Atelierworkshop was founded in 2000 on a plurality of thoughts and languages as a working process. The collaborative has different and diverse architectural experience in various parts of the world that combine professional work and research.

Their approach is orientated towards reconnecting people with a physical reality, a territory, its history and a cultural context. Over 23 years in practice they have developed a portfolio from bespoke residential and commercial boutique architecture to light industrial development, regenerative tourism and eco farm development.

“Our architecture seeks to reveal the landscape and the environment through innovation and common sense. Our projects are developed from a concern for forming one body with the site. Without compromising on design, we put priority on finding sustainable solutions".

(*1971), Principal ANZIA nz - DPLG fr*
Cecile Bonnifait won the Wirihana Emerging Leadership Award Winner 2014, National recognition from A+W-NZ. for her work that includes a broad range of architectural and urban design projects, displaying a special attention to contemporary issues of sustainability and heritage in New Zealand and in the Pacific. Cecile studied and worked in Bordeaux, France from 1989 to 1995, and Helsinki, Finland in 1996 before moving to Wellington, New Zealand in 2000. Throughout her studies, Cecile was granted scholarships from French Ministry of Youth and Sport in 1994, from French Ministry of Culture from 95 to 97 and was a laureate of the Foundation Besnard de Quelen in 98 and the Foundation de France in 99 for operational and research on sustainable development projects in China . She also worked for and was mentored by Jacques Hondelatte, French Grand Prix d'Architecture 1998.
In New Zealand, Cecile co-founded Atelierworkshop in 2000. She lectured and tutored at the Victoria University School of Architecture from 2000 to 2004.
She was Jury for both the 2015 Interior Award of AGM Publishing and the NZIA Cadimage Group Students Design Award 2015.

Our co-founder decided to step down and not to be part of Atelierworkshop since April 2023. The process of transition with our clients was smooth and the continuity of all projects assured while the dedication of our team intact. We are committed more than ever to excellence in design, innovative approaches and sustainable solutions.

**Team**
**NIGEL BALL**, ANZIA NZRA new zealand **ALEXIA ROZIECKI**, DE-HMONP/fr france
**BENSON WILDE**, MArch (Prof) new zealand **FELIX DOKONAL**, Dipl.Ing Arch austria **EMELIE CLARKE**, BArch/NZ sweden

Past Architectural Assistants

LUCA CAIAFFA, CAU/Br brazil JIAYI HUANG, china VIOLETTE PRIGENT, france
ELIOTT WESTERN, new zealand FERNANDO GARCIA, chile
OLIVIA ONG, new zealand HATTIE HUTCHISON, new zealand BENJAMIN FILLON, france JIHWAN JEON, south korea
DANAE MOODLEY, canada
JASON TAN, new zealand
JOHN MAUVAN, new zealand
MATTHEW LEE, new zealand
JESUS GARCIA, spain
JAMIE IRVINE, new zealand
SAM MARTIN, new zealand
LUKE ALLEN, new zealand
MATHILDE BEJOT, france
CHRIS HOWARD, new zealand

Past Communication Assistants
NABIL ALLAF, france
OPHELIE FRAYSSE, france
CAMILLE LE RIBAULT, france
DOROTHEE SOURISSEAU, france

Past Master Student for their Masters Thesis
CARINNYA FEAUNATI , vuw 2014, new zealand
CHARLOTTE BOWIE, massey uni 2010, new zealand

Past Interns

AKITO KUMIYA, japan RAYMOND FOALIMA, new zealand OLIVIA ROGERS, new zealand SANDRA WASEF, egypt
LAURA CECILIA VAZQUEZ-TORRES, mexico
XAVIER DUPONT, france
MATHILDE HEUPEL, france
MARIE DELFAU, france
LEA AMANN, france
CAMILLE DE LOS RIOS, france
JOSIE MAINWARING, new zealand
LAURA STEPPER, germany
CARINNYA FEAUNATI, new zealand
ISGARD EIKMEIER, germany
MATHILDE POLMARD, france
JOHANNES FIETZE, germany
TOM GIMBERT, france
ANNLISE MONFORT, belgium

**Current Collaborators**
SPENCER HOLMES ENGINEERS, wellington
ORTUS INTERNATIONAL QS, wellington CUTTRISS CONSULTANTS, wellington region
INCITE resource&environmental management, wgn
INFILL kapiti land development, paraparaumu
MIRIA POMARE, cultural advisor, plimmerton RUSSELL KLEYN, photographer, wellington
LIN YIFENG, architect, guangzhou, china
MICHELLE FISCHER, lighting consultant, wellington
SARAH CUMMINS, colour consultant, wellington
HANNAH ZWARTZ, garden designer, kapiti

Past collaborators

EDOUARD FRANCOIS, architect - france (2016-17) GEOFFROY LAMARCHE, principal scientist at National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research - New Zealand (2012-2016) A. W. GIESEN, co-founder of Atelierworkshop ltd (2001-2023)
PASCAL DAUDON, visual artist - france (2004-05)
RANGI KIPA, carving & moko artist - New Zealand (2004-05)
DANE DOUGAN, executive director, Autism NZ, wellington POPESE LEAANA, talking chief - sa’anapu, samoa (2013-16)