We love our work

well let's just kick off by who we are not... we aren't your stereotypical black skivvy wearing architects, we aren't millionaires, we don't drive Porsches and none of us have personal assistants.
we like to think of ourselves and our DLA team as creative and expert individuals who care passionately about producing and delivering great New Zealand architecture.
we are small enough to take care of your modest residential renovation but on the other hand big enough to design, document and deliver multi-million dollar, state of the art industrial food processing facilities with the in-house expertise to cater for all projects in between.
we get a kick out of creating innovative solutions for our clients and simply just like to get the job done. that's it, nothing fluffy, just good ol' fashioned, top notch architectural service.
for a full breakdown of our typical service just check out the what we do box below...
What we do.
The people who create


/ / Alice I-Chen Wu
Timaru


/ / Kirsten Crawford
Tauranga


/ / Glenn Gardiner
Wellington


/ / Michelle Gilbert
Hamilton


/ / Ian Helliwell
Wellington


/ / James Suter
Auckland


/ / Martin Swann
Hamilton


/ / Murray Ackroyd
Timaru


/ / Pete Smith
Tauranga


/ / Sanjeev Kumar
Wellington


/ / Alana Norris
Auckland


/ / Tegan Wardle
Wellington


/ / Patrick Leamy
Wellington


/ / Megan Scott
Hamilton


/ / Victoria Wynn
Wellington


/ / Fern Cairns
Hamilton
wellington
level 3 / 36 allen street
po box 27-144
wellington 6141
e: admin@dla.co.nz
p: 04 381 3085
timaru
12a royal arcade
po box 313
timaru 7940
e: admin@dla.co.nz
p: 03 683 1300
tauranga
14 kiriwai place
matua
tauranga 3110
e: admin@dla.co.nz
p: 027 595 3190
hamilton
95 collingwood street
po box 19313
hamilton 3204
e: admin@dla.co.nz
p: 07 839 2337
Auckland
level 3
55-57 High Street
Auckland 1010
e: admin@dla.co.nz
p: 09 886 4614
a little history

Dickson Lonergan Architects (DLA) was founded in Whanganui in 1974 with founding partners Bruce Dickson (retired) and the late Barry Lonergan. Once fully established in the Whanganui region, DLA then started to expand the business, first into Wellington in 1999 with Barry and Glenn starting up the capital city office. Then came the Timaru Office headed up by Murray Ackroyd in 2005 and the further expansion to Hamilton in 2010 with Martin Swann. The opportunity then arose to open an Auckland office in 2015 with Alana moving north from Wellington. Now with 5 offices, DLA has evolved from its humble beginnings into a nationwide practice, with a passionate team of architects and designers who specialise in all fields from commercial, residential, industrial, interiors, education and public projects through to DLA’s main stay of large scale dairy and food processing architecture.
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why work at DLA?
we here at dla thrive in a family culture thick with vibrancy and creativity. our projects are as diverse as our people with a collaborative environment and continual support from the five studios throughout new zealand. we are always on the hunt for like-minded individuals so if this sounds like a bit of you go on and send us your c.v. in the box below...