That means a made to measure, tailored building to your exact requirements.  Your input informs every aspect of the concept and details.  We spend more time at the beginning discovering exactly what you’re after.  This is often a mutual voyage of discovery where your ideas and tastes grow.  We see ourselves as your strategic partners and will help you see possibilities that you hadn’t seen before.

We believe very strongly in the ‘craft’ of architecture and have an obsession with detail.

We thought long and hard about where
architects go wrong and we want to make it simpler.

If you just want to find out what’s possible? Great, we’ll do a feasibility study for you.  Or, if want us to make it all happen?  No problem, we can provide the full service from start to end. And for us, ‘the end’ is when you’re completely happy.

Leadbetter Carr Architects’ emphasis starts with spending extra time discovering exactly what your requirements are at the beginning of the project.

Only when this has been done, do we carefully define the brief.

Throughout the project we will use the highest level of professionalism and we will record everything.  By doing this we eliminate any misunderstandings that can arise.

From the very first meeting we use sketches and 3D computer models to clearly communicate the ideas that we want to share with you – a plan is often much more easy to understand if it can be viewed in three dimensions.  Although this takes longer, we have found that it helps our clients to visualise the projects better, and often we save time later on.

We are committed to realising your design brief and will explore as many options as it takes to do this.  We put ourselves in your shoes when it comes to the budget.  We are very careful not to exceed our client’s budgets and encourage cost checks throughout the project.  Due to our experience and creativity we will use a large number of ‘tricks’ to deliver the most value for the least cost.

We think that if you like what we like, then you’ll probably like the buildings that we design.

These images are fresh and contemporary and show that inspiration comes from many different sources.

Leadbetter Carr Architects is a fresh, new architect’s office.

We have a huge passion for architecture and design.  It’s what gets us up in the morning.

If you believe that the space you live or work in can change the way you think and feel, please read on and take the first step towards your new architect-designed building.

We are registered architects and practice members of the New Zealand Institute of Architects.  Justin is a New Zealand Green Star Accredited Professional and therefore able to prepare documentation for Green Star, Home Star and the new mandatory Green Build requirements leading to New Zealand Green Building Council certification.  Green Build has become a compulsory part of building consent requirements as part of the Christchurch City Plan and will be required for new retail, office and residential developments.

Click on the link below to see a great testimonial from the Department of Building and Housing, one of our current clients.

DBH Testimonial.doc

Justin Leadbetter and Kate Carr are highly qualified with a combined knowledge spanning 35 years of experience internationally and locally.

Justin and Kate are a creative, friendly, approachable, down to earth, pragmatic, husband and wife team.

“Our designs aim to be friendly and familiar, but at the same time fresh and contemporary.  One of our house clients described it best as being like “houses for the Ikea generation”. When we think of Ikea we think of innovative design, a clean and airy freshness, value and a sense of ‘home’ and ‘family’. We liked that.”

Therefore, our projects are at fairly early stages of development. Enjoy.