionate about modernist architecture. Their ability to work with a variety of materials in a contemporary way has produced some outstanding results. South Architects have a commitment to design, innovation and communication and a firm dedication to manage project delivery in terms of budget and timeframe, this coupled with their outstanding documentation make them an absolute pleasure to work with.

Clive Barrington - Clive Barrington Construction Ltd

As a builder, it is awesome to have the opportunity to build great looking homes, projects with a few challenges and x factor. There is also nothing better than working with a team who know what they are talking about, who are fluent with the project, passionate about detail and who produce excellent documentation. South Architects set the bar when it comes to these attributes, thus making working together a real pleasure.

Wayne Murray - Wayne Murray Builders

We first became involved with South Architects when the September 2010 earthquakes in Christchurch extensively damaged my circa 1905 Arts and Crafts style house in Merivale. At the time the house was deemed fixable and they were engaged to design and supervise repairs sympathetic to the heritage nature of the house. The earthquake of 22 February 2011 destroyed any hope of repairs.
We briefed South Architects and they designed an iconic modern house of a similar size set on a different part of the site to open up the northern aspect of the house and optimize the usable open space and gardens. We retained as many of the mature trees in the garden as possible. Incredibly detailed drawings and specifications were produced. Delays by insurance meant that contracts with the builder were not signed until 2014.
Our home, a complex build has now been successfully completed. Our house looks spectacular and we are delighted with the result. It is fair to say that without the input of South Architects it would not have been constructed with the astounding attention to detail that has been achieved. We were fortunate that their team was able to work so closely in partnership with the on-site building manager. This was crucial to the final finely detailed result.
We would unhesitatingly recommend Craig to anyone who is intending to build a large, complex home of outstanding design and construction.

Russell and Jennifer