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Photography: Mary Gaudin

BUSINESS

Sons & Co, web design agency

HQ SIZE

150 sq m

LOCATION

Lyttleton, New Zealand

ARCHITECTS

Knight Associates

Tim Kelleher and Matthew Arnold’s six-person

agency specialises in web design, and has

a strong collective feel. The agency’s new

studio space by Knight Associates fulils the

pair’s philosophical approach to design –

‘rigorous and uncompromising, with the

occasional element of pure whim’. Housed

in a former warehouse above an existing

chandlery in Lyttleton, on New Zealand’s

South Island, the space is generous, with

deliberate nods to midcentury design in

the form of dark wood screens and luted

panelling, and a scattering of classic

modernist furniture. Beyond this, the original

fabric of the building has been allowed to

ABOVE, THE ROOF’S ORIGINAL

METAL TRUSSES CREATE A

ROBUST INDUSTRIAL CANVAS

IN THE NEW OFFICE

LEFT, THE FLUTED PANELLING

AND CABINETRY REFERENCE

THE BASE OF ACHILLE

CASTIGLIONI’S ‘TACCIA’ LAMP

shine through, with metal trusses and

polished concrete loors. Full-height curtains

and sizeable sliding doors help divide

the space and preserve a domestic feel.

Architect Rufus Knight set up his Auckland

studio in 2016, following stints at Fearon Hay,

also in the New Zealand capital, and Vincent

Van Duysen Architects in Antwerp. This

interior might quote from the classics, but the

careful handling of scale and materials creates

an intimate creative space.

sons.co.nz; knightassociates.co.nz

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