Kōtuitui Terraces — Master Builders Award 2021 / Gold Medal — HOME Magazine / Home of the Year, Multi Unit 2021 / Finalist Manukau Kōtuitui in Māori means ‘to connect’, a name gifted by Te Ākitai Waiohua to the development. These homes connect to mana whenua, to the land, to the community, the landscape and…
Kōtuitui Terraces Stage II Kōtuitui in Māori means ‘to connect’, a name gifted by Te Ākitai Waiohua to the development. These homes connect to mana whenua, to the land, to the community, the landscape and the city. The intention was to create a new connected community in the affordable, social sector of the housing market.…
HOKONUI Otahuhu Hokonui is a medium-density community social housing project for Kāinga Ora. It is an exercise in regeneration and provides solidity and substance to people’s lives through substantial and permanent materials while acknowledging its surroundings — bricks and bay windows.
The Orange (Crosson Clarke Carnachan Architects) — NZIA Award 2016 / Auckland Newton This project is the refurbishment of a significant landmark heritage building – the Orange the Orange Coronation Hall on Auckland’s Newton Road – and a new mixed-use development on the same site, resulted from a design competition. The brick and plaster building, designed in 1922…
ST HELIERS BAY TOWN HOUSES Auckland The intention was to design a modern medium density development that way sympathetic with the existing building stock yet unashamedly modern. The house has a relatively small footprint and is arranged vertically around the stair. The home has access from the South over a landscaped garden and pool to…
REFUGEE RESETTLEMENT CENTRE Mangere Underpinning this project is the desire to project a strong sense of place for a group of people previously displaced, a welcome and a harbour for those buffeted by circumstance. It seeks to reinforce the traditions, lifestyle and visual environment of Aotearoa/New Zealand, while introducing subtle references and familiar elements from…
BOATHOUSE BAY Snells Beach A medium density development designed for Special Projects Team at the Snells Beach settlement, north of Auckland. A variety of compact housing plan types are provided, designed in cert with the site layout and masterplanning. The design reflects a traditional boatshed typology, with a contemporary overlay of materials and building forms. Efficient…
STEP ISLAND LODGE Bay of Islands
WILSHER VILLAGE Henderson A Multi unit residential and aged care competition project for McConnell Properties, in association with Landscape Architect Boffa Miskell.
TALBOT PARK SOCIAL HOUSING -Housing New Zealand NZIA Local 2007 Award for Architecture Glen Innes The project involved the design of 24 two bedroom apartments as part of the Housing New Zealand Talbot Park renewal in Glen Innes. The development is envisaged as a landmark housing and community redevelopment. Existing state owned units were removed…
BREATHE COMPETITION Christchurch This design explores a new way of contemporary urban living in post-earthquake Christchurch. It seeks to achieve a mixed use, low rise, eco-friendly community within the devastation that has occurred. It proposes a contemporary approach to city regeneration. An approach that has occurred many times before in places that have experienced man…
HNZC WALTERS ROAD DEVELOPMENT Mt Wellington The Intentions for the design of Walters Road development for Housing New Zealand Corporation is about setting “best practice” principles in achieving good quality houses and streets for the occupants. It recognises the issues of land use efficiency, community and suburban sprawl. Through good planning and architecture these issues…
GALLAHER AGED CARE Manurewa
HOUSING INTEGRATION PROJECT Auckland The proposal maximizes active frontages to, and overlooking, Merton Road Reserve (two boundaries) and Merton Road. Circulation spaces within the development are transformed by layout and detail into living streets where residents are able to engage or withdraw from the activity around them. Kitchens overlook stairwells and entrances. Living spaces within…
BROWNS BAY APARTMENTS Auckland A waterfront site in Browns Bay accommodates a new mixed use development. The retail precinct on street level is sheltered by a tensile fabric verandah which reflects its nautical position. The apartments are shuttered for sun control and privacy.
TAMAKI TRANSFORMATION PROJECT Auckland