Twenty-seven projects have been shortlisted in the 2023 Waikato & Bay of Plenty Architecture Awards.
The shortlisted projects were selected from entries in the awards programme of the Waikato & Bay of Plenty branch of Te Kāhui Whaihanga New Zealand Institute of Architects.
The shortlist was compiled by a jury led by Megan Scott (Megan Scott Architect) and rounded out by architects Brendon Gordon (Brendon Gordon Architects), Daniel Barrington (Klein), and architectural graduate Courtney Smith-Frank.
The winners will be announced on Wednesday 14 June 2023 at the Sir Howard Morrison Centre. Get your tickets now.
See below for images of the shortlisted projects, which are:
Commercial Architecture
Rabobank Tower, Union Square by Chow:Hill Architects
Ebbett Gateway, Te Rapa Park by Chow:Hill Architects
586 Victoria Street by Chow:Hill Architects
Vantage by Edwards White Architects
Taupō Airport Terminal by Shelter Architects
Education
Te Kura o Te Whānau a Apanui by DCA Architects of Transformation and MOAA Architects in association
Te Wharekura o Ngā Purapura o Te Aroha by MOAA Architects
Housing
Ranch Puke by Architecture Bureau
Back House by Christopher Beer Architect
McDonnell House by Clarkson Architects
Screened Gables by Edwards White Architects
Panorama by Edwards White Architects
Coastal Retreat by Mercer and Mercer Architects
Slide House by Mercer and Mercer Architects
G House by Parsonson Architects
Tent House by SGA - Strachan Group Architects
Double Doors by Studio Brick Architects
Housing—Alterations & Additions
Terrace Red by Architecture Bureau
Housing—Multi Unit
Cambridge Townhouses by Christopher Beer Architect
Manning Street by Edwards White Architects
Interior Architecture
Hamilton Kirikiriroa Airport by Archimedia Waikato Architects
Public Architecture
Hamilton Zoo and Waiwhakareke Natural Heritage Park Entry Precinct by Edwards White Architects
Cambridge Police Base by PAUA Architects
Sir Howard Morrison Centre by Shand Shelton and First Light Studio
Small Project Architecture
The Urban Tramping Hut by Bellbird Architect
Deep Cover by Edwards White Architects
Beach Hut by SGA - Strachan Group Architects
