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Lovell O’Connell Architects Ltd (LOCA) is a Wellington, New Zealand based architecture practice.

Lovell O’Connell Architects Ltd was established in 2013 by principals Ana O’Connell and Tim Lovell. Both principals are registered architects and have experience in a wide range of work within the residential, commercial and educational fields of architecture. Many projects they were involved in have been the recipient of awards for architecture, including 18 NZIA awards and finalist in 2012 Home

of the year. The practices first project, the Wanaka House was a finalist for New Zealand's most prestigious residential award, Home of the Year 2014 and was recipient of a 2016 NZIA New Zealand Architecture Award. The practice maintains a small office in Wellington that strives to build trusted relationships with clients and to produce architecture that is both pragmatic and innovative.

20/06/2024

Keep and eye out on the shelves for the latest Here magazine with a nice feature on our Waikanae Beach House project.

Great photos by and words by

Thanks .nz

13/06/2024

WIP photo on a terrible Wellington day.

An addition for Tim's neighbors connecting the house to the back garden, reserve and Zealandia beyond.

The pergola runs from the exterior to interior as a connecting element, blurring the boundaries between the two.

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06/06/2024

Another angle of our Island Bay Hill, currently under construction. The house uses inverted trusses to lift the roof up to high windows on the east.

27/05/2024

An updated render of our filter house living room with exterior screens to provide privacy and solar control.

This project is currently onsite with doing a great job so far.

Looking forward to seeing some good progress over the next few weeks as the frames go up.

23/05/2024

An updated render and a progress shot from site of the same view from our Island Bay Hill House project.

Looking forward to seeing the project come to fruition!

22/03/2024

The beautiful back to back fireplaces at our Mt Vic Villa Restoration project. Very pleased that these were retained and restored.

19/02/2024

New project on the website- The Cross (link in bio)

This new house is situated on a rural site in the Horowhenua that has the blessing of broad views in all directions countered by the curse of strong wind.

The house design focusses on a robust simplicity of form and structure, efficient unconventional planning and the provision for multi-use outdoor rooms that provide protected outdoor living, no matter what way the wind is blowing!

The cross shaped floor plan is one room wide and based on a nine square grid. With voids at each corner, there are four rooms that extend out from the core, eliminating the need for any corridor space and allowing each room to connect out to outdoor rooms, the sun and the views. At the forms centre is a services core housing the laundry and bathroom on one side and the back wall of the kitchen on the other which connects out to the kitchen dining room.

15/02/2024

New project on our website (link in bio) - Courtyard Beach House.

NZ beach house meets Palladian Villa. Palladian principals of a central courtyard, no corridors and an axial processional route are layered into this rural beach house on the Kapiti Coast. The result is a nontraditional beach home providing sanctuary from the harsh coastal conditions.

15/01/2024

Morning sun and a view of the kitchen, courtyard and entry at our Courtyard Beach House project currently in Concept Design.

11/01/2024

A nice place for a coffee. The morning deck at our Spitaki House project and its view of Island Bay, Wellington.

More photos on our website (link in bio).

10/01/2024

A couple of detail shots from out Mt Vic Villa Alteration.

"This modern adaption and extension is designed to sympathetically blend into the existing villa. Considered material selection and creative detailing result in the seamless integration of the new, contemporary bathroom areas and rejuvenation of existing rooms. The quality of this design ensures the beautiful villa remains relevant to modern family life and therefore preserves the original architecture." 2023 NZIA Wellington Architecture Award Citation

24/12/2023

A wee one to finish the year... A 48m2 infill house with 0m2 wasted space, 2 generous bedrooms, a decent bathroom and laundry, a large deck and lots of light.

Merry Xmas and Happy New Years everyone!

12/12/2023

A couple of images of our Island Bay Hill House, which is about to start onsite.

The ceiling is combination of standard and inverted trusses to provide rhythm, height and economy.

Looking forward to seeing progress onsite in 2024.

08/12/2023

Ghuznee St remnants.

07/12/2023

An interior view of our Filter House project in Waikanae.

More images on our website (link in bio)

06/12/2023

Views of the morning and afternoon decks at on new Courtyard Beach House project on the Horowhenua Coast. More images to come.

30/11/2023

The Filter House 2023

A new retirement house for two avid gardeners. Looking forward to this project starting onsite very shortly.

08/09/2023

Another view of the craft room at our Newtown Bungalow Restoration Project.

The project involved hollowing out the centre of a dark bungalow and opening this up to the light.

