Our Parnell Studio Launch
23 May 2017
We celebrated the launch of our new Auckland studio recently with a small get-together with some of our Auckland colleagues and friends.
News
20 Years in the Business of Architecture
29 March 2017
It’s a milestone year for Herriot Melhuish O'Neill Architects, formerly known as Herriot+Melhuish Architecture. The practice, established in 1997 by John Melhuish and Max Herriot, has just added long-term director Duval O’Neill to its name, rebranded and opened an Auckland studio. April also marks the company’s 20th birthday.
Inspired: HMOA’s Pete Lim on architect Todd Saunders
8 March 2017
You know those experiences that can jolt you out of your everyday: seeing an incredible piece of art, eating an exceptional meal, having a challenging conversation. Unexpected or unintended, these experiences linger in our mind afterwards and ever so slightly alter us. Pete, a recent addition to our Wellington studio, had one of these jolts recently at the NZIA Conference as he listened to Architect Todd Saunders.
North by North West
17 February 2017
Wellington director John Melhuish recently visited the North West Coast of the US, soaking up the impressive built environments of San Francisco and Portland, as well as the historic town of Astoria. He shares just a few of his favourite SF structures…
The view from our holiday
27 January 2017
Somewhat ironically considering our line of work, we at HMOA prefer to spend our time outdoors rather than in. We bike, we run, we swim, we surf, and when we holiday it’s generally in the outdoors, in remote places with no architecture to speak of.
Q&A with Duval O’Neill, Christchurch Architect
30 November 2016
Duval is HMOA’s Christchurch-based director and the ‘O’ in HMOA. He’s been with the practice since 2001 and a director since 2007.
Architect Peddles People Power
25 November 2016
Nic Sewell, NZIA Registered Architect, is based in our Christchurch studio. Father of Hunter (pictured with Nic below) and with another baby on the way, Nic also finds time to help out at RAD Bikes where he assists with ‘recycling a dunger’; getting people moving on their bikes. Nic has been working with Herriot, Melhuish, O’Neill since 2011, when he and wife Jess, also an architect, returned from overseas and a period of WWOOF-ing. They were eager to make a difference for post-quake Christchurch. Nic is certainly doing that, we asked him more…
HMOA’s award-winning house at Peka Peka Beach
16 November 2016
A beach house unlike any other the almost-20 year old practice has designed before, to make your way onto this Peka Peka property you must first gently push your way past the native bush to get to the front door. The owners intentionally made it this way: you move, the native bush stays where it is.
