Recognition and Awards for Team Green Architects
Featured Testimonials
'It has been an absolute pleasure working with Team Green Architects. This is my first time building a passive house. The professionalism and honesty of Sian and Mark have made every decision so simple and straightforward. I have definitely felt heard with what I have wanted within the build, thus I would highly recommend Team Green'
— Juliet Fraser, Frankton Road Apartments
"We truly love our home, especially the winter warmth and summer coolness which is a joy to live in year-round. Team Green nailed the brief, merging efficiency and functionality, with the result being a beautifully designed home, perfectly suited to our needs and budget. We feel so much gratitude, thank you Mark and Sian, from the bottom of our hearts."
— Bobbie & Jessie Mulgrew
"Choosing Team Green Architects to design our home just outside of Queenstown, New Zealand, was among the best decisions we’ve ever made. From the outset, the team demonstrated an exceptional level of professionalism, creativity, and dedication to realising our vision."
— Ceilidh and Simon Calleia
HOME Green Home of the Year 2025
"Complexities that only a New Zealand topography can conjure; a dedication to treading lightly on the land, now and for years to come; and a setting deserving of such single-mindedness — these are the elements that combine to make real the vision that became Moonlight Tui Compound."
NZIA Presidents Award 2024
Sian Taylor
NZIA President's Award 2024
"Sian Taylor, one of the first Passive House-certified architects in Aotearoa New Zealand, co-established the New Zealand chapter of Architects Declare in 2019. Through this initiative and her architectural practice, Sian is a passionate advocate for regenerative design practices, reducing construction waste, accelerating the shift to low embodied Caron and non-toxic materials and minimising wasteful use of resources in the built environment."
— Statement from President of NZIA
NZIA National & Southern Awards Winner 2021
"Threepwood Passive House is a small, well-proportioned and robust family home that rests lightly amid its beautiful South Island surroundings. Its bold and simple form mimics the slope of the land, while inside two levels connected by a ladder and tiny playroom create flexible spaces for work and living. Through clever and compact planning, the functionality of entry, kitchen and laundry are merged, and generous volumes make living areas feel spacious and light."
— Statement from Southern Awards judges
NZIA Southern Architecture Awards Winner 2021
"Conceived around a courtyard, this house is arranged to skilfully respond to its unique suburban site. While facing the street to the front, at the rear the house overlooks farmland that evokes fond memories for the clients. The home’s interior circulation, judiciously arranged around the edge of the courtyard, enables the artist owner to engage with the exterior from her studio. The employment of white surfaces throughout further emphasises the unity of the overall design."
— Statement from judges
NZIA Southern Architecture Awards Winner 2020
"Achieving comfortable luxury, this project demonstrates in an exemplary manner the realisation of a sustainable design philosophy in a large-scale residential development."
— Statement from judges
NZIA Southern Architecture Awards Winner 2017
"The design for this house was inspired by the sustainable ethics of architect and client. The approach is epitomised by the living area, wonderfully calm within a beautifully proportioned space."
— Statement from judges
NZIA Southern Architecture Awards Winner 2015
"This is a relaxed retreat for guests and a break-out zone from the formality and large scale of the primary residence. While it has its pared back simplicity of getting away from it all, the building has the character of a 5 Star DOC hut."
— Statement from judges
Siân Taylor is Made Fellow of the Institute (FNZIA) – 2023
"The Institute Board may admit as a Fellow any Architect Member, Academic Member or Retired Member who has: achieved a high standing in the profession or obtained a degree of eminence therein; or given meritorious service to the profession of architecture or to the Institute; and been engaged in the practice of architecture in any capacity or sphere of endeavour for a period of at least seven years."
— Statement from NZIA website
Abode Magazine May/June 2025
Our Riverview Road project was featured in this issue of Abode Magazine.
HOME Magazine April/May 2025
HOME Magazine featured our award-winning Moonlight Tui project in this issue.
Abode Magazine May/June 2024
Our Ayrshire Lane project featured in this issue of Abode Magazine.
Abode Magazine May/June 2022 Front Cover
Our Oliver's Ridge project featured on the front cover of this issue of Abode Magazine.
Here Magazine Issue 02 Front Cover 2021
The Team Green Passive House featured on the front cover of this issue of Here Magazine.
NZ House & Garden Front Cover Feature July 2021
Our Cotter Avenue project was featured on the front cover of this issue of NZ House & Garden.
Architecture Now Interview March 2020
Siân Taylor discussed her founding of the New Zealand Architects Declare movement in this interview with Architecture Now.
Architecture Now Feature 2023
Our Hawthorn Contemporary Farmhouse was revisited as part of this Architecture Now feature.
Architecture Now Feature 2019
Our Oliver's Ridge project was spotlighted in this feature for Architecture Now.
Architecture Now Feature September 2019
Siân Taylor discussed the launch of the New Zealand Architects Declare movement in this interview with Architecture Now.
Urbis Issue 110 Feature June 2019
Urbis Magazine featured our Oliver's Ridge project in this issue.
Metropol August 2017
Our award-winning Slopehill Road project featured in this issue of Metropol Magazine.
MiNDFOOD April 2017
Siân Taylor and Mark Read were interviewed for this issue of MiNDFOOD Magazine, featuring our Slopehill Road project.
The Design Guide Issue 06 May 2016
This interview with The Design Guide discussed future-thinking homes, featuring our Frankton SIPs Panel House.
Houses Issue 36 Front Cover June 2015
Our Hawthorn Contemporary Farmhouse featured on the front cover of this issue of Houses Magazine.
Urbis Issue 85 Feature April 2015
Siân Taylor and Mark Read were interviewed for this issue of Urbis Magazine.
