What +MAP Architects does

+MAP Architects is a privately held, New Zealand-based architectural design practice organised as +MAP Architects Ltd and headquartered at 131 Victoria Street in Christchurch. The firm operates a 19-person studio delivering bespoke architectural services across six categories: residential, commercial, cultural, hospitality, interior, and public/urban. Its project record spans both islands of New Zealand, including central-city Christchurch rebuild projects such as Duncan Cotterill Plaza, hospitality commissions such as The Spire Hotel + Apartments and Mataka Beach Lodge, residential work ranging from Parnell Arts + Crafts Alterations to Fendalton House and Redcliffs House (Te Rae Kura), and public/cultural work including marae and 12 Oxford Terrace.

The firm earns revenue as a project-based professional services practice. Fees are bespoke, structured as a percentage of construction cost or hourly rates per project scope, with no standardised pricing tiers and no public pricing disclosure. There is no proprietary software, platform, or technology product; the offering is human-led architectural design, documentation, and project oversight. Distribution is direct: client engagement, referrals, and competitive tendering for larger commercial and public sector commissions. Marketing is portfolio-led via the firm website, supplemented by social sharing on Facebook, Twitter, Tumblr, and Pinterest, plus earned visibility through credited professional photographers.

The practice's positioning centres on two specialisms that distinguish it from generic NZ competitors: deep post-earthquake seismic rebuild expertise accumulated since the 2011 Christchurch earthquakes, and a design language characterised by pavilion-style buildings that integrate landscape and built form with a sophisticated, contemporary material palette. Channels and operating geographies are exclusively domestic (no global footprint claimed). The legal entity +MAP Architects Ltd was formalised by 2016; the firm's earliest documented project is the 2005 Mataka Beach Lodge, suggesting operating history extending roughly two decades. There is no disclosed external funding, parent company, subsidiary, or partnership structure; the firm is consistent with a founder/team-owned boutique practice.

Name

+MAP Architects

Legal name

+MAP Architects Ltd

Website

https://maparchitects.co.nz

Company type

Private

Founded year

2016

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

+MAP Architects is a Christchurch, New Zealand-based architectural design practice offering bespoke residential, commercial, hospitality, cultural, and public/urban design across both islands of New Zealand, with specialisation in seismic rebuild design.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Architectural Services

NAICS

Architectural Services (54131), Architectural Services (541310), Interior Design Services (54141)

akta.pro primary industry

Architectural Design Services (BPAHAKAA)

akta.pro secondary industry

Interior Design Services (BPAHAKAB)

Keywords

• Architectural design services
• Residential architecture
• Commercial architecture
• Post-earthquake rebuilds
• Hospitality design

Headquarters

HQ city

Christchurch

HQ country

New Zealand

HQ region

Oceania

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Architectural Design Services: The firm generates revenue through professional architectural service fees charged for design, documentation, and project oversight. Revenue is project-based and one-time per engagement, with fees typically structured as a percentage of construction cost or hourly rates for scope of services.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

+MAP Architects provides bespoke architectural design services across residential, commercial, cultural, hospitality, interior, and public/urban sectors in New Zealand. The firm delivers project-specific designs including houses, apartments, hotels, office buildings, retail spaces, civic buildings, and marae, with fees structured as a percentage of construction cost or hourly rates based on scope. The firm is particularly known for post-earthquake rebuild work and seismic-compliant design in the Canterbury region.

Product overview

+MAP Architects is a New Zealand-based architectural practice offering a unified portfolio of architectural design services. Their service offering encompasses residential architecture (houses, apartments, alterations), commercial architecture (office buildings, retail spaces, car parks), hospitality design (hotels, lodges, restaurants), interior design services, cultural projects (marae, civic buildings), and public/urban design. The firm operates as a single integrated practice rather than a platform-with-modules architecture, delivering projects across New Zealand including Christchurch, Auckland, Queenstown, Wanaka, Bay of Islands, and other regions.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Architectural Design Services Comprehensive architectural design services spanning residential (houses, apartments, alterations), commercial (office buildings, retail spaces, car parks), hospitality (hotels, lodges, restaurants), interior design, cultural (marae, civic buildings), and public/urban sectors across New Zealand. Services include project-specific design, documentation, and oversight delivered on a bespoke basis for individual clients, developers, businesses, and public institutions.

Named customers3 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• Jasmax: One of New Zealand's largest architecture and design practices (now part of Warren and Mahoney group). A broader incumbent with significant scale advantages competing for the same commercial, civic, and institutional commissions as +MAP.
• BECA (Property & Buildings): Large New Zealand-headquartered engineering, design and advisory consultancy with architectural and design-adjacent practices. A broad incumbent in the NZ built-environment sector with whom +MAP occasionally co-operates or competes for projects.

Direct peers

• Architectus: Trans-Tasman architecture and urban design practice with a strong Auckland presence. Comparable as a design-focused firm covering residential, commercial, and public projects within the New Zealand market.
• Fearon Hay Architects: Auckland-based boutique architectural practice with a national profile, focused on high-end residential, hospitality, and commercial work. Comparable as a similarly sized design-led New Zealand firm competing for the same premium clients and project types.
• Athfield Architects: Wellington-based, award-winning architectural practice with comparable work in residential, public and commercial architecture. An established NZ peer with a similar design-driven ethos.
• Patterson Architects: Auckland-based New Zealand architectural practice delivering residential, commercial and hospitality projects. Comparable as a similarly positioned NZ peer pursuing design-led commissions across the same verticals.
• Warren and Mahoney: One of New Zealand's largest and most established architecture practices with offices in Auckland, Wellington, Christchurch and beyond. Highly comparable as a diversified NZ architecture firm working across commercial, residential, hospitality, cultural, and civic projects.
• Cheshire Architects: New Zealand architectural practice known for high-end residential, hospitality and cultural projects. Comparable as a peer practice pursuing design-led boutique commissions across New Zealand, with overlap in residential and hospitality segments.
• Studio Pacifica: Wellington-based architectural practice with strong portfolio in civic, cultural and commercial projects. Comparable as another NZ peer firm in scale and breadth, competing for institutional and public-sector commissions.

Regional players

• Bates Smart: Australia-headquartered architecture firm with a strong presence in commercial, workplace and mixed-use projects across the Tasman. Comparable as a design-led architecture practice adjacent to but not directly within the New Zealand market in which +MAP operates.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/map-2016-limited

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Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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