Auckland War Memorial Museum

NZIA Practice: Noel Lane Architects and Peddle Thorp Architects in association

Category: Public Architecture

This bold intervention responds to a challenging brief using a characteristically New Zealand design strategy and aesthetic. A handcrafted timber ‘artifact’ houses an auditorium, two teaching rooms, plant and service rooms, as well as an events centre on top. It is placed within the existing museum courtyard, set to stand free of the surrounding heritage fabric yet aligned with the formal geometries of the existing architecture.

AUT Lecture Theatre & Conference Centre

NZIA Practice: RTA Studio

Category: Public Architecture

The strong sculptural forms of the theatre define the edge of the campus, serve to emphasise the through-site link to transport nodes, and create a square to provide public outdoor space. Materiality variation has been cleverly used to define spatial relationships and different functions in this successful project.

Saint Kentigern School – Jubilee Sports Centre

NZIA Practice: Architectus

Category: Public Architecture

A highly successful response to a challenging site, the form of this sports centre is organised in three parts comprising gymnasium, pavilion and services core. The bulk of the building is buried in a steep bank providing a vital link from the main school grounds to a lower, previously disjointed sports field. Changes in scale respond to the diverse conditions of the site, creating lively, well articulated facades. A balance of natural light within creates a welcoming, functional environment for this popular facility.

Te Whanau o Tupuranga

NZIA Practice: Jasmax Limited

Category: Public Architecture

This sensitive and thoughtful expansion of a bilingual school cleverly integrates new architecture into an existing building fabric. The architect’s consideration of the integrity of the existing structures has resulted in a powerful, functional and flexible place of learning. Budget constraints have been handled with imagination and empathy. Maori as tangata whenua of the school is reflected through its spatial hierarchy, selection of materials and sophisticated use of traditional colour.