2017 New Zealand Architecture Awards Winner
Australis Nathan
An exercise in historicist whimsy – unexpected and delightful in Auckland – has added a new face to a restored Customs Street heritage building that, after more than a century of single frontage existence, found its backside exposed to view from a recently created public square. The sgraffito treatment of this formerly plain, newly-visible façade enlivens the building, adds visual interest to the public realm of the square, and no doubt enhances its appeal to high-end retail tenants. The restoration and upgrading of the neighbouring brick building was part of the same project; in its contrasting manner, that Victorian building also now presents an attractive face to the square while offering similar, high-quality retail and office spaces.
- Practice
- Peddle Thorp
- Category
- Commercial Architecture
- Location
- Auckland
