In 2016 we were approached by the Furniss’s to design a contemporary home for them and their family on a steep bush-clad site in rural Cambridge NZ. Our brief was to design a home with open plan living for maximum solar gain and views to meet the family’s requirements, but also design a home that was well suited to the surrounding landscape.
A stand out company requires a stand out design to accompany their values. This design compliments the field and research centre for TOMRA, Hamilton. Bold, beautiful, and functional. This building was bold enough to be commended in the 2023 ADNZ Design Awards!
In 2013 we were approached to design a contemporary home on a steep bush-clad site in rural Cambridge NZ. Our brief was to design a home with open plan living for maximum solar gain and to capture the native NZ bush & Waikato farmlands.
In 2018 we were approached by Project Builders Limited to design a contemporary home in Papamoa. Our brief was to design a 4 bedroom home that maximised the site coverage of this tight cross-leased site. Great indoor/outdoor flow and solar gain. The home also had to include all the modern requirements of an upscale residential home in Papamoa
When you enter, you are greeted with magnificent views of the homes extensive tinted glazing, high ceilings and exposed trusses.
In 2018 we were approached by Meridian 37 to design a purpose made, state of the art facility for food packaging products, human health and industrial use moulding, inspection and packing. The tenant, Tekplas are engineering specialists that ensure all their products are 100% recyclable & recycle 100% of their waste material. With the only facility in New Zealand offering plastic moulding inside an ISO Class 7 clean room environment. With complicated services including electrical, fire suppression, temperature control, and ventilation moulding rooms. This wasn’t going to be an easy task, but extremely rewarding.
In 2015 we were approached to design a contemporary home amongst a relatively standard subdivision in Pukekohe. Our brief was to design a 4-bedroom home that stood out from the rest with open plan living that provided optimal indoor/outdoor flow and solar gain. The home also had to be well suited to the surrounding landscape that maximized the site coverage of the relatively small site.
When HeliCorp owner Brent Glover envisaged a new building for a new multi-use facility he couldn’t have picked a better spot. Situated adjacent the Hamilton airport terminal building, Hamilton Heliport is unique to the surrounding businesses and compliments with the surrounding environment.
This high profiled corner site required a bold statement for the rural town of Morrinsville. We worked closely with the landowner, and prospective tenant to create a design that will give longevity to the building, and stand the text of time.
This commercial roof had serious weathertight issues. A complete re-design and re-roof was re required to lift this leaky roof into the latest New Zealand Building Code standard.
This commercial roof had serious weathertight issues. A complete re-design and re-roof was re required to lift this leaky roof into the latest New Zealand Building Code standard.
Although it may seem like a small undertaking, there is a lot involved in building consents for Laundromats. There are a lot of moving parts and co-ordinating all this information was key to this project.
Although it may seem like a small undertaking, there is a lot involved in building consents for Laundromats. There are a lot of moving parts and co-ordinating all this information was key to this project.
An expanding business with no room to move in their existing workshop hanger, a new purpose-built building was achieved in a very busy and expanding Hamilton airport.
Prime location for a forest management business, in the heart of forestry New Zealand! The building reflects the industry of Tokoroa and the uses of the budlings materials to enhance that
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Testimonials
Efficiency, expert knowledge of our jobs, cost is fair. Good communication and fast response time to issues that arise during construction.
Chris @ Cladding Plus
Daniel has drawn up plans for recladding and renovations for my business over 15 years; each job required attention to detail, often with difficult solutions. His communication and problem solving skills with myself and Council are outstanding. He produces the work on time and he is easy to work with. Ihighly recommend Daniel Cullen.
Rowland de Bruin
Good reputation and past experiences, your good communication skills and collaboration with all the team members. Efficiency and proactiveness, communication skills with both the construction team and consultants, and knowledge within the trade and ability to come up with quick solutions to problems. Honestly cant think of anything I would change, this project has gone smoothly and can’t think of an issue that we faced that we weren’t able to come up with a quick solution which is a credit to your design and drawings.
Dillon @ Greenstone Group
Deliver on time within accurate budget. Seamless communication & prompt response. Willing and great collaboration with all consultants. Great personality and easy to get alone with. High professional standard work within time.
Emily
Thank you very much!
I sincerely want to thank you all for the wonderful job and tremendous effort. Our new building complete on time and on budget.
It has been an incredible experience to work with you!
Thank you for making the project successful with best client experience. The building looks amazing!!!
Thank you very much to the outstanding work!!!
Emily
Daniel was instrumental in achieving our piece of bush paradise. Faced with a challenging build site, stunning views and bush to protect, from a hand drawn concept sketch and a wish list to include in our dream house, Daniel designed our unique home. Daniel’s professionalism, resilience and patience were consistent throughout the many challenges of design, engineering , consent right through to the project getting built. We are grateful every day that we have the privilege of living in such a beautiful home, that show cases natural products and takes advantage of the bush and distant views. Congratulations Daniel on your award winning design we are extremely lucky to have you as our architect and would highly recommend you to anyone looking for an architect that achieves results with wow factor whilst being functional.
