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Design Workshop Architecture

Architecture firm · Brookhaven-Ferrymead, Christchurch

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

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Design Workshop Architecture

Architecture firm · Brookhaven-Ferrymead, Christchurch

Where you stand#178of 252 architects
Overall health2.9/10across the eight areas

Going well

08Opening hours9.203Map positions7.301Google listing7.005Facebook page6.804Listings and social6.5

Where we can help

02Reviews3.507Google search and traffic0.006Your website-
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What AI tells people about you

Design Workshop Architecture is a Ferrymead-based Christchurch architecture studio that focuses on homes, renovations, restaurants and commercial developments. They state they are devoted to achieving strong outcomes for clients and aim to make each project special, with a team committed to guiding projects through all phases of design and delivery.

Design Workshop Architecture is an architecture studio based in the Ferrymead suburb of Christchurch. They describe their work as covering new homes, renovations, restaurant fit-outs and lasting commercial developments, aiming to produce buildings that will be enjoyed for years to come.

They state a focus on delivering well-considered design outcomes and making each project distinctive. Services described by the firm include full-project involvement across all phases, from initial concept development through detailed design and construction coordination for residential and commercial clients.

Clients can expect a hands-on approach: the team says it works tirelessly throughout a project to achieve the intended result. The business highlights delivering "an amazing new home, perfectly fitting renovation, eye-catching restaurant, or lasting commercial development" as typical project types they take on.

Located in Ferrymead, Christchurch, Design Workshop Architecture positions itself as a full-service local architect for homeowners and commercial clients seeking an involved design team. Their stated emphasis on thorough project involvement and a range of project types helps define their local offering.

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01Google listingMarketbase business report

Your Google listing

Design Workshop Architecture shows a solid overall health on Google Business Listing with a 7.6 out of 10. The listing is claimed, open status is clear, and a direct phone number and website link are present, supporting easy customer contact. The remaining area to improve relates to listing photos and ongoing description optimisation.

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
    Category fitYour categories cover less of this market than nearly every competitor, so someone searching for a job you actually do is shown a list your listing was never entered into.
  • 2
    Photos on the listingThere are more pictures on most listings around you than on yours, so a customer flicking between them gets a fuller look at the businesses either side of you.
  • 3
    Description lengthYour description gives a reader more than most listings here do, so a customer choosing between three of you gets more of your case than of theirs.
11 checks on your Google listing. You're seeing 6 of them.
7.0Good
What customers seeWhere you rank
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Architecture firm · Brookhaven-Ferrymead1
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From the business

At Design Workshop Architecture we are devoted to getting the best results for our clients and adding making your project special. Due to this, the team will work tirelessly through all phases of the project to get you that amazing new home, perfectly fitting renovation, eye-catching restaurant, or lasting commercial development. Because buildings designed well will be enjoyed for years to come.

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Your reviews

Design Workshop Architecture shows below-average Google review health with a 2.9/10 health score and limited review activity. The strongest opportunity is to improve overall rating confidence by encouraging happy clients to share positive reviews and addressing negative feedback promptly. Building a modest base of reviews and starting to respond to existing ones can gradually boost trust.

Strengths

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Top three opportunities

  • 1
    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.
  • 2
    Star ratingYou have no star rating yet, so a customer scanning results sees an empty space where every other business shows a number.
  • 3
    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 Design Workshop Architecture is 7.6 out of 10, indicating a solid level of visibility in Google Maps. Top findings show strong performance in the suburb, with top rankings for several core keywords, and notable momentum in aggregate local results. Opportunities focus on further lifting suburb visibility and continuing to raise overall map presence.

Strengths

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Top two opportunities

  • 1
    Maps visibility across the city groupYou turn up across more of the surrounding suburbs than the middle of the field, so customers searching from outside your own patch are finding you.
  • 2
    Maps visibility in your own suburbYou show up in local Maps searches more often than nearly every business in your suburb, so a customer searching nearby sees you before most of your competition.
2 checks on your map positions. You're seeing both.
7.3Good
What customers seeWhere you rank
9:41
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Chaplin Crooks Architects5.0 ★ (16) · Architecture firm
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Design Workshop Architecture20.0 ★ (0) · Architecture firm
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Skews Architects5.0 ★ (1) · Architecture firm
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M2 Architecture5.0 ★ (2) · Architecture firm
Map positionsChristchurch architects · 252 businesses
You are #69 for map positions
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Where customers find you

Design Workshop Architecture shows a high overall health score of 8.0 out of 10, indicating strong social presence and trust signals. The business has established Instagram and Facebook profiles with very high trust scores and a LinkedIn Company listing. The top finding is the lack of active profiles on TikTok, LinkedIn personal or company completeness, TikTok Directory, GrabOne and Neighbourly profiles, which represent opportunities to improve local visibility.

