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2025 COLORSTEEL® Residential Awards Finalist

NZGBC Features Cardrona River Terrace House

Performance Insights: Smarter Design for High-Performance Homes In Wanaka

‘Retreat: Inspired Homes and Ways of Living’ Beth Chaney-Walker’s Luggate Home Is Featured

Chris Norman Honoured as Fellow of the NZIA

2024 Year Round-Up: Our Achievements, Acknowledgements & New Team Members

At Chaney & Norman Architects, we believe that diversity is not just a buzzword but a crucial aspect of building a better future for the architectural and engineering professions. That's why we're proud members of the Diversity Agenda, a movement dedicated to fostering inclusivity and diversity in our industry.

Embracing Diversity: Our Commitment to the Diversity Agenda

Building Sustainability: A Homestar Success Story

Extreme Outdoors Ohaus Feature On ArchiPro

Building Dreams Magazine: High Performance In Small Packages

Living room with small fireplace

The importance of a good architectural brief

Image of an alternative installation method to increase the thermal performance of windows, and increase the energy efficiency of your home

Thermally broken aluminium windows

Homestar Assessor

Certifying Energy Efficient Homes With Homestar

The Benefits of an Energy Efficient Home

SIPs Installation

Phenolic foam insulation as thermal break

Thermally Broken Slab & SIPs Preparation

Wanaka Energy Efficient SIPS House

Northlake Wanaka : Plan Change 45

Wanaka Haven Luxury Lodge

Queensberry Hills Retreat: Project Update

The study and influence of context

If the Italians had colonised Wanaka

Lake Dunstan House

Wanaka Town Centre Character Guideline

Wanaka Town Centre Guidelines

Queensberry Hills Retreat

Rural Zoning Discussion Document

Three Parks Retail Park and Second Town Centre

Resource Consent Nightmares

Tried and Tested

Design File Sharing

Three Parks Big Box Retail Park