Young and Richards is an Auckland based practice that brings together the collective experience of Harriet Compton Richards, Elvon Young and Bruce Stephen Young. The Young and Richards team is a rich collision of cultures, research, technology, and sustainability with a commitment to design as a facilitating methodology. Established in 2007 and based in Auckland, the company thrives working in both a macro and a micro scale, current projects include sustainable master planning in Fiji, sustainable residential development work in Taipei and diverse commercial and residential projects locally in New Zealand. We have developed a broad approach to architecture and design, operating between the worlds of education, art, product design and architecture. Our practice is about offering our clients clarity and confidence throughout the design and building process. We are inclusive and collaborative, we love what we do. We listen and celebrate the lives and sites our buildings link. We draw inspiration from the world of art and the avant-garde, the natural and the digital, our lives and your life. Our projects combine nature with sophistication, tradition with abstraction, high craft with high tech, the whitest whites with the richest colours. The practice currently has a staff of 9.

Young and Richards brings together the collective experience of Harriet Compton Richards, Elvon Young and Bruce Stephen Young.

The Young and Richards team is a rich collision of cultures, research, technology, sustainability and design with a commitment to design as a facilitating methodology.

The practice currently has a staff of 9.

 

 

THE TEAM

Harriet Compton Richards
MAS ETH Zurich BArch (Hons 1) BAS
PRINCIPAL

Harriet specialises in sustainable modular design and modern methods of construction. Building on sustainable building methodology experience obtained in Europe, her work has been focused on providing environmentally fitting commissions within the New Zealand context with a particular focus on housing and interiors. Harriet continues to build on her Masters work, an in depth study in Europe of prefabricated design and construction methodologies with a focus on timber and green building techniques.

Harriet brings her experience working in Melbourne for internationally renowned firms Denton Corker Marshall Architects and Carr Design.

Harriet is a member of the NZ Timber Design Society Management Committee and holds an ongoing position as a Senior Design Tutor and Critic at The University of Auckland School of Architecture.

 

Elvon Young
MArtDes(Hons) BArch(Hons) BAS BCom
PRINCIPAL

Elvon has a background in Marketing, Architecture and the Arts. He has been involved in many competition winning architectural projects. Elvon specializes in digital and parametric design methodologies, in addition he is an exhibited artist, with his most recent works exhibited at the City Gallery Wellington and published by Urbis magazine as Interior Designer of the Year.

Elvon is the President of the Auckland Architecture Association and holds a long standing tenured position at AUT University as Senior Lecturer.

Bruce Stephen Young
BArch DipTP NZCAD ANZIA
PRINCIPAL

Bruce has practiced in both Hong Kong and New Zealand working mainly on large scale residential and commercial centers. Bruce brings over 30 years of experience and technical expertise to the practice, with particular focus on urban community projects.

His expertise was most recently demonstrated in the delicate, sensitive and historically authentic Dunedin Chinese Garden.

 

Winnie Chou
BDes(Spatial)

Cynthia Xu
BDes(Spatial) DipBus

Duy Khang Phuong
BDes(Spatial)

Joel Paitry
BDes(Spatial)

Kenneth Li
BAS

Nicole Allan
BAS

 

INTERNSHIP PROGRAMME

Young and Richards established a voluntary internship programme in 2008 to support local tertiary institutions and give successful interns an introduction to the design world and a taste of the Young and Richards design culture.

Please direct any enquiries to harriet@youngrichards.com

2009

Samuel Ryu (AUT University, Auckland, New Zealand)
Katy Carter
Gisook Oh (AUT University, Auckland, New Zealand)
Liivi Triinu Hess (Ryerson University, Toronto, Canada)
Adrian Kumar (The University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand)
Roslyn Cheong (The University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand)

2008

Joel Paitry (AUT University, Auckland, New Zealand)
Julie Mak (AUT University, Auckland, New Zealand)
Leah Crockford (Ryerson University, Toronto, Canada)
Kristine Rankin (Ryerson University, Toronto, Canada)
Adrian Kumar (The University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand)
Roslyn Cheong (The University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand)
Gisook Oh (AUT University, Auckland, New Zealand)