Oscar and Helen
Congratulations to you and your team!!! Well deserved.
Maura
PHEW 6 MONTHS WAITING AND IT HAS FINALLY HAPPENED. ALL THANKS AND APPRECIATION TO YOU!! HOPE TO SEE YOU UP AT WAIHI BEACH SOON!!!
Anonymous
RM Build engaged Daniel from Cullen Keiser for one of our renovation projects and found him great to deal with through the design to consenting phase.
Our clients had a requirement to get the consent through quickly and Dan got it done for us and quick!
Our clients were really happy their project could proceed as quick as it did so we could get stuck into the build!
Thanks Cullen Keiser and Daniel! Would highly recommend!
RM Build
Daniel was an absolute pleasure to deal with. He went out of his way for us to achieve the results that we needed to comply with the requirements we were dealing with at the time. He was professional in every way but at the same time did his utmost to ensure we were happy with the results. Would most definitely recommend Daniel to any prospective client as we are extremely impressed with his service!!
Adrienne
Cullen Keiser and in particular Daniel Cullen provided architectural services for Tauranga City Council early in 2023. The project was to refurbish an existing shop to become the ‘Mount Hub’ – an information centre illustrating the Council’s current and future projects occurring in the neighbourhood. Cullen Keiser were excellent, being immediately available, meeting extremely short timeframes and producing quality work to scope. Daniel provided realistic practical solutions within the constraints of a tight budget. I have recommended him to colleagues for further work and would not hesitate to use him again.
Guy
I have worked with Daniel for nearly 7 years on various residential & commercial projects.
Over this time Daniel & his team have been a huge help to navigate the ever changing requirements & regulations within the building/construction industry.
I highly recommend Cullen Keiser for your building & planning requirements.
Tim Watson
We enjoy working with CKA, modifying people’s homes tailored to their specific disability needs, they provide professional design advice and offer an efficient service, managing deadlines effectively and developing our designs into practical design based solutions that assist our clients functional experience of their homes.
Craig Barrett
I have worked with Daniel on many occasions. He is always generous with his time and most accommodating in enabling outcomes for clients, that exceed the brief.
Murray Furze
Daniel was engaged by us on recommendation to do a design and plans for our alterations.
He visited our property and listened to our ideas that we thought might work. He came back to us with great concepts and plans around our ideas which all progressed in a satisfactory time line. We have had only three small variations through a seven month build which were all attended to in haste.
I would have no hesitation in recommending Daniel and his team for a design. He has done two separate projects for us.
Murray
Hi Daniel,
Just wanted to say a sincere thank you for all the work you have done for us in creating our amazing nail and beauty lounge. We found Daniel to be very helpful and professionally competent. We would recommend Daniel to others seeking architectural works to be done.
Sophia Ta
This home has been successfully designed to suit the steep contour of the land and carefully placed so that it does not disturb the fauna located around the site. The house has been well positioned for maximum solar gain but also to tap into the incredible views of the surrounding native New Zealand bush and Waikato farmlands. The master bedroom and living areas have been cleverly cantilevered out over the gully, almost like you are floating amongst the gully vegetation. Masonry veneer cladding creates harmony between the use of raw sustainable materials, connecting the build to its natural surrounds. Upon entering the home, you are greeted with the beautiful harmony of plywood and masonry block.
Residential New Home over 300m2
Daniel was great to work with from the very beginning. He understood our brief, he kept to the timelines he said he would, and he kept us informed throughout the process. He was happy to discuss the project and any issues we had, and he worked with us to fix them quickly. He was also able to work effectively with our builder to create a design that was both pragmatic and stylish. We love his work!
Trudi
We use Daniel and his team on our new laundromats and have found their overall service and delivery to be of a very high standard. They are extremely easy to deal with and they have done a great job of incorporating our vision into a final design that works and we are very happy with. We position ourselves as a premium laundromat to offer the best experience for our customers, so getting the interior design right is a big part of that. Cullen Keiser are well connected with associated professionals which we found very helpfulin coordinating services. We were recommended going to Daniel when we were looking into expanding and are grateful as things have worked out very satisfactorily. Their professional standards align with ours which leads to a positive oucome for all. We would have no hesitation in recommending Cullen Keiser Architecture, we will continue to use their services in the future.
John Poulton
Thank you very much!
I sincerely want to thank you all for the wonderful job and tremendous effort. Our new building complete on time and on budget.
It has been an incredible experience to work with you!
Thank you for making the project successful with best client experience. The building looks amazing!!!
Thank you very much to the outstanding work!!!
