Being based in Northland, we find many of our clients (like you) are shifting from outside the region and are building in Northland.  Firstly, you’re in for a treat. With lush landscapes, tropical climate, and beaches aplenty, Northland offers a unique canvas for creating your dream home. However, building in this part of the country comes with its own set of challenges and considerations, as with every region.  To help you navigate the process smoothly, we’ve compiled five key tips for building in Northland. These are tips we’ve learnt over our 30 year history of designing and bu ..read more

If there’s one thing our followers like you crave, it’s the raw, uncut, in-the-moment architecture videos from our design team.  They give a glimpse of what your own project might look like when the build is underway. Building a home is a several year journey, and by seeing someone else’s dream come to life, it helps you visualise your own dream, and what it’ll take to achieve it.  Take a look below: Where you’ll find the latest Architecture Videos from us We’re a pretty active bunch on social media, so you if you Like & Follow us on the below platforms you’ll see our ..read more

Building a house in New Zealand is an exciting venture, but how long does it take to build a house?  The short answer – allow between 10-12 months for a fairly normal size and style home, excluding the design and consenting.  The long answer? Read on… It’s essential to understand the timeline involved in this process. The duration to construct a house in New Zealand can vary significantly based on a range of factors, such as the size and design of the home, location, resource consent and building consent hurdles, and the availability of resources in that location. In this blog po ..read more

It’s a dream that many Kiwi’s aspire to fulfill, but the process can be daunting if you’ve never done it before, so in this article, we help explain – how to build a house in New Zealand?  With breathtaking landscapes like the Mangonui harbour seen above, and diverse architectural styles, New Zealand offers an ideal canvas to create your dream home. But what is the process? We’ve gathered together the most common steps and combined them into the below process. From securing the land to the moment you turn the key in your brand-new home.  1) Secure Land To Build On It sounds ..read more

The Arcline Team have been working tirelessly over the last year to complete a Retirement Architecture project for the new Arvida Kerikeri Retirement Village – ‘Te Puna Waiora’. Picking up the project from the Resource Consent stage, we’ve undertaken all detailed drawings for the first four stages of the project to date.  We have designed and consented an excess of 100 villas for the retirement development. Each villa has been designed to suit best practice aged care principles and have a modern feel and design taste both on the exterior and interior.  Architectur ..read more

Our elders deserve what’s best for them, so when designing Retirement Villages its important to keep the end user front and centre of mind.  At Arcline, we strive to design retirement homes and villas with simple accessibility and handy features to allow our seniors to live in a healthy, safe home, surrounded by their friendly community. We help retirement village development managers masterplan and implement their village, ensuring suitable spaces indoors and outdoors for their residents to enjoy.  Shown above: Arvida Te Puna Waiora Village in Kerikeri, Far North  Archite ..read more

New Zealand introduced new insulation rules for newly built homes and these come into effect during 2023. This article gives you a simplified view of what these insulation changes mean to you, if you’re considering building in the near future.  Firstly, how is the amount of insulation in a home measured? Insulation in construction is measured using R-Values. The ‘R’ stands for thermal ‘resistance’, and the value is given to the item being referred to, whether it be a floor, wall, window or roof.  To give you an idea of the scale, we mainly deal with R-Values between 0 (no t ..read more

When you’re building a home, one of the most critical decisions to make is what exterior wall cladding to use, as it has such a large impact on the look, style and durability of your home. Therefore, we’ve put together the below helpful guide to summarise wall cladding types & prices, to help you with that crucial decision.  Please Note: Arcline Architecture does not sell cladding materials or provide project specific pricing. This article is intended only to be a helpful guide. The below prices are approximate only, based on a flat site and concrete floor, and include the mat ..read more

Designing your forever home may be a daunting task if you struggle to visualise 3D objects & spaces, so to help with this we’ve been embracing 3D house design software to help our clients out.  For the last 10+ years at Arcline we’ve been using various different tools to design in 3D. Firstly, we use ArchiCAD and Revit as our primary drafting software, both of which design the house as a 3D model. This allows us to work on the structure of the home and all the material components and fixings.  We can then export a basic 3D model into another software we use ..read more

We at Arcline Architecture take pride in our sponsorship and donation efforts towards a variety of worthy causes in our community.  Whether it’s supporting emergency services or education, we recognize that any additional contribution can be immensely beneficial to these organizations that provide valuable services to the people of New Zealand. Please refer to the list below for some of the charities and entities that we will be supporting through sponsorships in 2023. NEST – Rescue Helicopter – Silver Sponsor  A number of our Teams close family have used NEST (Northland Emergen ..read more