It’s with mixed emotions that we announce and celebrate the retirement of one of our founding directors, Ron Pynenburg. His career designing brilliant architecture has challenged the status quo, and after 40 years he’s stepping back from full-time involvement.

Lab-works Architecture takes great pride in recognising the success and professional development of our hardworking team. We are delighted to announce the recent promotions and changes to our senior management team with Mark Holmes and Melissa Edwards becoming Principals and Lien Bui becoming an Associate.

It’s with great pleasure we announce that Mark Holmes and Melissa Edwards have been appointed as Principals. Over the years both Mark and Melissa have contributed to and led a number of key projects with strong collaborative and leadership skills while producing the highest standards. They are joining our current Principals of Lab-works Architecture, Joanne Kelly, Jody Seabright, Ken Collins and Ron Pynenburg.

We take great pride in announcing the appointment of our newest associate, Lien Bui. In 2020 she joined the Lab-works Architecture team as a Senior Designer and in her short time with us has helped create the collaborative and positive working environment we all enjoy.

The new Te Ohu Rangahau Kai facility, located at Massey University’s Manawatu Campus, won at the 2021 NZIA Western Architecture Awards.