Strengths

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    Having a Facebook page at allWe found your Facebook Profile page, and the trail is strong enough that nobody would question it is yours - it is linked from something you own, or it dominates a search for your name.
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    Instagram ProfileWe found your Instagram Profile page, and the trail between you and it is unambiguous - it is linked from something you own, or it dominates a search for your name.

Top three opportunities

  • 1
    Tiktok ProfileWe could not find an active TikTok account for your business, so anyone who looks for you there finds nothing.
  • 2
    Yellow ProfileWe could not find an active Yellow Profile listing for your business, which means anyone checking you there finds nothing and moves on to whoever is listed.
  • 3
    Neighbourly ProfileWe could not find an active Neighbourly Profile listing for your business, which means anyone checking you there finds nothing and moves on to whoever is listed.
18 checks on your listings and social. You're seeing 5 of them.
6.5Good
What customers seeWhere you rank
9:41
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TiktokNo account found1
YellowNo listing found2
NeighbourlyNo listing found3
Listings and socialChristchurch architects · 252 businesses
You are #90 for listings and social
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Your Facebook page

Strengths

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    Where your page link pointsThe link on your page goes to a domain that is yours, so a visitor who came for the photos leaves on your terms and the enquiry lands in your inbox rather than someone else's.
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    A page address you choseThe address on your page carries your business name, so a customer told about you at a barbecue can find the page by typing what they heard.
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    A phone numberA phone number shows on your page, so the person who found you on Facebook before they found your website can ring straight from it.

Top three opportunities

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    Recommendations on your pageNo recommendations sit on your page, so a stranger who came to see whether anyone else has used you leaves with only your own posts to go on.
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    What your page says about youYour intro runs to a line, shorter than most pages here, so it names the business without settling whether you do the particular job the reader came about or cover the suburb they live in.
  • 3
    People following your pageYour following sits ahead of half the pages here, so an ordinary post reaches a real local audience without you paying for it.
9 checks on your Facebook page. You're seeing 6 of them.
6.8Good
What customers seeWhere you rank
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Facebook pageChristchurch architects · 252 businesses
You are #81 for your Facebook page
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Your website

Design Workshop Architecture shows a low on-page SEO health score, indicating a weak baseline of technical optimisations. Key findings include missing homepage title tag and meta description, plus absence of a valid favicon. The site is served via HTTPS but links to HTTP resources. Addressing these areas will improve crawlability and trust, laying groundwork for future optimisation.

Strengths

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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.

Top three opportunities

  • 1
    On-page scoreYour home page did not return anything we can measure, and a page that will not answer a scanner is usually the same page that keeps a customer waiting.
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    Separate sites linking to youNo separate website links to yours.
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    Meta descriptionYour pages carry no summary line of your own, so the two lines under your name in search results are whatever Google decides best fits the search.
23 checks on your website. You're seeing 4 of them.
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What customers seeWhere you rank
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How people find you on Google

Design Workshop Architecture shows a low overall health for Website Traffic, with room to improve both organic and paid activity. The strongest signal is the need to build organic visibility from near-zero traffic and to start small paid campaigns to learn what works. Addressing content quality, on-page SEO, and targeted ads will begin to lift traffic and relevance for local clients.

Strengths

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Top three opportunities

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    What that traffic is worthSearch is delivering you nothing you would otherwise have to pay for.
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    Monthly search visitsYour site draws no measurable visitors from search, so the only people reaching it are ones you sent yourself.
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    Search terms you rank forYour site does not appear in search results for any terms we can measure, so nobody is finding it by searching for what you do.
6 checks on your search and traffic. You're seeing 3 of them.
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What customers seeWhere you rank
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At Design Workshop Architecture we specialize in bespoke architecturally designed homes, renovations, hospitality and commercial projects

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Your hours against demand

Design Workshop Architecture's opening hours partly match local demand: weekday midday slots (Tue 12pm, Wed 11-12pm, Thu 12-1pm) align with peak searches, but the studio is closed across the busiest weekend windows (Sat 11am-2pm, Sun 12pm) when local demand is strongest. No low-demand open hours were identified, so inefficiency is minimal. Adjusting a few Saturday hours could capture unmet demand.

Strengths

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Top opportunity

  • 1
    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.
9.2Strong
What customers seeWhere you rank
9:41
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Hours 1
Monday9am-5:30pm
Tuesday9am-5:30pm
Wednesday9am-5:30pm
Thursday9am-5:30pm
Friday9am-5:30pm
SaturdayClosed
SundayClosed
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01Google listing3 opportunities

02Reviews3 opportunities

03Map positions2 opportunities

04Listings and social3 opportunities

05Facebook page3 opportunities

06Your website3 opportunities

07Google search and traffic3 opportunities

08Opening hours1 opportunity

Where you'd stand#178of 252 Christchurch architects
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Christchurch architectsOverall · 252 businesses
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