30/08/2023

Bathroom vanity and shower at our almost complete Khandallah Hill House. Best bathroom view in Wellington?

28/08/2023

Flooring still to go down, but almost at Practical Completion for our Khandallah Hill House.

Beautiful Vertigo pendant light by

Great work

07/08/2023

RIP Fritz Eisenhofer -14 November 1926 – 27 July 2023.

Fritz was a visionary, who was truely ahead of his time. We have been lucky enough to work on updating several of Fritz's homes over the years and always admired the rigor with which these projects were put together. He was prolific in his career and produced some truly beautiful buildings.

Fritz died at his home at Peka Peka on 27 July 2023, at the age of 96.

He will be missed by the Wellington Architectural Community.

01/08/2023

Our lovely clients testing out the ladders of the full height bookshelf at our Newtown Bungalow Renovation Project. The project involved hollowing out the centre of a dark bungalow and opening this up to the light.

At 6.5m high, is this New Zealand's highest residential bookshelf?

02/06/2023

The thinking builders. Onsite at our Khandallah Hill House project with .

24/05/2023

Some nice photos of Tim and Ana receiving NZIA Wellington Architecture Awards last week for our Mt Vic Villa Alterations and Waikanae Bench House projects.

Thanks for the photos.

More images of these project on our website (link in bio)

19/05/2023

A great night last night for LO'CA- we won two NZIA Wellington Architecture Awards for our Waikanae Beach House and our Mt Villa Renovation projects.

Thanks to , the jury and the sponsors and for an inspirational lecture before the award ceremony.

Congratulations also to James at .architects for his award.

11/05/2023

Progress update on The Hill House.

These shots show the internal lawn, designed to provide a sheltered play area for the kids on a windy site.

Looking good and internal linings going on. Great work by

28/04/2023

LO’CA looking for like-minded people to share our Lower Tory St Wellington Studio with us.
We have 1-4 desks available due to our friends from Constructive Architecture moving up North.
If you could share this post with your networks, we would really appreciate it.

The office is light and airy and includes inbuilt desks, shared facilities of a meeting table, photocopier, kitchenette, couch area and a bike hanging zone. The building also has a shared kitchen, toilets and a shower.

There is a great roof deck above us and a Wilsons carpark across the road.
Rent, power, internet and photocopier costs are split on size basis, and is cost effective for the location

28/04/2023

Very pleased to have our Karearea House Project published in the latest Here Magazine .nz out yesterday.

"There aren't many homes in Aotearoa where the owners might need to put chains on their car tyres to navigate the driveway after snowfall; or homes that sit above the 400m altitude threshold and require extra strengthening to cope with the more extreme weather conditions; or homes that have a purpose-built bunker you can retreat to in the event of a wildfire "
Photography by ._straight

14/04/2023

A view of one of the loft beds in the "Crib" at our Karearea House Project in Wanaka.

Looking forward to seeing the project in the next issue of .nz
(Here Magazine)

Great photo by ._straight

03/04/2023

A great Saturday morning at our Thorndon Light Catcher Project for the Here Magazine Dulux Wellington Open Home Tour.

Thanks to .nz , , our clients, Ann and Fiona and everyone who visited the property-it was lovely to meet you all.

More photos on Website (on bio).

Address

Second Floor, 11B Tory Street
Wellington
6011

Website

http://www.loca.co.nz/

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Videos

Not too shabby Glenorchy...

Some unexpected reflections happening from Tim's work in progress stairwell light sculpture.

First 16m long sheet of roofing on the roof waiting to be installed on our Khandallalh Hill House project. A great windless Wellington day!

This week, the National Policy Statement Rules became operative in the Wellington City Council District Plan. These rules will constitute the largest change in New Zealand’s urban fabric for decades and cover most of the residential areas in our larger cities and fast growing regions like Kapiti. Our video shows what was previously possible and the effect and scale of what can now be built as of right on either your property or your neighbors’- food for thought!

A wee vid from a LOCA visit to our recently completed alterations in Nottingham St Karori. More images and video now on our website (link in bio)

With daylight saving over the weekend, it feels like we are on the downhill run towards summer. The pool at our recently completed Karearea House in Wanaka is definitely a spot we would be when the warmer weather hits.

The joys of Central Otago this time of year...

Nice to have a feature in the latest @homemagazine.nz on the Pitoitoi House. Great photos by @david_._straight . This article was due to published in an issue of Home last year, but with Bauer pulling out of NZ it went on the shelf. Fantastic to see this great advocate for residential design in NZ back up and running!