Interiors
As architect-led designers, we develop the spatial experience alongside the building itself, no briefing gap, no retrofit. The result is rooms that feel cohesive: material, light, and detail working as a single idea.
We design interiors from the inside out.
Swansea Street
Wellington, New Zealand
Q2
Queenstown, New Zealand
Our offering
First Light Studio is a Wellington architecture practice offering architect-led interior design and interior architecture throughout New Zealand - from full interior architecture delivered within our building projects, to standalone interior commissions and material consulting. Recent interiors include Swansea Street in Wellington and Q2 in Queenstown, alongside the kitchens, bathrooms and joinery of our NZIA award-winning homes.
AFull interior architecture
Kitchens, bathrooms, joinery, lighting, and material specification - delivered alongside your architecture project for a seamless outcome.
BStandalone interiors
Interior-only commissions for renovations, fit-outs, and spatial upgrades. We work with your existing structure to maximise what's already there.
cMaterial & colour
Focused engagements for clients who need expert guidance on palette, finishes, and specification without a full interior scope.
Selected architecture + interior projects
Your Questions, Answered
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Yes. Alongside our architecture work we take standalone interior commissions; renovations, fit-outs, and spatial upgrades. We work with your existing structure to maximise what's already there.
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Kitchens, bathrooms, joinery, lighting, and material specification, developed alongside the architecture itself. Because one team designs both, there's no briefing gap between building and interior.
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Interior design typically layers finishes and furnishings onto a finished building. Interior architecture shapes the spaces themselves; proportions, light, joinery, and materials as part of the building's design. We work this way from day one.
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We're based in Wellington and deliver projects throughout New Zealand, including Queenstown, the Kāpiti Coast, and the Waikato.
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Get in touch through our contact page. We'll talk through your project, scope, and timing before anything is committed to paper.
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It depends on scope: material and colour consulting is a focused fixed-fee engagement, standalone interior commissions are scoped and quoted per project, and full interior architecture is typically integrated into our architecture fee. We confirm scope and fees in writing before design begins.