The Studio
Jared Lockhart Design is a landscape design practice based in Auckland, New Zealand. Since establishing his studio in 2011, Jared Lockhart has worked on a variety of projects, delivering timeless spaces with respect to their history and natural surroundings.
The Studio
Jared Lockhart Design is a landscape design practice based in Auckland, New Zealand. Since establishing his studio in 2011, Jared Lockhart has worked on a variety of projects, delivering timeless spaces with respect to their history and natural surroundings.
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Prior to launching his studio, Jared worked in London as an associate for eight years at Jinny Blom Landscape Design, creating high specification private gardens and classical landscapes within the UK, Continental Europe and the USA. He also worked for two years at Allen Pyke Associates, a leading landscape architectural practice in Cambridge, England. These formative years have helped shape Jared’s understanding of a diverse range of gardens to suit the needs of each client, from formal architecture to more organic spaces, combined with a personal sensibility that encourages each project to quietly and confidently mature through the seasons.
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Felix studied Landscape Architecture at Victoria University and earned his NZILA registration in 2023, previously working for Wraight & Associates in their Auckland and Wellington offices. With a strong passion for spatial design and the built landscape, Felix has contributed to a diverse range of complex public and private landscape projects.
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Neeve is trained in both Landscape Design and Fine Arts. Before joining Jared Lockhart Design in 2021, Neeve worked at Xanthe White Design on residential, commercial and installation garden projects. Neeve is a keen gardener with a passion for plants.
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Clara is a senior landscape architect with 10 years of experience at three Berlin-based award-winning firms — as project lead at Atelier Loidl and SCHÖNHERR LA, and as project team member at SINAI LA. Fluent in English, Portuguese, French and German. Clara’s creative background also includes ceramics and sculpture.
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Dan is the studio manager and is studying a diploma in Landscape Design. With experience as the creative director of Viva and as an editor at The New Zealand Herald, Dan has a passion for sustainable storytelling and design.
I aim to give every design a unique identity and sense of place through understanding the site and how the client wishes to use it.
Local geography, plant life, and climate all play a part in development of the character of a site.
Philosophy
I aim to give every design a unique identity and sense of place through understanding the site and how the client wishes to use it.
Gaining an appreciation of the site depends largely on its location.
For example, an urban town environment will likely be shaped by using the surrounding architecture as a reference point and guide. If the site is open or remote then the natural elements are the main considerations.
Local geography, plant life, and climate all play a part in development of the character of a site. The history of a space is also very important, as these historical layers help develop an understanding of how the landscape has and is to be used.
Taking all these elements into consideration allows me to create a space which is sympathetic to the natural surroundings, one which does not shout, but announces itself quietly within the greater landscape.
Above all else the design must be apt.