The 57 winners, spanning 12 categories, were recognised at an event at the Viaduct Events Centre.

“The calibre of work this year was very high and many of the projects were designed and delivered through the Covid period,” says jury convener Patrick Sloan of Sloan Architects. “These projects stand as testaments to the determination and commitment of the architects, their clients, the consultants, and the contractors in bringing these buildings to life.”

Te Taumata o Kupe Nuku, an education centre on Te Mahurehure Marae in Point Chevalier, earned a Public Architecture award for TOA Architects. The judges called it “heroic in ambition, reach and execution” and noted its unique sense of storytelling, imbued in the design and the materiality of the architecture. The Trusts Karekare Surf Lifesaving / Kaha Ropi, by 106 Architects and Richard Priest Architecture in association, was another public building to be celebrated for its design and its role, post-cyclone, as a community hub.

The Wintergardens at the Domain, designed by Gummer & Ford in 1928, were recognised with an Enduring Architecture award. The barrel-vaulted Victorian glasshouses were recently restored by Auckland Council and the facility has recently reopened to the public.

Twenty-nine homes that run the gamut from tiny budgets and footprints, to epic in scale and costs, were recognised across the Housing, Housing—Alterations & Additions and Housing—Multi Unit categories. Several were personal odysseys for their architects, because they were designed for their own families or for clients they’d worked with for many years, even decades; all were beautifully conceived and a testament to creating architecture through trying times.

“Great design outcomes often come from a light touch as opposed to too much design and we saw this in so many of the projects we reviewed,” says Sloan.

Full list of 2023 Auckland Architecture Awards winners:

Commercial Architecture
• Woollen Mills by JWA Architects
• Simon James Showroom & Office by Keshaw McArthur
• Pink Palace by Matter
• Ponsonby Central - II by Paul Brown & Associates and Bernau Architecture in association
• 10 Madden by Warren and Mahoney Architects

Education
• St. Kentigern Girls’ School by Architectus
• St. Kentigern Macky Building and Specialist Facilities by Architectus
• Whangārei Boys High School by ASC Architects
• Owairoa Primary School by RTA Studio
• New Shoots Ramarama ECEC by Copeland Associates Architects

Enduring Architecture
• Domain Wintergardens (1928) by Gummer & Ford

Heritage
• The Hayman Kronfeld Building by Peddle Thorp
• Administrator House by Rogan Nash Architects
• Symonds Street Public Conveniences & Shelter by Salmond Reed Architects

Hospitality
• Origine by Jack McKinney Architects

Housing
• Ōhinerau House by Bossley Architects
• Kauri by Bull O’Sullivan Architecture
• Kingfisher by Dorrington Atcheson Architects
• Ridge Retreat by Francis Group Architects
• Ponsonby House by Gerrad Hall Architects
• Point House by Guy Tarrant Architects
• Omata Beach House by Herbst Architects
• Waimauku House by Jo Craddock Architecture
• Angle Grinder by Mark Frazerhurst Architects
• Swallow Point House by Noel Lane Architects and Rowe Baetens Architecture in association
• Brick House by Sayes Studio
• Apple Shed by SGA - Strachan Group Architects
• Garden House by SGA - Strachan Group Architects
• Seaward House by Space Division
• Maungakiekie House by Space Division
• Our Backyard House by Studio TT
• Tawharanui Pavilion by Wendy Shacklock Architects 

Housing - Alterations and Additions
• Keene Family Home by Bull O’Sullivan Architecture
• Jewellery Box by Crosson Architects
• Lion Head House by Fearon Hay Architects
• Omata Hill House by Herbst Architects
• Poolscape by Lloyd Hartley Architects
• Lancaster - The Luxury of Enough by Lloyd Hartley Architects
• Shift House by MAUD
• Gable extension by Sayes Jackson Architects

Housing - Multi Unit
• Kōtuitui Terraces, Stage 2 by Crosson Architects
• Awarua Trio by Megan Edwards Architects
• Jervois Apartments by Monk McKenzie
• Cohaus by Studio Nord


Interior Architecture
• Faradays by Cheshire Architects
• Whangārei Māori Land Court by GHDWoodhead creativespaces and Studio Pasifika in association
• Isthmus Studio 246 by Isthmus Studio 

Planning & Urban Design
• Ngā Hau Māngere - Old Māngere Bridge by Bossley Architects

Public Architecture
• The Trusts Karekare Surf Lifesaving / Kaha Ropi by 106 Architects and Richard Priest Architecture in association
• Hundertwasser Arts Centre with Wairau Māori Art Gallery by HB Architecture, Hundertwasser Non Profit Foundation and Springmann Architektur in association
• Te Taumata o Kupe Nuku by TOA Architects 

Small Project Architecture
• Te Pae by Crosson Architects
• Camera Obscura - Timatatanga Hou by Felicity Christian Architect
• Garden Studio by Glamuzina Architects
• Grasslands Studio by Keshaw McArthur
• A Diaphanous Design by Lloyd Hartley Architects
• Eden Terrace Home by Megan Edwards Architects

Resene Colour Award winners
• Pink Palace by Matter
• The Hayman Kronfeld Building by Peddle Thorp
• Point House by Guy Tarrant Architects
• Keene Family Home by Bull O’Sullivan Architecture
• Lancaster - The Luxury of Enough by Lloyd Hartley Architects
• Shift House by MAUD
• Gable extension by Sayes Jackson Architects

• Ngā Hau Māngere - Old Māngere Bridge by Bossley Architects
• Te Taumata o Kupe Nuku by TOA Architects 
• Garden Studio by Glamuzina Architects

The 2023 Auckland Architecture Awards jurors were:
• Patrick Sloan of Sloan Architects, jury convenor
• Jane Hill of Chow Hill Architects
• Yvette Overdyck of Stevens Lawson Architects
• Kathryn Carter, architect
• Marshall Cook, retired architect

See photo galleries and read more about these projects on our Local Awards page.