About DCM Urban Design

Boutique Innovative Creative

Our focus is on enhancing human relationships through landscape architecture and urban design.

We work at all scales, from providing expert advice or assessment work for planning consents and district plans through to designing street furniture.

What do we do?

  • We specialise in designing great urban spaces. Our projects include parks, reserves, open spaces and playgrounds. Universities, schools and streets.

  • We have expertise in planning more complex designs including structure plans, multi-unit residential developments and plan changes. We work from concept design stage through to development of construction drawings for procurement and/or council approval, and the final stages of management and observation of construction works.

  • We prepare urban design and landscape visual impact assessments for a range of different projects and developments using the relevant policies, objectives and rules of the District Plan. We can also prepare evidence needed for resource consent applications, plan changes and hearings. Our assessments use the Aotearoa New Zealand Landscape Guidelines to determine the likely effects of a proposal.

    We also have experience in developing and producing design guidelines and structure plans for local councils.

  • We provide landscape & design services including concept plans and detailed design of outdoor spaces, gardens and pools

  • We provide expertise in all things connectivity. Whether it be an intersection upgrade or an entire cycleway network, we are able to work at any scale.

Our Design Values

Boutique

We are a boutique design firm specialising in urban development, planning and landscape architecture projects.

Innovative

We use innovative technologies for all our projects, helping us to manage clients, projects and our team.

Creative

We respond creatively to all our projects and see each one as unique providing the opportunity to work closely with clients helping to visualise and solve complex design issues.

Relationships

We excel at building lasting, trusting relationships with our clients through high-touch responses and premium design services.

Skills

We invest heavily in ongoing Professional Development for all our staff keeping up to date with sustained industry-leading practices