Lovell and O'Connell Architects - LOCA

Lovell and O'Connell Architects - LOCA Lovell O’Connell Architects Ltd (LOCA) is a New Zealand Architecture Practice with offices in Wellington and Wanaka.

Lovell O’Connell Architects Ltd was established in 2013 by principals Ana O’Connell and Tim Lovell. Both principals are registered architects and have experience in a wide range of work within the residential, commercial and educational fields of architecture. Many projects they were involved in have been the recipient of awards for architecture, including 18 NZIA awards and finalist in 2012 Home

of the year. The practices first project, the Wanaka House was a finalist for New Zealand's most prestigious residential award, Home of the Year 2014 and was recipient of a 2016 NZIA New Zealand Architecture Award. The practice maintains a small office in Wellington that strives to build trusted relationships with clients and to produce architecture that is both pragmatic and innovative.

Great shot of the lovely graduated light down the stairs at Ana and James's .architects renovation.
03/04/2025

Great shot of the lovely graduated light down the stairs at Ana and James's .architects renovation.

Another view of our Rural Hill House project somewhere near Wellington.This is a large new family home aiming to sit sub...
11/03/2025

Another view of our Rural Hill House project somewhere near Wellington.

This is a large new family home aiming to sit subtly on its site and provide shelter and connection to land and whanau.

More images on our website.

Cellphone shot on the Crown Range on the way to a meeting in Queenstown. A reminder of how lucky we are to work in this ...
11/03/2025

Cellphone shot on the Crown Range on the way to a meeting in Queenstown.

A reminder of how lucky we are to work in this beautiful landscape.

Factory visit to Graham and the team at Metric Sheet Metals to review the fabricated screens ready for powder coating fo...
06/03/2025

Factory visit to Graham and the team at Metric Sheet Metals to review the fabricated screens ready for powder coating for our Filter House project in Waikanae.

Really looking forward to seeing these in place!

Ana on a recent site visit to an exciting new project on the waterfront in Homestead Bay near Queenstown.The Remarkables...
06/03/2025

Ana on a recent site visit to an exciting new project on the waterfront in Homestead Bay near Queenstown.

The Remarkables really are.

A few more lovely shots of our Mt Vic Villa Alteration taken by This project is featured in the current edition of Here...
05/03/2025

A few more lovely shots of our Mt Vic Villa Alteration taken by

This project is featured in the current edition of Here Magazine (No29) in store now.

"There is a popular urbanist narrative these days that the traditional weatherboard villa is cold, damp, and obsolete. But as this beautifully renovated late- Victorian home in Te Whanganui-a-Tara shows, with a little love, attention and sensitivity, the villa can be the perfect contemporary home without losing its heritage charm. " Andrew Paul Wood, Here Magazine

Reflecting on a great 2024 with work currently on our drawing board or onsite.Looking forward to seeing these projects c...
17/12/2024

Reflecting on a great 2024 with work currently on our drawing board or onsite.

Looking forward to seeing these projects come to fruition in the New Year.

Thanks to all of our wonderful clients and builders and subbies.

Exterior view of a two storey extension to a 1930's modernist house in Wellingtons Western Suburbs.Looking forward to se...
21/11/2024

Exterior view of a two storey extension to a 1930's modernist house in Wellingtons Western Suburbs.

Looking forward to seeing this project onsite in early 2025!

Images and plans of our Palladian Beach House Project and "The Cross" Both houses share the same footprint and roof form...
18/11/2024

Images and plans of our Palladian Beach House Project and "The Cross"

Both houses share the same footprint and roof form, but have inverse plan forms and offer different experiences of the site.

Both houses were presented to our clients as alternate schemes for the same project.

Palladian Villa-
NZ beach house meets Palladian Villa. Palladian principals of a central courtyard, no corridors and an axial processional route are layered into this rural beach house on the Kapiti Coast. The result is a nontraditional beach home providing sanctuary from the harsh coastal conditions.

The Cross-
The house design focusses on a robust simplicity of form and structure, efficient unconventional planning and the provision for multi-use outdoor rooms that provide protected outdoor living, no matter what way the wind is blowing!

The cross shaped floor plan is one room wide and based on a nine square grid. With voids at each corner, there are four rooms that extend out from the core, eliminating the need for any corridor space and allowing each room to connect out to outdoor rooms, the sun and the views. At the forms centre is a services core housing the laundry and bathroom on one side and the back wall of the kitchen on the other which connects out to the kitchen dining room.

Can you guess which option the clients selected?

More images on our website.

Progress shot of Ana and James renovation. The Macrocarpa ceiling is going to be beautiful.
14/11/2024

Progress shot of Ana and James renovation. The Macrocarpa ceiling is going to be beautiful.

Another Concept Design image from our Rural Hill House project somewhere near Wellington.
31/10/2024

Another Concept Design image from our Rural Hill House project somewhere near Wellington.

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Wellington
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