Our Portfolio
Every home begins with a different site, brief and way of living. Explore a selection of residential architecture projects, from coastal homes and urban family residences to high-end retreats shaped by light, landscape and lifestyle.
Homes shaped around people, place and everyday life
A well-designed home should feel calm, natural and easy to live in.
At Smith Architects, we start by understanding how you live, what matters to you and how the site can work harder for your lifestyle. From there, we shape spaces that balance beauty, comfort, privacy, light and long-term value.
Every decision has a purpose, from the way rooms connect, to how sunlight moves through the home, to the materials chosen for warmth, strength and character.
Designed around how you live
Your home should support the way you move, gather, work, rest and connect. We take time to understand your routines, preferences and priorities, then translate them into a home that feels personal, practical and considered.
Connected to its setting
Every site has its own opportunities. We look closely at orientation, views, privacy, landscape, access and natural light, so your home feels connected to its surroundings and makes the most of its position.
Built for long-term value
A home is one of the biggest investments you will make. We focus on enduring design, quality materials and careful detailing, so the result feels as good in ten years as it does on day one.
Designing for the Modern Family
A family home designed for light, flow and privacy
Audrey Road Residence
Audrey Road shows how thoughtful residential architecture can turn a compact Auckland site into a generous, sun-filled family home. Designed for a couple with three teenage children, the home needed to support shared family life while still giving everyone room to retreat. Open living areas connect to the pool, sunroom and outdoor spaces, creating a relaxed holiday feel within everyday life. A glazed double-height void brings light into the centre of the home, while helping connect the living spaces below with the bedrooms above. Inside, the material palette adds warmth and calm. American oak flooring, stone-tiled bathrooms, fluted glass, Negresco quartzite and a floating timber stair give the home a refined, enduring feel without making it overly showy. Outside, board-finished concrete, cedar and white plaster create a strong but natural exterior that sits comfortably in its Auckland setting.
The Visionary Behind the Spaces
Led by Founder & Sustainable Design Pioneer, Phil Smith.
A home is personal, complex and often one of the largest investments a client will make. That is why Phil Smith's role is not only to design, but to guide. He helps clients move from early ideas and site constraints through to a clear architectural direction, balancing ambition, budget, lifestyle and long-term value.
Phil founded Smith Architects with a belief in creating beautiful human spaces: architecture that feels considered, purposeful and deeply connected to the people who use it.
As a Registered Architect in New Zealand and the UK, Phil brings international experience, award-winning design thinking and a practical understanding of how complex projects come together.
His time at Foster and Partners in London helped shape his view that great architecture should do more than look impressive. It should improve how people feel, move and live within a space.
Today, that thinking guides Smith Architects' residential work across Auckland and beyond. Every home is approached with care, clarity and respect for the client, the site and the future life of the building.
Smith Architects has delivered more than 3,000 projects across four countries and received more than 40 national and international awards.
