2012 New Zealand Architecture Awards Winner
Te Wharewaka
After 170 years of European settlement Maori once more have a presence on Wellington’s waterfront. Prickly and armour-plated, Te Wharewaka assertively claims its place next to Victorian neighbours by the lagoon in the Taranaki Wharf West precinct. The building takes its name from the ceremonial waka it houses but, as a contemporary hybrid of traditional Maori spaces, it also accommodates and generates income from various commercial uses. The strength of form generated by the confident juxtaposition of hipped and gabled roofs and the staunch, well-detailed steel cloak imposes coherence on multiple programmatic requirements.
- Practice
- architecture +
- Category
- Commercial Architecture
- Location
- Wellington
