Auckland, Northland’s 50 best new, renovated, heritage buildings named: NZ Institute of Architects’ awards

Prime Minister Christopher Luxon cut the ribbon at today's ceremony. Video / Michael Craig

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Auckland and Northland’s 50 best new, renovated and heritage buildings have been named, with awards to the architects involved.

Te Kāhui Whaihanga the Institute of Architects announced the winners tonight at the New Zealand International Convention Centre (NZICC).

Warren and Mahoney, Moller Architects and Woods Bagot won interior and public architecture awards for that very venue, the new $1 billion NZICC.

Cheshire Architects won a commercial award for designing $30 million in refurbishments to the former Chief Post Office on Te Komititanga Square.

Cheshire and Salmond Reed won a heritage award for work on that building too.

Last month, the NZ Super Fund moved in to occupy the entire block, owned by Cooper and Company.

Hangar 4, Air New Zealand Airport Campus. Photo / Michael Craig

Studio Pacific Architecture won a commercial award for the new Air New Zealand Hangar 4 at Auckland Airport.

The institute described the building as the largest single-span timber arch aircraft hangar in the Southern Hemisphere.

Warren and Mahoney won an interior award for the new $300m Te Paeroa o Te Kawau Beca House on the waterfront.

Precinct Properties developed that block whose name means the shoreline of the kawau.

Beca House, the final stage of the Wynyard Quarter Innovation Precinct.

Commercial winners:

New offices at 50 Albert St, Auckland CBD won Architectus an Auckland area award from the Institute of Architects. The building was developed by Mansons TCLM. Photo / Simon Devitt

Heritage winners

Seven entries won heritage awards.

That was the most in this category since 2008 and represented the strength and renewed focus on preserving older buildings in Auckland’s ongoing redevelopment, the institute said.

Auckland Art Gallery heritage restoration project when it was being carried out.

Cooper and Company has completed an upgrade and restoration of the historic former Auckland Chief Post Office building. Photo / Samuel Hartnett

Hospitality winners

Awards in this category only went to new buildings at the $50m Te Arai golf course north of Auckland, developed by American billionaire Ric Kayne.

They were:

Te Arai Links northern clubhouse. Photo / Sam Hartnett

Interior winners

Public architecture winners

The New Zealand International Convention Centre in Auckland. Photo / Jono Parker

Multi-unit housing winners

Rongo Te Ata, a residential development in Pukekohe. Photo / Hamish Melville

A number of entries came from Northland, the institute said.

One went to Whangārei for public architecture in the new bus station on Rose St.

Moturua Island house, designed by Pete Bossley Architects. This is in the Bay of Island. Photo / Same Hartnett

Pete Bossley Architects won for its 1999 design of Motoura Island house in the Bay of Islands.

Rose St bus hub in Whangarei. Photo / Hamish Melville

Jury convenor and architect Rachael Rush of Klein Architects said the entries showed the transformative impact architecture could have on people’s lives.

Architects shape cities, support investment and create communities, she said.

Anne Gibson has been the Herald’s property editor for 26 years, written books and covered property extensively here and overseas.