JTDESIGN Architecture

Portfolio

Buildings we have drawn

Homes, kitchens and commercial work from across the Taupō district. Photography and project details are being updated as new work completes.

Cedar-clad lakefront house with a cantilevered upper floor and glass balustrade deck above the water

Kinloch Lake House

Kinloch, Taupō · 2024

A cedar-clad family home stepped down a steep lakefront site, with living opening directly to the water.

Dark brick house of two pavilions with oak soffits and a sheltered courtyard at dusk

Acacia Bay Residence

Acacia Bay, Taupō · 2023

Two dark brick pavilions arranged around a sheltered courtyard, holding the view without giving up privacy.

Boutique accommodation of repeating timber pavilions set around a concrete courtyard beneath mature trees

Whakamoenga Point Lodge

Whakamoenga Point, Taupō · 2022

Guest accommodation broken into repeating timber pavilions so the buildings sit quietly beneath mature trees.

Black corrugated steel gabled rural house set among tussock paddocks with hills behind

Tauhara Rural House

Tauhara, Taupō District · 2023

A long black gable form set across open paddocks below Mount Tauhara.

Minimal kitchen with oak veneer joinery, honed stone island bench and matte black tapware

Lakeside Kitchen

Two Mile Bay, Taupō · 2024

Oak joinery and a honed stone island for a family who cook facing the lake.

Small commercial hospitality building with dark timber cladding and a glazed corner shopfront

Tūwharetoa Street Fitout

Taupō town centre · 2022

A small hospitality tenancy reworked behind a dark timber and glass shopfront.

Open plan living space with a timber-lined vaulted ceiling and full height glazing to a lake view

Five Mile Bay Interior

Five Mile Bay, Taupō · 2021

An open living volume with a timber-lined ceiling framing the lake edge.

Architectural three dimensional render of a two storey house shown in plain grey materials

Concept Visualisation Study

Wharewaka, Taupō · 2025

An in-house render produced at concept stage so the owners could test the massing early.