2022 New Zealand Architecture Awards Winner
Brandon House
This refurbishment preserves and repurposes an ageing structure on a prominent city corner. Detailed research thoroughly considered the building’s lifecycle costs, establishing that reuse and spatial optimisation was economically and environmentally feasible. Appropriate use of timber allows the retained concrete structure to be extended vertically by three floors. A taut skin of bronze glazing stretches across the elegant tower, with a considered streetscape to the base, and crisp metal-clad capital at a high level. The intelligently reorganised commercial floor plan captures precious harbour views at upper levels. The curved corner softens the façade, reflecting adjacent buildings and adding a dramatic internal experience of the street below.
- Practice
- Studio of Pacific Architecture Limited
- Category
- Commercial Architecture
- Location
- Wellington
