BOATHOUSE BAY / Snells Beach

BOATHOUSE BAY / Snells Beach

BOATHOUSE BAY Snells Beach Boathouse Bay is a medium density development situated at the north end of the Snells Beach settlement, north of Auckland. Crosson architects created the masterplan and designed a series of housing types to create a unique coastal community. The design reflects a traditional boatshed gable typology, with a reinterpreted contemporary take…

KŌTUITUI TERRACES / Stage II

KŌTUITUI TERRACES / Stage II

Kōtuitui Terraces — 2022 Property Council Awards / Community and Affordable Housing Property Award / Winner — 2022 Property Council Awards / Multi-Unit Residential Property Award / Winner — 2022 Commercial Project Awards / Residential / Gold — 2022 Commercial Project Awards / Residential / National Category Winner — 2023 NZIA Local Awards / Housing…

THE ORANGE (Crosson Clarke Carnachan Architects) / Newton

THE ORANGE (Crosson Clarke Carnachan Architects) / Newton

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…

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ST HELIERS BAY TOWN HOUSES / Auckland

ST HELIERS BAY TOWN HOUSES / Auckland

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

REFUGEE RESETTLEMENT CENTRE / Mangere

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…

TALBOT PARK / Glen Innes

TALBOT PARK / Glen Innes

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 DEVELOPMENT / Christchurch

BREATHE DEVELOPMENT / Christchurch

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

HNZC WALTERS ROAD DEVELOPMENT / Mt Wellington

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…

HOUSING INTEGRATION PROJECT / Auckland

HOUSING INTEGRATION PROJECT / Auckland

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…