practice profile

Sheppard & Rout Architects offers architectural,planning and urban design services.

Based in Christchurch, the practice has experience and skills in architecture that ranges from large scale complex commercial and institutional work to individual houses and alterations. In addition, Sheppard & Rout have the ability and experience to advise on urban design and planning projects at all scales. The practice frequently advises clients on the formulation of the project brief and on the opinions available for a development and its feasibility.

Sheppard & Rout Architects is a design-based practice that strongly believes in providing tailor-made solutions to an individual client's needs. Solutions are sought that are appropriate to a specific site, robust, flexible and environmentally-aware. It is the aim of the practice to produce a humanist architecture of stimulating and inspirational places that lift the spirit.