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Thoughtful Architecture, Built Around You

Thoughtful Architecture, Built Around You

Single-storey rural home with stone cladding and native planting, designed by Chilton + Mayne architectural designers, Canterbury

Considered architecture
for the way you live.

Good architecture is about more than appearance, it’s about creating spaces that function beautitully, feel timeless, and respond naturally to the people who live within them.

A practice built on relationships.

Two-storey white weatherboard country home with dark metal roof and formal courtyard garden, rural Canterbury – Chilton + Mayne architectural designers

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Whether it’s a new home, a commercial build, or something still taking shape — we’d love to hear about it.

What our Clients Say


Longbeach House

We really enjoyed our house planning experience with Garry and his team, it was a process that had Garry understanding exactly what we wanted for the house and his ideas were spot on.

This is the first time we have built a house and Garry’s meticulous planning made it a fun and enjoyable process, with his guidance and vision we feel we are now living in the perfect house.

The house sits beautifully on our section and makes the most of the views and the sun and it is a fantastic home to be bringing up our family in.

— Pete & Jayne McLaren

Precision Cutting HQ

I approached Garry with a floor plan for our indented workshop, showing only plant size and location. We discussed how I intended the office/workshop flow would work and a brief overview of the look I was looking for.

Garry came back with an overall design including the office block that changed very little to what we have today. Garry pretty much hit the brief straight up.

— Josh O’Malley

Rural Retirement

We commissioned Chilton Mayne Architecture to design our dream home.

They came highly recommended and our initial contact with David Chilton, filled us with confidence.

David and his team were a pleasure to work with throughout and successfully converted our dreams to reality.

We would not hesitate to recommend them for any project where innovation, expertise and accuracy is paramount .

— Kevin and Megan Cahill

The Perfect Blend

The concept imagery completely sold the project for us. It allowed us to see exactly what our home could become and gave us confidence in every design decision. David and the team made the whole process easy, enjoyable and collaborative, and the finished home has exceeded our expectations. We wouldn’t hesitate to recommend Chilton + Mayne.

— Dougal Anderson

Tuscany Downs

I can quite honestly say that the project was a pleasure and I actually missed David’s intelligent sense of calm and style when it was all finished up. Now the house and garden spatially fit into their surroundings as if they had been that way for years. it’s created an entire feeling of freedom, clam and country. They turned the lifestyle we had dreamed of into a reality.

— Carol Reilly