2024 Western Architecture Awards Winner
Te Whare Hononga
Bravely advancing the architectural dialogue of reconciliation and cultural connection, this is a first step in recognising and healing a difficult past. The exterior is a contrast to the colonial-era church, referencing weaving patterns and directly addressing motorists on their daily commute along the main road. Inside, the structure is the hero, speaking directly to a tenuous and tentative grasp that it manages to hold. Stylistically and technically successful, the true success of this project’s intention will only be known with years of hui, wānanga and kōrero. But for now, perhaps it succeeds simply by starting the dialogue.
- Practice
- Tennent Brown Architects
- Category
- Public Architecture
- Location
- Western
