Catalysts of Place: Why Visionary Clients Make All the Difference
Visionary clients can spark neighbourhood transformation. Discover why placemaking starts with long-term thinking, buzz, and soulful architecture.
Sensory Architecture Series: Designing for the Whole Human
The final blog in the Sensory Architecture series explores how multi-sensory design creates spaces that resonate on a deeper, more human level.
Sensory Architecture Series: Taste
Discover how taste influences architecture and placemaking. From multisensory design to the flavour of materials, Daedal explores how taste completes the sensory experience of soulful architecture.
Sensory Architecture Series: Sound
Sound shapes how we experience space, yet it is often overlooked in architecture. Discover how acoustic design enhances wellbeing, connection, and emotion in this sensory exploration from Daedal.
The Sound of the City: Designing with Noise in Mind
Discover how thoughtful acoustic design can transform noisy cities into soulful, human-centred environments. Michael Davies of Daedal Architecture explores how biophilic design and emotional architecture can restore calm, connection, and care to the soundscape of our urban spaces.
The Material Soul: Timber, Texture, and the Language of Care
Explore how timber’s texture and warmth create soulful spaces in architecture. Discover why thoughtful material choices like timber express care, longevity, and emotional connection. Michael Davies Architect NZ | Daedal.
Why Some Buildings Just Have That Feeling
Discover why some homes instantly feel like home. Michael Davies, Architect NZ, and Daedal explore the power of human-centered design, emotional architecture, and biophilic principles in creating soulful spaces that connect deeply with people and place.