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Architecture Studio

Architectural designer · Christchurch Centre, Christchurch

What your customers see when they look for you, and where that puts you among 252 Christchurch architects.

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Checked12 October 2026
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Architecture Studio

Architectural designer · Christchurch Centre, Christchurch

Where you stand#174of 252 architects
Overall health3.1/10across the eight areas

Going well

07Google search and traffic7.001Google listing6.6

Where we can help

08Opening hours4.402Reviews3.505Facebook page3.004Listings and social1.303Map positions0.406Your website-
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What AI tells people about you

Architecture Studio Ltd is a design-based practice in Christchurch Central City, founded by Richard Tunstall and Richard McNeill in 2004. The studio offers architecture, interior design, master planning, sustainable design and workplace consultancy from a creative studio in the Canterbury region, with a stated aim to contribute positively to Christchurch and greater Canterbury.

Architecture Studio Ltd is a design-based architectural practice located in Christchurch Central City. Formed in 2004 by Richard Tunstall and Richard McNeill, the studio operates from a creative workspace within the Canterbury region.

The practice lists architecture, interior design, master planning, sustainable design and workplace consultancy among its core services. The website presents a focus on design-led work across these areas, reflecting a combined interest in buildings, interiors and planning.

They describe themselves as a design-based practice rooted in the local area. Project work typically involves architectural and interior design input, planning at broader site or master-plan scales, attention to sustainable design principles and workplace consultancy services for organisations seeking design guidance.

Locally, the studio emphasises a connection to Christchurch and greater Canterbury; both founders grew up in the region and say they want to make a positive difference to the city and province. That local identity and a multi-disciplinary service mix distinguish Architecture Studio within Christchurch.

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Your Google listing

Architecture Studio shows a healthy Google Business Listing with a 7.3 out of 10. The key strengths are a claimed listing, an active phone number, a website link, and clear open status, which supports accessibility for customers. The main opportunity is to grow photos and describe services further to lift the listing above the bottom quartile.

Strengths

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    Open statusYour listing shows the business as trading, so customers see accurate availability and Google treats the listing as live.
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    ClaimedYour listing is claimed, so you control what it says, you can reply to reviews, and edits suggested by the public come to you first.
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    NameYour business name is showing on the listing, so a customer searching for you by name finds you, and everything else on the listing hangs off it.

Top three opportunities

  • 1
    Description lengthYour description gives a reader less than half the listings here do, so someone reading yours and then a competitor's gets less to go on from you.
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    Photos on the listingYou have fewer photos than nearly every business here, so a customer comparing you against them builds a picture of their work and guesses at yours.
  • 3
    Category fitYour category set covers less of this market than half the field, so there are jobs being searched for near you that your listing is not eligible to appear in.
11 checks on your Google listing. You're seeing 6 of them.
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From the business

Architecture Studio Ltd is a design based practice formed by Richard Tunstall and Richard McNeill , in 2004. We operate from a creative space, located in Christchurch, New Zealand. Having both grown up in the Canterbury region we have a strong desire to make a positive difference to the City of Christchurch and the greater Canterbury province.

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Google listingChristchurch architects · 252 businesses
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02ReviewsMarketbase business report

Your reviews

The Architecture Studio shows a very low overall Google Business health score, indicating potential customers may be cautious. The top findings are a lack of reviews and no response to existing reviews, which undermines trust. Encouraging happy clients to leave reviews and starting a consistent reply routine are the most important first steps.

Strengths

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Top three opportunities

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    Review confidenceYour rating and your review count together put you at the bottom of this market - either the rating is low, or there are too few reviews behind it for anyone to trust it.
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    Star ratingYou have no star rating yet, so a customer scanning results sees an empty space where every other business shows a number.
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    Response rateNone of your reviews have a reply, which means a customer reading them sees your happiest and your angriest customers with nothing from you in between.
4 checks on your reviews. You're seeing 3 of them.
3.5Room to grow
What customers seeWhere you rank
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Google reviewsChristchurch architects · 252 businesses
You are #163 for your Google reviews
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Where you show up on the map

The Maps search health for Architecture Studio is very low, with a 0.2 out of 10 health score, indicating limited visibility in Google Maps. The strongest findings show some presence in broader maps queries and two keywords perform relatively well: "architecture firm in st albans" and "architecture firm in broomfield" reaching positions 18 and 20 respectively. Focus should remain on improving the aggregate and borough scores to move out of the low visibility bracket.

Strengths

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Top two opportunities

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    Maps visibility across the city groupYou appear in a handful of Maps searches across the suburbs around you, far fewer than most businesses here.
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    Maps visibility in your own suburbWe are not seeing you in Maps searches in your own suburb, which is the search a customer standing a street away actually makes.
2 checks on your map positions. You're seeing both.
0.4Room to grow
What customers seeWhere you rank
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1Seen in 2 searches across Christchurch, top three in none
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Map positionsChristchurch architects · 252 businesses
You are #243 for map positions
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Where customers find you

Architecture Studio shows very low health in presence and directory listings, at 0.1/10. The top opportunities concern creating or activating profiles on Instagram, Facebook, TikTok, and LinkedIn (personal and company), to improve local visibility and trust with customers.

