Visionary clients can spark neighbourhood transformation. Discover why placemaking starts with long-term thinking, buzz, and soulful architecture.

What makes a place feel alive? True placemaking is about more than luxury apartments or retail turnover. It is about community, connection, and soulful design. Exploring Ponsonby’s decline and how thoughtful transport, materials, and street design could bring back its buzz and vibrancy. Michael Davies Architect NZ.

The final blog in the Sensory Architecture series explores how multi-sensory design creates spaces that resonate on a deeper, more human level.

Explore the role of sight in sensory architecture with Daedal. Discover how natural light, visual hierarchy, and material contrast enhance wellbeing and deepen our connection to space. Michael Davies Architect NZ.

Plastics labelled as ‘eco’, ‘green’, or ‘carbon-negative’ still contribute to microplastic pollution and disconnection from nature. Daedal explores why true sustainability means going beyond surface-level solutions.

Want a healthier building? Learn what questions to ask your architect, builder, or supplier to ensure your materials are non-toxic, sustainable, and good for both people and planet. Michael Davies of Daedal guides you with some options.

Natural materials like wool, timber, and stone outperform many man-made alternatives. At Daedal, Michael Davies Architect NZ explores why soulful, sustainable architecture starts with what nature already perfected.

Sustainable buildings can still cause harm. At Daedal, Michael Davies Architect NZ explores why regenerative and biophilic architecture must go further — restoring ecosystems, enriching lives, and creating soulful, living environments.

Auckland-based architect Michael Davies of Daedal explores the rising epidemic of visual noise in our cities. Is it time to rethink signage and trust human intuition again?

Great architecture begins with the land. Discover why landscape-led design leads to more resilient, soulful, and sustainable buildings – from city blocks to tiny homes. A Daedal perspective by Michael Davies Architect NZ.

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.

Discover why cities like Auckland need more than efficiency — they need soul. Michael Davies of Daedal Architecture explores how curiosity, vibrancy, and sensory richness create urban spaces that feel truly alive.

Discover the quiet power of lowercase architecture—human, soulful, and built for real life. Michael Davies Architect NZ explores the difference between buildings that perform and buildings that feel.

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.

Daedal explores how soulful, regenerative architecture goes deeper than sustainability—creating spaces that give back to nature, support wellbeing, and reconnect people to place.

Discover The Soulful Architecture Manifesto by Daedal—led by Michael Davies Architect NZ. A human-centered, biophilic, and emotionally resonant approach to contemporary architecture and sustainable design.

Discover why green roofs should be the standard for sustainable architecture. Michael Davies, NZ architect at Daedal, explores how biophilic design and soulful architecture can transform rooftops into thriving ecosystems. Learn the benefits, challenges, and real-world examples from Europe and beyond.

Explore essential biophilic design terminology with Michael Davies of Daedal. From biomimicry to bioarchitecture, learn how these concepts shape soulful, sustainable, and nature-integrated spaces in contemporary architecture.

Many modern buildings are filled with hidden toxins that impact our health and well-being. Michael Davies, Architect NZ and founder of Daedal, explores how greenwashing has misled us and why soulful architecture—rooted in natural materials and biophilic design—is the key to healthier, more connected spaces. Discover how toxin-free design can transform the way we live.

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.