The Hub in Christchurch Building

The Hub in Christchurch

Architects: The Buchan Group. Transformation of The Hub begun in late 2012 after a land swap with the Christchurch City Council enabled the realignment of Chalmers Street and an increase of the centre footprint to 25,000 sqm.

Auckland TVNZ Television Network Centre refurb

Auckland TVNZ Television Network Centre building | www.e-architect.com

Trans-Tasman architecture practice, Warren and Mahoney, has wins accolades for their refurbishment of the Auckland TVNZ Television Network Centre. The project won Best in Category for Architectural Design; Interior Design at the 2017 Good Design Awards, and Best International Design at the 2017 Australian Interior Design Awards.

Kopua House on Waiheke, NZ

Kopua House on Waiheke

Design: Daniel Marshall Architect. The site for this residence was a steep basin sloping down to the north east facing a sheltered bay on the eastern side of Waiheke Island. Two 100 year old Pohutakawa trees marked the transition from the earth to the sea.

Elizabeth Street House Auckland

Elizabeth Street House

Design: Dorrington Atcheson Architects. This family home fits the owners’ brief for an interpretation of contemporary living that celebrates the raw expression of materials with an unexpected combination of openness and enclosure.

Kirkmay House Kohimarama

Kirkmay House

Design: Dorrington Atcheson Architects. This tight site in Kohimarama granted the possibility to design a house on a reduced platform that dropped off to a cliff and pocket of native bush.

offSET Shed House in Gisborne, Residence

House in Gisborne

Design: Irving Smith Jack Architects. From a context of accrued simple shed-esk dwellings in an isolated and south facing New Zealand coastal surf community, a strategy of sequencing building ‘sets’ (aka surf) was generated to scale new form to its surrounds

Christchurch Convention Centre Precinct

Christchurch Convention Centre

Design: Woods Bagot, architects. This precinct is one of the few anchor projects in the Christchurch Blueprint that will be utilised on a daily basis by both Christchurch citizens and visitors and therefore must be meaningful to both audiences.

Easterbrook House in Titirangi, Auckland Property

House in Titirangi

Design: Dorrington Atcheson Architects. Taking its design cues from the utilitarian forms of a tent and a shed, this Titirangi home for an extended family is a duo of compact buildings that uses a humble set of materials to allow the landscape its rightful place in the scheme.

House Under Eaves Point Wells

House Under Eaves

Design: MRTN Architects. Situated in a new development less than an hour from Auckland this new house was one of the first built on a flat site that has been split up to create well sized semi-suburban semi-coastal sections on what was once rural land.

Boatsheds on Takapuna Beach

Boatsheds

Design: Strachan Group Architects. On a tight, compact urban site, close to Takapuna Beach in Auckland, New Zealand, the three- stepped gables of these black ‘boatsheds’ appropriately reference boating and beach life.

Te Hihi House in Karaka, NZ

Te Hihi House

Design: Strachan Group Architects. Having bought a farm building in Karaka, near Auckland, NZ, the clients wanted to convert the building into a 3 bedroom home with space for guests. They wanted a contemporary house that would blend in with the surroundings.

Castle Rock Beach House Whangarei Heads

Castle Rock Beach House in Whangarei Heads

Design: Herbst Architects. New photos of this building designed for occupation in the summer months. Boundaries between the built form and nature are challenged to heighten the experience of immersion in nature. The architects reference the nostalgia surrounding the “Kiwi bach”.

Mt. Beautiful Tasting Room Cheviot, New Zealand

Mt. Beautiful Tasting Room in Cheviot New Zealand

Design: The Buchan Group, Architects. Premium wine brand showcase – polished concrete counters coloured to mirror Hurunui stone from the local riverbed, while the counter dips to follow the alignment of the gully across which the vineyard spans.

Five Mile Retail Centre Queenstown

Five Mile Retail Centre Queenstown

Design: The Buchan Group, Architects. The first stage of the NZ$130 million Five Mile Retail Centre development at the gateway to Queenstown has begun welcoming residents and visitors alike, converting the site from an abandoned eyesore into an enticing state-of-the-art shopping precinct.

Timaru CBD Complex, South Island

Timaru CBD Complex for Bayhill Developments

Design: The Buchan Group, Architects. The former Hydro Grand Hotel, now dilapidated, in the heart of Timaru will make way for a $42 million hotel, apartment and corporate office complex with three separate buildings.

85 Customs Street Development Auckland

85 Customs Street Development

Mott MacDonald Architects is designing 85 Customs Street, a new mixed-use development in Auckland, New Zealand on behalf of Shundi Customs Limited. Once complete, the 52-storey residential tower will become the city’s tallest, adding a new dynamic to the skyline.