2023 Waikato/Bay of Plenty Architecture Awards Winner
Rabobank Tower, Union Square
The Rabobank Tower in Hamilton's CBD is the first building of five to become Union Square, a commercial precinct aimed at fostering ongoing commercial success and community as an entertainment, retail and hospitality hub. The tower features a five-storey office building design that boasts a construction-efficient and seismic steel frame, a prefabricated curtain-wall façade, and fluted concave precast concrete panels that provide construction speed and durability. The building's lobby serves as an important pedestrian link to the future precinct and has a café and quality seating areas in a palette of natural materials. The Rabobank Tower is an example of a collaborative process and a precursor to the reset of Hamilton's CBD.
- Practice
- Chow:Hill Architects Ltd
- Category
- Commercial Architecture
- Location
- Waikato/Bay of Plenty
