Architectural stone sourcing and fabrication in Auckland
In architectural stone, technology creates precision. Experience and judgement decide the result.
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Granite Workshop is a family-owned and managed Auckland architectural stone specialist providing expert stone sourcing, digital templating, stone fabrication and installation from our Glenfield premises since 2000.
We work in marble, quartzite, onyx, granite, travertine, limestone, low-silica engineered stone and large-format porcelain.
Architects, designers, builders, developers and cabinetmakers bring us the design intent. We bring the material knowledge, technical capability and award-winning craftsmanship to realise it seamlessly.
Decades of Expertise. Personally Accountable.
Since 2000
Granite Workshop has been a leader of Auckland’s architectural stone industry for nearly three decades, building its reputation through skilled people, technical knowledge, innovation and consistently high standards of workmanship.
Today, Granite Workshop is a New Zealand family-owned business, led by Mark and Sue Hopwood since 2018, with their son James working across sales and projects as an architectural stone consultant.
For our clients and project partners, family ownership means direct access to the people responsible for the business. Decisions are made quickly, senior expertise remains close to the project, and accountability stays with us from first discussion to final installation.
Since 2018, we have continued to invest in specialist people, advanced stone fabrication technology and new material capability, including becoming the exclusive New Zealand distributor of iStone by Inalco.
The business has evolved, but one thing has remained constant: the quality of the finished work begins with the people behind it.
The people behind the stone
Technology gives us precision. Experience and judgement determine the final result.
Our workshop is led by four master stone artisans, each with 30–35 years of experience in stone fabrication and installation. They are supported by a team of the most highly skilled stone masons in manufacturing, specialist templaters and installers who understand the behaviour of natural stone and the accuracy required for complex architectural details.
They are why we are the trusted project partners for delicate marble, onyx, travertine, large format porcelain, limestone, quartzite — materials that move, carry fissures, and punish a wrong cut.
Mark Hopwood — Managing Director
Mark brings 30 years of leadership experience across construction, property, manufacturing and engineering, including senior executive roles.
Having led large construction and manufacturing businesses, he understands the importance of programme, coordination, accuracy and accountability. That leadership and experience shape the way Granite Workshop approaches every project — from planning and technical problem-solving through to fabrication, scheduling and installation.
For clients and project teams, it means a practical, commercially experienced approach focused on delivering the stone scope accurately, efficiently and seamlessly.
Joe Gibson — Commercial Director
Joe has spent his working life in stone. He learned stone masonry from his father in the United Kingdom before establishing and running his own stone importing and manufacturing business for 20 years.
His experience also includes senior purchasing roles with a major stone wholesaler and hands-on technical templating, giving him an unusually broad understanding of stone from quarry and slab selection through to fabrication and installation.
Joe’s specialist knowledge of natural stone varieties, their characteristics, performance and fabrication requirements is an important resource for our clients and project partners. He is particularly valued by industry peers when a material, detail or technical challenge requires experienced judgement and a practical solution.
Capability
CNC machining and waterjet cutting, so internal cutouts are radiused, and there are no stress risers for a crack to start from. The latest Pro Liner digital templating. Full-sheet handling for large-format porcelain, interior and exterior. Wet processing throughout — no dry cutting, in the workshop or on site.
What we build with it:
- Kitchen benchtops, splashbacks and mitred waterfall islands
- Integrated bathroom vanities and hand-carved basins
- Fire surrounds and hearths
- Stone stairs, treads and risers
- Book-matched wall features and cladding
- Bespoke architectural pieces for residential, commercial and superyacht interiors
From slab selection and digital templating to fabrication, hand finishing and installation, one Granite Workshop team carries the complete stone scope, so complex details are resolved, the design intent holds and accountability stays in one place.
Talk with one of our stone specialists
Come and visit to view the stone options or speak with one of our stone specialists.
209B Archers Road, Glenfield · Monday to Friday 7.30am–4pm · Saturday by appointment, 9am–12pm
Book a slab viewing. Send drawings for pricing.
Stone sourcing across the New Zealand market
Stone selection is a technical decision as much as an aesthetic one. Before a slab is committed, we assess whether its veining, fissures and thickness suit the detail — a book-matched Calacatta splashback, a mitred waterfall island, a cantilevered stair tread — and how it will read in the finished space.
We are the exclusive New Zealand distributor of iStone large-format porcelain by Inalco, and have led supply and fabrication of large-format porcelain since 2015.
Talk to one of our architectural stone specialists today or visit our showroom.
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Showroom Address: Granite Workshop 209b Archers Road, Glenfield, Auckland
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Opening Hours:
OPEN; Monday to Friday 7:30 am - 4 pm. Saturday: By appointment 9 am -12noon.
Please call or email sue@graniteworkshop.co.nz to arrange a stone consultation or slab viewing
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Email: sue@graniteworkshop.co.nz
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Phone: (09) 443-1064