Jasmax (formerly known as JASMaD) is a multidisciplinary architecture and design firm with offices across New Zealand and Australia. Their projects range from architecture, interior design and landscape architecture to building conservation, urban design and sustainable architecture.
Jasmax has been in operation since 1963, providing services in architecture, interior design, landscape architecture and urban design. Originally 'JASMaD', it was founded by five directors, Stephen A. Jelicich, John Austin, Graham Smith, Ivan Mercep and Rodney Davies. In 1989, JASMaD merged with two smaller architectural practices, Bossley Cheshire Architects (Pete Bossley and Pip Cheshire) and Gibbs Harris (Richard Harris and David Gibbs), and became Jasmax. From 1989 to 1996, Bossley took on the role of director of Jasmax, and Cheshire from 1989 to 2003.
Their head office is in Auckland, New Zealand and they have about 260 staff, and they are internationally recognised for their work in cultural design. Jasmax has opened two studios in Australia, in Sydney in 2022, and then in Melbourne in 2025. In 2019, Sjoerd Post was the CEO and Matthew Glubb was a principal of the firm. In 2023, Matthew Glubb was appointed as CEO.
In 2015, Jasmax established the Waka MÃÂia team, made up of MÃÂori and Pasifika designers. The name Waka MÃÂia, refers to a courageous and hopeful journey forward and was gifted by Haare Williams. Elisapeta Heta is noted as a core member of the teams establishment and development.
A new manifesto in 2019 redirected Jasmax's design philosophy, 'to elevate the cultural design conversation in New Zealand'. The practice's approach to Indigenous design works alongside MÃÂori, Pasifika and First Nations communities from project conception to completion.
In 2020, Jasmax launched their Pathway to Net Zero Carbon Design which aims to achieve carbon neutral buildings by 2030. Their sustainability goals are part of a broader design philosophy, to strengthen connections between culture, nature and design. In 2023, the University of Auckland's B201, designed by Jasmax received a 6 Green Star rating from the New Zealand Green Building Council, making it the highest- rated Green Star certified building in New Zealand.