Profiles
Principals
B Arch (Hons) VUW, BE (Hons) Canterbury; ANZIA, NZ Registered Architect
Regional Awards Juror, 2004; NZIA Local Awards Juror, 2007
Max Herriot is a founding director of Herriot + Melhuish Architecture. He and John formed HMA in 1997 and Max has been central to the design of a range of HMA projects ever since. Prior to HMA, Max had his own business, Max Herriot Design. From 1984-1988, he worked for a London based practice, Michael Anvett Associates.
Max has a broad experience across a range of building types including commercial building refurbishments, hospitality projects, commercial fit outs, and more recently larger scale commercial campus projects including the Vogel Integrated Campus and the Bowen Integrated Campus. His focus has been on initial design concepts, design development, through to coordination of documentation, with a specific interest in detail as well as structural solutions, providing a connection to his engineering background.
Max grew up in Lowry Bay in Wellington’s Eastbourne Bays. A keen sportsman (basketball, cycling and infamous camping), Max is married with three children and lives in the hills above the Wellington suburb of Seatoun. He also enjoys regular sojourns to a Kapiti Coast bach he co-owns with friends.
BBSc, B Arch (Hons) VUW, 1985; ANZIA, NZ Registered Architect;
NZIA Local Awards Juror 2002, 2005; NZIA New Zealand Awards Central Region Convenor, 2008; Member of the Wellington City Council Technical Advisory Group (TAG) for the Wellington Waterfront, 2005- ; Member of NZIA Council 2009-
John is a founding director of Herriot + Melhuish Architecture, which he set up with Max in1997. Prior to starting HMA, John worked for 10 years with one of New Zealand’s most high profile practices, Athfield Architects. This was preceded by two years in London, working for a small practice.
John has experience in concept design, detailed design and delivery of a wide range and scale of projects, from residential alterations through to exhibition design and commercial office development. He has a particular interest in the contemporary adaptive re-use of heritage buildings, and has a strong emphasis on the craft of detail in the design process. He has a good understanding of working within large and diverse project teams, with a focus on quality through the co-ordination of other design disciplines.
Since 2005, John has been an appointed member of the Wellington City Council's Technical Advisory Group (TAG) for the Wellington Waterfront. He is currently an elected member on the New Zealand Institute of Architects National Council.
John played hockey for New Zealand from 1981 to1986, and is now a proud hockey-Dad, enthusiastic trail runner and occasional surfer. A Napier Boys High School old boy, John lives with his partner and two young children in the Wellington suburb of Strathmore.
BArch, ANZIA, Registered Architect
Prior to becoming a Registered Architect in 1995, Duval worked on an extensive range of projects in his home province of Southland. In 1996 he began working in architectural practices in London on a broad range of large-scale urban regeneration projects, commercial developments and high quality roof-top housing developments.
After returning to New Zealand in 2000, Duval worked with Stephenson and Turner (NZ) Ltd for eighteen months on large scale commercial projects where he became an Associate.
Duval joined HMA in 2002, working on commercial and residential projects. In January 2005 the pull home of the South Island became too much and the opportunity arose for Duval to return to the mainland and establish HMA’s Christchurch office. Since then, Duval has quickly established strong relationships within the Canterbury construction sector and acquired a fantastic portfolio of committed clients. The process and craft of building is of particular interest to Duval which has translated into some large residential and commercial alteration projects. Duval became an Associate with HMA in 2005 and a Director in 2007.
Proudly born and bred in Southland, Duval lives with his wife Bridget in the Christchurch suburb of Mt Pleasant.
BA, BArch(hons), ANZIA, Registered Architect
(Principal of Ken Davis Architects)
Since January 2005 Ken has been running the Auckland office of HMA, leading such projects as the Navy Museum and the Newmarket Railway Station.
Ken joined Athfield Architects shortly after graduating and became project architect on several high profile award winning projects including Wellington Civic Centre and Wellington Public Library. From 1992 to 2001, he was Design Director of Custance Associates winning several awards for residential and commercial projects completed during this time. In 2001, Ken Davis Architects was established to focus on a range of commercial, institutional and residential projects. Since its formation, Ken Davis Architects has worked in close association with HMA.
Ken was President of Wellington's Architecture Centre from 1991-1993 and is a Visiting Lecturer at the Victoria University School of Architecture. He has recently been appointed to the Wellington City Council Waterfront Development Subcommittee.
Ken was born and grew up in Nelson, graduating from Otago University in 1981 with a Bachelor of Arts in Economics and Geography. He completed his Bachelor of Architecture from Auckland University in 1987. Ken lives with his wife and daughter in the Auckland seaside suburb of Devonport.