Award-winning architect Geoff Lentz has established a strong body of residential work across the Waikato, including the notable Red Shed. His architectural practice is characterised by a thoughtful approach to materiality, proportion and the relationship between buildings and their surroundings.

With a career spanning architecture and design, Lentz is interested in how carefully considered details can shape the experience of a space. His work reflects a belief that good design should be both purposeful and expressive, responding to its environment while creating a distinct sense of place.

In 2026, Lentz enters an exciting new chapter with the launch of his first lighting collection. Moving from architecture into the world of objects, the collection explores light as a design element — considering its ability to shape atmosphere, mood and perception within an interior.

The collection extends Lentz’s architectural thinking to a more intimate scale, where form, material and illumination come together. Each piece reflects his interest in simplicity, function and the relationship between light and space.

Presented for the first time as a collection, this marks a significant step in Lentz’s creative practice and offers an insight into how an architect approaches the design of an everyday object.