Architectural homes, built to be lived in
When a cyclone exposed flaws in a 1990s plaster home in St Heliers, the owners called Woodsmith.
The full reclad and modernisation that followed is the kind of work this team has been doing across Auckland since 2017.
Architectural builds, renovations, recladding, heritage restoration - the technical end of residential building, built the way the architect drew it, for the people who'll live in it.
Timber detailing for award-winning city home
Woodsmith was the specialist timber contractor on the project named City Home of the Year 2026 by Home of Architecture.
A renovation for family living
At its core, this family home renovation reflects the real problem many architectural homeowners face: beautifully considered designs that still require a builder capable of navigating complexity, people, and change.
Special restoration of an early 1900s apartment block
With five different apartment owners involved, and each home uniquely configured from decades of changes, this project required not just craftsmanship, but diplomacy, logistics, and patience in equal measure.
Built by people who've done this before
Architectural builds ask for a different kind of team. The structural complexity, the details that have to be protected from the first cut, the trades who understand the intent. It's work most builders aren't set up for.
Woodsmith is.
A small in-house crew, the same trusted subbies on every job, the kind of builders you don't mind having in your home for months on end.
"Mike and his team did a brilliant job on a major renovation to our house. It involved detailed engineering, new foundations, bracing, and continued interaction with Council. Their technical skill was obvious as they replicated early features so the work belonged in our 1928 house."
- Jill & Russel Jackson
