About Us
We are passionate about our heritage and dedicated to the conservation and creative re-use of historic buildings.
We are unusual in having both architectural and conservation skills under one roof which allows the development of the most appropriate and innovative solution to questions of re-use, design and conservation of historic buildings.
We can provide a total service from historical research, through conservation plan writing and on to careful and sympathetic design proposals and implementation.
Jackie Gillies
Jackie is a registered architect and member of the NZIA. She established the practice in 1989. With a Masters in Conservation Studies from York University, UK, Jackie specializes in heritage based projects and has a particular passion for creative re-use of historic buildings.
Email: jackie@jackiegillies.co.nz
Robin Miller
Robin Miller is a Chartered Surveyor with RICS ‘Accreditation in Conservation’ and is a member of ICOMOS New Zealand. He specialises in condition surveys, schedules of work/repairs and supervision of repairs on site, in addition to preparing conservation plans and heritage assessments. He is particularly interested in traditional building materials and techniques in New Zealand, including historic concrete, mortars/plasters and clear glass. Robin has previously worked for organisations, such as the National Trust, English Heritage and Exmoor National Park Authority in the UK.
Email: robin@jackiegillies.co.nz
Andrew Winter
Andrew studied Archaeology at Bristol University, England. His knowledge is based in the pre-historic archaeology of England’s southwest and the 19th century archaeology of Bristol’s Industrial Revolution. He has worked on sites from Aberdeenshire, in Scotland to Somerset and the Channel Islands.
Working in New Zealand, he has a particular interest in the archaeology of the Central Otago and Lakes gold rushes of the 1860s.
Email: andrew@jackiegillies.co.nz
Association with other professionals
Successful conservation requires close liaison with other disciplines and we are fortunate to have built up good relationships with associated professionals who share our passion for preserving our heritage. These include structural engineers, topographical, building and quantity surveyors, archaeologists, draughtspeople and historians.
We also work closely with the NZ Historic Places Trust.