Yanina Mashkina
Yanina Mashkina founded Concepts and Consents in 2021. As an architectural designer, she focuses on helping clients clearly understand how each design decision influences project scope, budget and buildability. Yanina supports projects through the complexities of New Zealand’s regulatory environment, helping navigate both the Resource Management Act and the Building Code to ensure designs meet the required criteria. Where challenges arise or aspects of a design do not initially comply, she works with clients and project teams to find practical, compliant solutions that keep projects moving forward.
About Concepts and Consents
Concepts and Consents is a boutique architectural and consenting practice based in Auckland, supporting residential projects across New Zealand. The practice focuses on the intersection of design, documentation and regulatory processes, helping clients and project teams move from early ideas through to council approvals with clarity and confidence. Concepts and Consents values thoughtful design, transparent communication and practical solutions, ensuring that projects are not only well considered architecturally, but also buildable, compliant and aligned with the realities of construction and planning frameworks.
Key areas of expertise:
• Architectural design for residential projects
• Renovations, alterations and residential extensions
• Interior design and spatial planning
• Architectural documentation and detailing (ArchiCAD)
• Building and resource consent applications
• Council coordination and planning processes
• Compliance strategy for complex or legacy projects