Notch Architecture is an emerging architectural practice based in West Auckland, serving the upper North Island of Aotearoa.   We offer a quality bespoke service focused on you the client.
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A typical project could look like this:
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- We listen to you and what you are wanting to achieve in whatever form you may choose
- We visit site to experience the environment and what it has to offer, what views to capture and how the form of the building could fit best in the landscape
- We then design and work alongside you, from setting a vision through to sun studies and detailing materials and finishes
- And when you are happy with the design and the costs, we take the project through consenting phases and will help to find a suitable builder
- A big part of our service is helping the builder on site, overseeing construction and certifying completion
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We have a network of affiliated professionals that we draw upon depending on what projects need, ranging from engineers and specialists to builders and craftspersons and coordinate their inputs on our drawings.
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We strive to provide strong and calm leadership and our aim is to present complex issues in a presentable form to allow engagement of all parties.  
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We design new builds, extensions, alterations, residential and commercial.  

Here’s what previous clients have to say about us:  testimonials.

Jeremy Gray started up Notch Architecture in a cramped flat in Edinburgh, Scotland, designing extensions and ensuites in centuries old stone houses and villas.  
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Jeremy was born and raised in Awakeri, Whakatāne and later studied at Victoria University’s Architecture School in Wellington.  
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After university Jeremy gained industry knowledge and expertise under mentor Adam Mercer of Mercer and Mercer Architects in Auckland.  While there he was design lead for a number of bespoke new houses, office alterations and commercial showrooms. He become a registered architect with the NZRAB in 2012 before heading to Scotland.

While in Scotland Jeremy worked in Glamis employed by James F Stephen Architects working on large 99-house schemes, heritage alterations, boarding school upgrades, and a community led upgrade of WW2 POW camp huts to self-catering accommodation pods with district heating. In Edinburgh he was employed by Zone Architects, where he was design lead for a £2.1m terraced housing development, a couple of £500-750k extensions and various other projects.
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It was at this point that Jeremy branched out to set up Notch Architecture to better serve clients and their needs.  Notch has worked in both Scotland and in Aotearoa on new houses, heritage buildings, office alterations and has consulted on an energy from waste power plant in Inverurie, Scotland.
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Notch moved to New Zealand in 2020.  Loaded with experience and knowledge of how things are done in both here and the UK, Notch Architecture is designing buildings that contribute positively to society and reflect cultural values for the Aotearoa we aspire to.

There is opportunity in change, and change is coming.  
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We are passionate about sustainable construction and finding new ways to build better to reduce our consumption and carbon emissions.
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We can draw on experience with low-carbon construction, SIPs and prefabricated construction, passive design and sustainable technology, and we are always keen to incorporate new technologies into projects (as long as they pass the necessary quality criteria of course).
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We are keeping a close eye on what’s happening in Europe with the development of biogenic materials use in construction:  hemp, straw, mussel shells, mycelium, palm leaves, and more.  
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