2024 Auckland Architecture Awards Winner
The Suites
These deceptively simple forms scattered along the dunes of Te Arai Links Golf Course belie the attention to detail that has gone into the well-appointed hotel rooms. A meandering path is interspersed with timber boardwalks connecting each bank of suites to a services block. The banded roof stretches out as deep overhangs and verandahs, offering shade and shelter. Alignments and junctions are considered. Vertical cedar rainscreens enclose both volumes, concealing all services to maintain a purity of form. These give way to slatted screening, offering both light and privacy to the occupants. Selected to weather naturally, the rainscreens echo the verticality of the pine trees behind them and the dune’s sandy tones.
- Practice
- Studio John Irving and JWA Architects Ltd in association
- Category
- Commercial Architecture
- Location
- Auckland
