A 100% New Zealand-owned practice, ninety years in.

Babbage is a 100% New Zealand-owned multi-discipline professional consultancy offering 'one-stop-shop' design solutions and tailored specialist expertise across Architecture, Ecology, Engineering, Infrastructure, Land Development and Project Management.

Our reputation for innovation stems from our focus on solving problems, using critical thinking, and providing our clients with creative solutions, no matter how small or large the project.

Our success is rooted in a client-centric philosophy where we take the time to understand each client's unique requirements, enabling us to tailor solutions that are practical, cost-effective, and commercially sound. We are committed to sustainable principles, ensuring our solutions meet current and future needs.

With almost 90 years as an industry leader, our dedicated team of 240 brings expertise and innovative solutions to clients from our offices in Auckland, Hamilton, Christchurch and Melbourne. This network allows us to provide our services throughout New Zealand, ensuring clients benefit from our collective expertise and experience.

Our history

Babbage was founded in 1936 by Alister Babbage and Lionel Faram. Over the decades, Babbage has expanded its expertise and services, becoming a leading multi-disciplinary consultancy in New Zealand.

Preview note: this page carries Babbage's own published words about the practice, unchanged. The full history timeline and the awards table on the current site would come across as they are.