Melling Architects is a design-led architecture practice at 26 Egmont Street in Te Aro, Wellington. It was formed in 2005 and works with hands-on building knowledge to shape material choices, details and construction methods. The practice favours simple designs, and it says its projects have a story that connects to New Zealand's geographic and cultural context. Each project is treated as unique.
The practice is led by David Melling, a director and registered architect in New Zealand and the United Kingdom, who returned to Wellington in 2005. The team includes architects who teach design at Victoria University of Wellington. The founder, Gerald Melling, worked in New Zealand from 1971, and the practice says his philosophy still guides its work. The practice is a Wellington firm for clients who want a design shaped by how buildings are actually made.