our story

foster + melville architects was established in 2011 in Wellington when the 30-years old practice of Comeskey Grant Melville Architects (CGM) merged with Foster Architects. As of April 2025 Foster + Melville Architects has been passed to the next director team – Amanda and Jorle.

Our projects range across of all of New Zealand, focusing on a wide multi-disciplinary client focused approach. We’re lucky enough to work at a variety of different scales, and within a range of industries, with a selection of specialties that drive our projects – human-centric design, sustainable solutions, seismic strengthening and heritage.

We have a commitment to quality architectural & contextual sensitivity solutions – we focus on achieving the end goal, without studio hierarchy, or individual ego on projects.

We offer service through all phases of the architecture and building process, from pre-concept through to post-occupancy, and can advise on and coordinate with consultants and contractors before and during the build.

our vision

is to improve life through architecture that enables change, without costing the future

responsible design

we aim to reach higher with our delivery, striving for surprise and delight through respectful collaboration and resourceful design

curiosity

researching and engaging thoroughly with the meaning behind each decision we make...we thrive on problem solving and we live for the brief!

We aim to bring these values to every project we work on, with the same level of commitment and intensity.