Our Team

Bob has championed energy-efficient, environmentally sound architecture for two decades. Designing and managing his own development projects to demonstrate leading international best practice and designing NZ’s first 7 & 10 Homestar rated homes. His ethos is to create both beautiful and high-performance buildings for better health, comfort and wellbeing. In 2015 Bob founded the Superhome Movement, which has gained momentum nationally. He also co-founded Quakestar rating system after the Christchurch earthquakes. Recently Bob was awarded the Sustainable Business Network Sustainability Superstar award.

Shizuka Yasui joined the firm in 2000 and since then has created many award winning eco-homes and hill homes often with a Japanese influence. Prior to this she worked as an architect in Japan designing spatially efficient homes while working for Panahome who are market leaders in quality sustainable quake-safe modular homes. Shizuka holds the highest level of registration as a Japan Registered Architect.