We start with a chat about your project—what you're hoping to achieve, how you live or work, and what matters most to you. This helps us understand your goals, budget, and timeline, and gives you a sense of how we work.

Outcome: A shared understanding of your vision and whether we're the right fit.

This stage establishes a clear foundation before formal design begins. It includes a review of site conditions and planning controls, initial brief, budget and programme discussions, and high-level feasibility and strategic advice.

Outcome: Clarity around what is possible and how best to proceed.

The overall architectural direction is established through an understanding of your brief, priorities, and way of living, a response to site, context, and regulatory constraints, and testing options against budget and expectations.

Outcome: A clear design concept defining spatial organisation, scale, and intent.

The agreed concept is refined and resolved through detailed plans, sections, and elevations, material and construction strategies, consultant coordination where required, and alignment of design intent and budget.

Outcome: A resolved design with a strong technical basis.

Detailed documentation is prepared for approval and construction, including building consent drawings and specifications, documentation suitable for builder pricing, and technical coordination and buildability resolution.

Outcome: Clear, coordinated information to support a smooth build.

Rust Architects supports the delivery of the design through construction by responding to site queries, reviewing shop drawings, clarifying details as required, and attending site meetings where appropriate.

Outcome: The project is built as intended, with design integrity maintained.