Sheppard & Rout Studio
By Sheppard & Rout Architects
Following the Canterbury earthquakes Sheppard & Rout could no longer continue to practice out of our central city villa, previously our home of 29 years. While at our temporary premises across town, it was decided to undertake renovations to the villa and also extend to accommodate the growth in numbers in our office.
Major renovations to the original villa were undertaken to bring it up to current building standards. These provided an opportunity to amend some of the extensions and renovations since its construction in the early 1900’s. All notable features, such as large cornices, ceiling roses, sash windows, period French doors, high skirtings, and wide architraves were either re-instated or replaced as necessary to retain the villa’s grand essence.
The rear of the villa was re-worked to make way for a single story link through to a new large studio pavilion sitting behind the house. Clad in dark stained timber, this simple gable form contrasts with the white villa, but remains harmonious due to its familiar form and careful consideration of proportion, symmetry, and quality of finish.
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We aim to produce humanist architecture comprised of stimulating and inspirational spaces and places.
We are a design-based practice that believes in providing tailor-made solutions to an individual client's needs. The fundamental objective of the practice is to develop architecture that is appropriate to its specific site, wider context and intended use while being robust, flexible and environmentally-aware.
These variables are used along with the appropriate structural considerations to develop buildings with well-suited form and style, instead of approaching the design from a stylistic standpoint.
The practice was established in 1982 in Christchurch by David Sheppard and Jonty Rout. In its 40 years the practice has carried out a wide range of projects covering many types and in numerous geographic locations. The founding partners brought to the practice extensive design and construction experience gained while working with other offices in both New Zealand and overseas. Tim Dagg joined Sheppard & Rout in 1986 and Jasper van der Lingen in 1993 and they both joined David Sheppard as Directors in 2006.
With David Sheppard now retired and Jonty very sadly passed away the practice is led by Directors Jasper van der Lingen and Tim Dagg and three Associate Directors; Matt Gutsell, Jonathan Kennedy and Steven Orr.
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