TWO DESIGNERS CONSPIRE TO TAKE HOUSE FROM QUAKE-DAMAGED BONES TO STRIKING NEW BUILD

An architectural designer and an interior designer come together to build a house. It sounds like the start of a joke but the only punchline here is a beautiful hillside home that is a testament to the combined expertise of Matt and Lucy Wilkie.

The couple met while working on a commercial design project in Christchurch. Matt was fitting out the office and Lucy was choosing and supplying the furnishings. Fast forward 10 years and they are now married with a 4-year-old daughter, Stella. They both run their own businesses – Matt co-founded architectural design and structural engineering practice W2 some years ago and just after the Covid lockdown in 2020, Lucy set up Lucy Wilkie Design.

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