The Team
After leaving Marlbough Boys College, Peter moved to Wellington and from 1975-81 studied Architectural Design while employed with the Ministry of Works. He gained his NZCD in 1975 from & Central Institute of Technology. In 1980 he travelled to London for the big OE and had a year’s contract work with various architectural practices. Peter moved to Taranaki in 1983 and designed for a Franchised Builder. From 1987-1991 he worked closely with a lease back developer and in that time completed new premises for; Ministry of Transport, Probation Services, ACC, NZI Life and Beaurepares. Roughan Design was established in 1991 and has always worked from a home based office. Peter has been specialising in mainly Residential work and has completed in excess of 2500 projects. Some of the larger light commercial projects within New Zealand have been: 5 Rest home/Retirement complexes, 3 Motel Complexes and many industrial warehouses. “I love my family life, sport & leisure activities. I am married to Julie and have 5 children from 12 to 26 years, who I love spending time with. Working from home enables me to follow my kid’s busy sports & cultural interests. I can fit my work around my family. I often work unusual hours to meet deadlines as required. One of my interests is squash and have being playing competitively for over 38 years with a current NZ grade of B1. In NZ Masters squash I been ranked 4th for the past 5 years in my age group. I am keen on keeping fit and ran my first marathon at 50years old.”…...
Julie Roughan Emily Roughan (Part Time)  |  |
Peter Roughan