Greg Noble Architecture

“After graduating with my degree in architecture I was offered a three year training place in the London office of Donald W Insall and Ascossiates, leading conservation architects and at the time lead architects for the restoration of Windsor Castle following the great fire. ‘Insall’s’ was then a small but highly skilled team dedicated to safeguarding the country’s most beloved historic buildings. I was privileged to work at a detailed survey level on buildings that most people only look upon from afar as tourists. This was my time to formally study the essence and character of great architecture in all its forms and expressions. It was from this experience that I learnt to understand and articulate architectural form for myself and my drawings were hung over three successive years at the Royal Academy of Art, Summer Exhibitions.”“I emerged capable and confident in my expression of architectural form. I no longer saw modernism as the enemy of our architectural heritage – that was and still is a consequence of our consumer driven age. In sole practice I set about aggressively breaking down the barriers that had arisen between the ‘professional’ architect and the trades; I rose with the tradesmen and craftsmen of the job and together we achieved solutions that were alive and passionate in their celebration of form, function and decoration, and strong in their character and identity.”“Now, in New Zealand, we find ourselves working alongside a wonderful team of people of diverse skill and dedication, designing and building extraordinary homes to an exceptionally high standard which we hope will endure the ages to come. I couldn’t be more proud.”Greg Noble – Architect