What it does: We draw on a diversity of talents and perspectives to create designed outcomes that give vivid expression to people and places.
Mission: At Warren and Mahoney our purpose is to create an authentic, enduring design that reflects and strengthens communities.
Size and presence: Our team of 360 expert designers, consultants, and technologists work together as one studio across Sydney, Melbourne, Auckland, Christchurch, Wellington, Tauranga, and Queenstown
Best known for, At Warren and Mahoney, we’re the sum of the collective brilliance of our people. We’re a team of designers, makers, and enablers. Adventure is in our DNA and our purpose is to solve the most complex challenges, creating extraordinary outcomes for our people, our clients, and communities across the Pacific Rim.
The good bits: Great office culture Very established in NZ and growing in AU
The not-so-good bits: High expectations, everyone here is very talented.
The practice was founded by Miles Warren in 1955, and with the award of the Dental Nurses Training School (now known as Central Nurses' Training School), Miles sought the assistance of his fellow atelier colleague Maurice Mahoney. In 1958, the partnership of Warren and Mahoney was established.
The partnership created a distinctive form of architecture utilizing a modern, brutalist style (described by Warren himself as "constructivist") involving the widespread use of concrete and harsh geometric shapes. Several of their buildings in this style are now among the highlights of New Zealand modernism: Christchurch Town Hall, Harewood Crematorium, College House, and Canterbury Students' Union being but a few. The style was influential within New Zealand, being a partial inspiration for Ted McCoy's Archway Lecture Theatre complex at the University of Otago, among other works.
Warren and Mahoney's designs are found in other centers throughout New Zealand, most notably those of Wellington's Michael Fowler Centre and Bowen House in Wellington and Auckland's Television New Zealand building.
Sir Miles was knighted in 1985 for his services to architecture and in 2003 named one of ten inaugural ‘Icons of the Arts by the Arts Foundation of New Zealand. Sir Miles Warren and Maurice Mahoney retired in the early 1990s.
Now a third-generation multi-disciplinary practice with offices in Sydney, Melbourne, Auckland, Tauranga, Wellington, Christchurch, and Queenstown, the practice has constructed projects around the Pacific Rim. Several works were destroyed and more still damaged by the 2011 Christchurch earthquake.
We have seven beautiful, high-tech studios, all in great locations. Our active social culture includes sports teams, Friday drinks, and plenty of other opportunities to get to know your colleagues.
We want all our people to continuously learn and grow. You’ll get regular on-the-job feedback, plus formal Career Conversations twice a year. We offer mentoring and training programs for both soft and technical skills, and pay for all our registered architects to attend their National Institute's annual conference. Done something amazing? We like to recognize outstanding performance at the moment with valued rewards – we love prezzy cards! We also acknowledge loyalty through our long-service award program.
We’ll work with you to identify unique project opportunities and set goals at the outset. Then we’ll bring in specialist engineers, suppliers, and scientists to help us develop a design that is beautiful, smart, and sustainable in the widest sense.
We’ve implemented sustainable design in commercial and industrial buildings, residential projects, and civic, education, housing, and sporting facilities. Over the past decade, we’ve received numerous awards in this area, including top New Zealand Excellence in Engineering, Property Council, and New Zealand Green Building Council honors.
The recruitment process is pretty standard for all of our roles:
As mentioned above in our company profile, we offer career progression through career conversations (which happens twice a year), an amazing culture in every studio, on the job training, health insurance subsidy, a 1 day flex work from home policy, as well as fun and exciting company events.