2023 Auckland Architecture Awards Winner
Hundertwasser Arts Centre with Wairau Māori Art Gallery
This refreshing addition to Whangārei’s evolving waterfront may be seen as the latest chapter in Hundertwasser’s relationship with Te Tai Tokerau. His intensely personal approach to art and architecture has perhaps found the expression he sought when he arrived in Aotearoa 50 years ago. The project validates many of Hundertwasser’s ideas and aspirations and, while not necessarily a building of its place, it pursues and ultimately defines its own context in the public heart and mind. The architect has carefully navigated a unique and complex design and delivery process to provide Whangārei with a new cultural icon and important tourist destination.
- Practice
- Harris Butt Architecture Ltd T/A HB Architecture , Hundertwasser Non Profit Foundation and Springmann Architektur in association
- Category
- Public Architecture
- Location
- Auckland
