Thousands of New Zealand homes have been affected by the leaky buildings crisis (file photo).
OPINION: An architect is commonly regarded as the author of a building. In reality, they work with a large team of people – including the client, the client’s builder, and an array of suppliers and manufacturers – all of whom are responsible for producing a good outcome. It is therefore unjust and inaccurate to place blame for a leaky building solely on an architect. Despite being designed and built to code, thousands of New Zealand homes constructed in the early to mid-2000s were affected by the leaky buildings crisis, where materials and construction methods used were retrospectively found to have weathertightness issues.