Dunedin's Forsyth Barr Stadium, a school, a church and a
small weekend retreat are among 17 homes and buildings whose
architects have been recognised in the Southern Architecture
Awards.
Winners in six categories ranging from public buildings to
heritage redevelopments were announced at a function in
Invercargill last night.
The high number of entries and the high standard of winners
were signs that the region's architects were "doing good work
in difficult times", jury panel convener and Invercargill
architect Brent Knight said.
"We were impressed by some significant community and public
buildings and found that this was also a very strong year for
residential architecture."
In the public buildings category, the jury praised stadium
designers Jasmax, Richard Breslin and Populous for their
skill in dealing with a demanding process and a complex
project involving a large team.
McCoy and Wixon Architects was also recognised for its
transformation of the University of Otago's Robertson Library
building in Union St from "an ageing institutional structure
to a revitalised library".
Dunedin architect Ian Butcher won the heritage category for
his work on the restoration of Oamaru's North Otago Club
building, built in 1871.
The architects of eight homes were recognised in the
residential category.
The winning southern projects will go forward to the 2012 New
Zealand Architecture Awards.
Southern winners are. -Commercial: Church St development
(Queenstown), MAP (2010) Ltd; WHK office development
(Invercargill), Parker Warburton Team Architects Ltd.
Public: Robertson Library (Dunedin), McCoy and Wixon
Architects Ltd; Remarkables Primary School (Queenstown),
Babbage Consultants Ltd; Catholic Church (Wanaka), Sarah
Scott Architects Ltd; Forsyth Barr Stadium (Dunedin), Jasmax
Ltd, Richard Breslin and Populous in Association.
Heritage: North Otago Club (Oamaru), Ian Butcher Architect
Ltd.
Residential: Mt Iron House (Wanaka), Crosson Clarke Carnachan
Chin Architects Ltd; Hawkesbury manager's house (Wanaka),
Herriot and Melhuish: Architecture Ltd (HMA) and Marmol
Radziner joint venture; South Coast house (Tunnel Beach,
Dunedin), Vaughn McQuarrie Ltd; Peninsula Rd house
(Queenstown), Warren and Mahoney Architects Ltd; Whakatipua
addition (Arrowtown), Michael Wyatt Architect Ltd; Queenstown
house (Queenstown), Thom Craig Architects Ltd; Wilson House
(Wanaka), Rafe Maclean Architects; Queenstown House
(Queenstown), Michael Wyatt Architect Ltd.
Multiple housing: Lakeside West (Queenstown), ASC Architects.
Small project: Taieri Mouth house (Taieri Mouth), McCoy and
Wixon Architects Ltd.
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