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Architectural metalwork, designed,
made and installed in Queenstown.

Balustrades, cladding, fireplaces, outdoor kitchens, staircases and one-off feature pieces. We draw it, cut it, build it and fit it.

Our metalwork is on these award-winning projects

National Supreme House of the Year — Master Builders House of the Year 2025Regional Supreme House of the Year — Master Builders House of the Year 2025Regional Craftsmanship Award — Master Builders House of the Year 2025Gold Award — NZ Commercial Project Awards 2024

Over 50 architectural projects completed  ·  Workshop in Frankton, Queenstown

Builders, architects and brands we've worked with

AyrburnPatagoniaTommy BahamaMason & Wales ArchitectsYoke ArchitectureNikki Wilson StudioSue Nauman DesignYBL BuildingAJ Saville BuildersJohn Gavin ConstructionForm ConstructionHulena ArchitectsCoronet WoodwareCompoundMillbrookTrinity Construction + Projects

How we work

Drawn, cut, built and fitted by one team.

The people who draw your piece are the same people who cut it, weld it and fit it on site. Nothing gets lost between a drawing office, a fabricator and an installer, because here they are the same crew.

You deal with one workshop from the first sketch to the last fixing.

Design and shop drawings in-house

Rob (BEng Hons), Gavin (BSc Product Design) and Oliver (BEng Mechanical) take your brief through to signed-off shop drawings. They work out how the piece will be built before anything reaches the workshop floor.

6kW fibre laser with a 4 x 2m bed

We cut mild steel, stainless, aluminium and brass to ±0.1mm in our own workshop, so parts fit the first time.

Fabricated and installed by the same crew

The people who cut and weld your piece are the people who fit it on site. There is no handover to a separate installer.

One business to call

Design, fabrication and installation all sit with us. If something needs sorting on site, we sort it. There is no arguing between three contractors about whose problem it is.

Scheduled around your build

We set fabrication, finishing and delivery dates before we cut anything, and we fit them to your construction programme.

Clear paperwork for your QS

Payment claims follow the Construction Contracts Act. On time-and-materials work we show every cost and every hour, so your QS can pass it straight to the client.

Quoted off a drawing

Where we can, we draw the piece before we price it. The quote then reflects what will actually be built, which means fewer variations later.

One point of contact

One person looks after your job from the first call to the final snag list.

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It's the details that get noticed.

Brushed brass basins and tapware with brass-framed mirrors on a travertine vanity — FOCAL metalwork, Bunker 3, Queenstown

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