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Isthmus

Auckland / Christchurch / Tauranga / Wellington Central

33 Members
  • Brad Coombs FR
  • Nik Kneale FR
  • David Irwin LR
  • Gavin Lister LR
  • Grant Bailey R
  • Zach Barker R
  • Sean Burke R
  • Simon Button R
  • Michael Chu R
  • Tim Cook R
  • Sophie Fisher R
  • Antonia Guthrey R
  • Matthew Jones R
  • Helen Kerr R
  • Wade Lipsham R
  • Ivy Llanera R
  • Haylea Muir R
  • James Pattullo R
  • Damian Powley R
  • Lisa Rimmer R
  • Bradley Ward R
  • Travis Wooller R
  • Ellyn Berry
  • Sarah Bishop
  • Nikki Clendinning
  • Tom Hemi
  • Caren Nunes da Silva
  • Megan Randerson
  • Bridget Robinson
  • Nada Stanish
  • David Sullivan
  • Emmeline Trenchard-Mole
  • Erica van der Zanden
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Isthmus is a full service, design-led studio focussed on connecting people and place. We blur the boundaries between the disciplines of architecture, landscape and urban design. Established in 1988, our name references both our Auckland base - between the Pacific Ocean and the Tasman Sea - and our role as connectors.We work as a group harnessing the depth and breadth of our our transdisciplinary team.

Projects
Just five kilometres over the harbour bridge from the city centre of Tāmaki Makaurau a once-dormant suburb has been reawakening through a design-led approach to community regeneration.
Northcote Regeneration Master Plan

NZILA Award of Excellence Master Planning and Urban Design Strategy — 2024

Image: uploads/2022_01/Te_Tangi_a_te_Manu_03.jpg
Te Tangi a Te Manu: Aotearoa New Zealand Landscape Assessment Guidelines

NZILA Category Joint Winner Research and Communication — 2022

Gentle lazy breezes' lands at Te Hōpua-ā-Rangi historic causeway public space on the on the old bridge alignment
Ngā Hau Māngere

NZILA Category Winner Transport — 2024

Westport Master Plan_Elevation Map_Isthmus
Westport Master Plan – “Cutting Our Own Track”

NZILA Charlie Challenger Supreme Award — 2026, NZILA Category Winner Master Planning and Urban Design Strategy — 2026

See all 35 Isthmus projects featured on NZILA
News
Urban design - what will it look like in 500 years? Communal living - Wirihana masterplan Barry Curtis Park Plaza provides community focal point Restoring civic pride in Lower Hutt A winning, visionary project for Auckland's waterfront Monkey business in the capital proves a winner Designing with ambiguity Who Got That Job? Folded Planes - North Kumutoto on Wellington's waterfront Who Got That Job? A green heart for a key Auckland shopping precinct Who Got That Job? Monkey business in Wellington Connecting past and present in Rotorua Coast, Country, Neighbourhood, City - a journey of love How a community fought to restore the mana of its waterfront Weaving a story of possibility for what can be achieved Meet the locals - at Wellington Zoo's award winning love story to Aotearoa Themed Outdoor Photographic Exhibition at Queens Wharf in Auckland: Connections - Reflections