About the studio
Northlight is a six-person practice working across Auckland and the Coromandel. We take on a small number of projects a year so that the person who drew your house is the person on site when it is built. Most of our work is private houses and the occasional small commercial fit-out. We do the consent drawings, we sit in the council meetings, and we stay involved through construction rather than handing a set of plans over and wishing you luck.
Opening hours
Monday to Friday, 8:30am - 5pm
- Homes designed
- 120+
- In practice
- 12Y
- People in the studio
- 6
- Consents approved
- 100%
Our team
Claire Donnelly
Director, NZRAB #4412
Founded the studio in 2014 after twelve years in larger practices.
Tomas Rivera
Associate
Runs the consent process and most of the documentation.
Priya Naidu
Interior architect
Joinery, material selection and everything you touch.
Marama Tipene
Operations manager
Keeps the vans stocked and the paperwork off your desk.
Owen Blackwood
Qualified tradesperson
Handles the callouts nobody else wants to touch.
Nikau Rewiri
Site foreman
Runs the day-to-day on site and keeps every job to schedule.
Hannah Beck
Project architect
Runs the consent set and every site visit that follows it.
Leo Tanaka
Architectural technician
Draws the details that make the drawings buildable.