Multi-Residential

Density is not the enemy of quality. The failure mode in most multi-residential development is not the number of units on a site — it is the decision, made early and held throughout, to treat dwelling as a yield calculation rather than a design problem. The projects that work at this scale are the ones where someone asked: what does it feel like to live here?

We design terrace housing, infill development and multi-unit projects at scales where architectural quality is still achievable and financially viable. In Auckland, the Auckland Unitary Plan has opened up opportunities across the isthmus that didn't exist five years ago — sites that can carry three, four, or six well-made dwellings where a single house once sat. Getting that right means understanding the planning envelope before the design begins, and it means holding a clear idea of what each unit offers its occupant.

Yarraville Quarters in Melbourne shows what this looks like in practice: a terrace row that reads as a considered piece of streetscape rather than a development site. Each dwelling has its own threshold, its own relationship to the street, its own internal logic. The shared elements — the materiality of the facades, the treatment of the boundary — are resolved at the building scale rather than left to chance. That level of integration is what distinguishes a development that adds to a neighbourhood from one that doesn't.

What this includes

Site yield and planning envelope analysis

Typology selection and unit mix development

Concept design across all dwellings

Streetscape and façade development

Unit interior layout and amenity design

Shared entry and boundary treatment design

Resource consent documentation and council liaison

Building consent documentation

Material and specification schedules

Interior architecture and joinery design (optional per unit)

Contractor procurement and tender administration

Contract administration during construction

Referenced project