Lightpath and library in awards
The Devonport Library, the pink Lightpath and a Hawke’s Bay school are among 28 of New Zealand’s best new buildings and structures.
The NZ Institute of Architects announced the national awards last night. Residential houses, apartments, a factory and a bus interchange are among those judged the best.
Athfield Associates won for the seaside Devonport library which the judges found had quickly become a valued community asset with “generous and engaging spaces, its combination of relaxed ambience and busy occupation lending it an admirable vitality”.
Monk Mackenzie, working with GHD, Landlab and Novare Design, won for the Auckland CBD path and bridge “fun as well as functional. It’s a surprising and uplifting project that sends a message that Auckland is becoming a people- centred city”.
RTA Studio won for Te Kura Kaupapa Maori o Ngati Kahungunu o Te Wairoa, a small Maori school in Wairoa in the northern Hawke’s Bay.
Parsonson Architects won for Wellington’s multi- unit Zavos Corner, while Patterson Associates won for a group of Banks Peninsula holiday houses.
Architectus’ Christchurch Bus Interchange was praised as a high quality public building while Jasmax’s APL Factory in Hamilton was lauded as “a spacious light- filled working environment, already an architectural landmark”.
Tennent Brown Architects won for the Aro Ha Wellness Retreat at Glenorchy while McKinney + Windeatt Architects won for Fortieth & Hurstmere, the new arcade of cafes and restaurants in Takapuna.
St Cuthbert’s College Centennial Centre for Wellbeing in Epsom won in the education category for Architectus, “with one of the country’s best swimming pools in a venue that encourages both elite performance and enjoyable participation”.
Six new houses spread throughout New Zealand won residential awards. Small projects awards went to RTA Studio’s Cadrona Hut near Wanaka, Architectus’ Number 5 on Waiheke Island and Lynda Simmons Architect’s studio and garden room in the Peters House in Pakuranga.
The awards, sponsored by Resene, were announced in Wellington.