Strengths

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    NZIA PracticeWe can see your NZIA Practice listing (https://nzia.co.nz/mc-architecture-studio-ltd) found via: Google search results.

Top three opportunities

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    Having a Facebook page at allWe could not find an active Facebook Profile page for your business, so anyone who goes there to check your hours, read your posts or send a message lands on nothing.
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    Instagram ProfileWe could not find an active Instagram Profile profile for your business, so a customer who looks for you there finds nothing.
  • 3
    Tiktok ProfileWe could not find an active TikTok account for your business, so anyone who looks for you there finds nothing.
18 checks on your listings and social. You're seeing 4 of them.
1.3Room to grow
What customers seeWhere you rank
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FacebookNo account found1
InstagramNo account found2
TiktokNo account found3
Listings and socialChristchurch architects · 252 businesses
You are #219 for listings and social
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Your Facebook page

Strengths

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Top opportunity

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    Facebook pageCriticalWe could not find an active Facebook Profile page for your business, so anyone who goes there to check your hours, read your posts or send a message lands on nothing. Shown at a typical score for this market.
9 checks on your Facebook page. You're seeing 1 of them.
3.0Room to grow
What customers seeWhere you rank
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Facebook pageChristchurch architects · 252 businesses
You are #176 for your Facebook page
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Your website

Architecture Studio's on-page health scores well overall, with a high health rating of 8.3 out of 10. The most notable findings show strong title tag and HTTPS-secure content, plus an SEO-friendly URL and no frames. Opportunities focus on meta description precision, boosting character count, improving text-to-page ratio, and reducing render-blocking resources.

Strengths

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    Page titleYour home page headline fits a search result exactly, so the whole line reads to someone scanning a page of results rather than cutting off mid-phrase.
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    Domain UniquenessYour web address is yours alone, so everything your site earns - links, mentions, search standing - accumulates under your name and stays with the business.
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    FaviconThe tab your site opens in carries your own icon, so a customer with a dozen tabs going can find their way back to you by sight.

Top three opportunities

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    Separate sites linking to youOnly a handful of separate websites link to yours, well behind most of this market.
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    Domain HealthYour site answers, but something did not check out - an insecure link, a redirect chain, a domain shared with other businesses, or a listing pointing at a social page.
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    The shape of your link profileYour links come from fewer separate sites than most profiles the size of yours.
23 checks on your website. You're seeing 6 of them.
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What customers seeWhere you rank
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How people find you on Google

Architecture Studio shows a healthy overall website traffic profile with a 7.6/10 health score. The strongest area is organic traffic value in the local market, while paid traffic is underutilised with clear opportunities to begin targeted campaigns and landing pages. Focusing on consistent content, better SEO fundamentals, and small paid tests can lift visibility and potential customers.

Strengths

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Top three opportunities

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    What you spend on adsWe can see no paid search activity for your site, which in most local markets is the norm rather than a gap.
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    Monthly ad visitsYour site receives no visitors from paid search, which for most local businesses in this market is the norm rather than a problem.
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    Monthly search visitsYour site draws fewer visitors from search than half the businesses here, so competitors are picking up searches you could be answering.
6 checks on your search and traffic. You're seeing 3 of them.
7.0Good
What customers seeWhere you rank
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3About 77 visits a month from search, across 54 searches
Google search and trafficChristchurch architects · 252 businesses
You are #77 for Google search and traffic
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Your hours against demand

Architecture Studio's opening hours show strong midweek alignment with local demand, particularly around weekday lunchtime, but notable gaps at weekend peaks. The studio is open during several high-demand weekday lunch hours (Wednesday 11-12pm, Wednesday 12pm, Tuesday 12pm and Thursday 12-1pm), yet closed across the busiest Saturday and Sunday midday periods. No low-demand open hours were identified.

Strengths

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Top opportunity

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    Hours aligned with demandYour hours line up with demand worse than nearly every business here, which means a good share of your open time passes with nobody looking for what you do.
1 check on your opening hours. You're seeing it.
4.4Room to grow
What customers seeWhere you rank
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Hours 1
Monday8am-5pm
Tuesday8am-5pm
Wednesday8am-5pm
Thursday8am-5pm
Friday8am-5pm
SaturdayClosed
SundayClosed
Opening hoursChristchurch architects · 252 businesses
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The next step

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These are your top 19 opportunities, from the 74 checks we run on every business. Tick any of them to see where it takes you.

01Google listing3 opportunities

02Reviews3 opportunities

03Map positions2 opportunities

04Listings and social3 opportunities

05Facebook page1 opportunity

06Your website3 opportunities

07Google search and traffic3 opportunities

08Opening hours1 opportunity

Where you'd stand#174of 252 Christchurch architects
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Christchurch architectsOverall · 252 businesses
You are #174 overall
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