| Position |
Director | Registered Architect - archifact – architecture & conservation ltd |
| Contact email | Adam Wild |
| Areas of expertise |
Adaptive Re-use design, Architectural Photography - Artistic, Architectural Photography - Technical, Brickwork, Building Adaptation design, Building Surveyor, Condition Surveys, Conservation Architect, Conservation plans, Contract Administration and Project management, Defect Analysis, Disaster Recovery planning, Environmentally Sustainable Design, Expert Witness Services, Heritage assessment reports, Heritage Consultant, Heritage Interpretation, Interior Design, Maintenance Plans, Paint Removal, Peer Review services, Photogrammetry, Planning and Environmental Law, Plaster/Render, Seismic Strengthening, Slating, Temporary Protection plans |
| Training |
Master of Arts degree in Conservation Studies (Historic Buildings) from the Institute of Advanced Architectural Studies at the University of York
Bachelor of Architecture from the University of Auckland.
Registered architect and Fellow of the NZIA
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| Memberships |
(a) full member of the International Council on Monuments and Sites (ICOMOS) New Zealand, a member of ICOMOS Pasifika, and an expert member of the International Polar Heritage Committee (a scientific committee of ICOMOS);
(b) member of the New Zealand Conservators of Cultural Materials Association;
(c) member of, and peer reviewer for, the Association for Preservation Technology International;
(d) peer reviewer for the Endangered Wooden Architecture Programme at Oxford Brookes University;
(e) member of the Urban Design Forum;
(f) member of the International Cities, Town Centres and Communities Society; and
(g) member of the Resource Management Law Association (RMLA) and a contributor to the RMLA’s Resource Management Journal. In 2017 I was awarded the RMLA’s Outstanding Person Award for my “Significant contribution to conservation architecture in New Zealand and internationally”.
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| Experience |
30+ years’ experience in built heritage practice and architecture
Architecture, conservation planning, heritage assessments, character assessments, visual assessments, heritage area studies and guidelines, condition investigation and analysis, master planning, urban design, adaptive re-use, architectural design and documentation, management and administration, resource and building consent applications, 3-D laser scanning and archival recording, measured building survey (CAD & BIM), seismic upgrading and resilience, maintenance planning, policy development, expert witness.
I am currently, or have been, a conservation architect for a number of nationally and internationally significant building conservation projects. Included amongst these projects are:
(a) the Treaty House at Waitangi (1834);
(b) Christ Church, Kororāreka Russell (1836);
(c) Hulme Court, Auckland (1843);
(d) the Old Government House Precinct, Auckland (1840 and 1856);
(e) the Heroic Era huts of Scott and Shackleton in the Antarctic;
(f) Wellington Town Hall (1904); and
(g) the Parliamentary Precinct, Wellington.
I have received a number of industry awards for my work in historic heritage practice including from the NZIA, the New Zealand Property Council, and the Registered Master Builders Association. |
| Region | Auckland |
