Bossley Architects

Thursday drinks with Martino Gamper at the wonderful Objectspace.

Happy to tell you that our Moturua Island house has been shortlisted for the 2026 NZ Institute of Architects Auckland Enduring Architecture Awards. Looking forward to showing the judges around this wonderful house that has been so well loved and enjoyed by its family for more than 25 years.

Looking forward to seeing this one take shape. A new home for our good friends over at

Come work with us! We are seeking an enthusiastic and talented graduate or architect, passionate about architecture and the crafting of buildings. 5+ years experience required. The role will be Project Lead for a highly detailed large residence, and will also cover all aspects of complex and innovative projects, with involvement in concept design through to observation and completion. High competency in Revit, NZ building legislation and presentation programmes is required, plus an enthusiasm for sustainability a collaborating in teams.
If you like the sound of working for us in an energetic practice located in the heart of Ponsonby, then please send your CV to [email protected]

Pete and Miriam ran an energetic and fun-filled drawing class for 140 or more attendees at the Architectural Designers of NZ Conference in Dunedin. 'The Hunt for a Good Idea' proposed we search for a subject through drawing, rather than drawing a subject. The groups attacked their paper with gusto and enthusiastically produced dozens of drawings which later appeared on the walls for the next days presentations. The Dunedin Town Hall took on a whole new atmosphere!

Back in March 2025 we had the pleasure of showing George Clarke and his crew around the Waterfall Bay house, for episode 5 of the Homes in the Wild series. The house was covered beautifully by the team, and George was impressed: in an interview in the Post he described it as “genuinely one of the best houses I’ve seen in my career". Thank you George, we appreciate it.

Thank you to our wonderful hosts.
If you missed it you can see the house and many other great pieces of NZ architecture in George Clarkes Homes in the Wild on Neon.

Action! It's amazing how much energy a good site shot requires! Finn Scott giving it his all. It is great to be starting out on a beautiful site in the far north of New Zealand

Looking forward to George’s next series that kicked off last night. GEORGE CLARKE’S HOMES IN THE WILD will feature one of our very special projects in the Marlborough sounds.

Check it out in Episode 5 on 11th September, on Neon and SKY GO

Great to be part of the current Objectspace show 'Rendered Futures' in Auckland. Another superb show by the team. We have a couple of works, both on tablet. One is a little movie of Finn Scott and Pete Bossley developing a plan, both drawing on a tablet with Morpholio Trace. Watch as the layers overlay and the plan appears. The other is 80+ drawings from Pete's phone. Drawn on a Samsung in Sketchdraw. Pete calls them Tings. They are not drawings, nor are they things. They are Tings!

Check out the show, it is well worth the time.

Come work with us! We are seeking an enthusiastic and talented experienced graduate or architect, passionate about architecture and the crafting of buildings. 5+ years’ experience required. The role will cover all aspects of complex and innovative projects, with involvement in concept design through to observation and completion. High competency in Revit, NZ building legislation and presentation programmes is required, plus an enthusiasm for sustainability and collaborating in teams.

If you like the sound of working with us in an innovative and energetic practice located in the heart of Ponsonby, then please send your CV to [email protected]

Pete kicked off the 2025 season of Fast Forward lectures on Auckland with an exciting hour entitled The Hunt for a Good Idea. Sketches, diagrams, paintings and architecture all jostled to express ways they contribute to the processes by which strong ideas appear and contribute. Shout out to Andrew Barrie for organising the series, again. And thanks to Miriam van Wezel for the images.

Architecture/sketching/painting: The hunt for a good idea

The University of Auckland’s Te Herenga Auaha Faculty of Engineering and Design’s annual Fast Forward lecture series aims to foster debate, discussion and development within architecture, urban design and urban planning. First up in this year’s series is Pete Bossley.

Pete will explore the value of good ideas, through the production of architecture, sketching and painting.
Wednesday 12 March 2025, 6.30pm
Lecture Theatre 342, Conference Centre Building 423, University of Auckland.
To register, https://www.auckland.ac.nz/en/engineering/news-and-events/events/fast-forward.html

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