Auckland: The Latest Architecture and News

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• Architects

  Warren and Mahoney

• Location

  Auckland, New Zealand

• Category

  Office buildings

• Area

  2159.0 m2

• Project Year

  2018

• Photographs

  Simon Devitt

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• Architects

  Bossley Architects

• Location

  Auckland, New Zealand

• Category

  Houses

• Lead Architects

  Pete Bossley, Finn Scott, Lynley Millar

• Area

  488.0 m2

• Project Year

  2016

• Photographs

  Patrick Reynolds

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• Architects

  RTA Studio

• Location

  Freemans Bay, Auckland 1011, New Zealand

• Category

  Elementary & Middle school

• Area

  2800.0 m2

• Project Year

  2018

• Photographs

  Simon Devitt

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• Architects

  Architectus

• Location

  Wynyard Quarter, Auckland CBD, Auckland 1010, New Zealand

• Category

  Apartments

• Lead Architect

  Patrick Clifford, Frank Coleman

• Design Team

  Alisha Patel, Amelia Moginie, Callum Barnett, Elizabeth Seuseu, Hamish McPhail, Jeremy Thompson, Kishan Patel, Mary Henry, Michael Whiteacre, Warren Nicholson, Severin Soder

• Area

  18000.0 m2

• Project Year

  2018

• Photographs

  Simon Devitt

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• Architects

  Fearon Hay Architects

• Location

  Morningside, Sandringham, Auckland 1025, New Zealand

• Category

  Office buildings

• Architect in Charge

  Tim Hay & Jeff Fearon

• Area

  1800.0 m2

• Project Year

  2019

• Photographs

  Michelle Weir

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• Architects

  Peter Eising & Lucy Gauntlett

• Location

  Auckland, New Zealand

• Category

  Restaurant

• Project Year

  2009

• Photographs

  Lucy Gauntlett

For ten consecutive years, Vienna ranks first in the Mercer survey on cities with the best quality of life in the world. In this edition to the global ranking, eight Western European cities join the top ten, even when "trade tensions and populist undercurrents continue to dominate the global economic climate", as Mercer points out in its report.

Either as singular outcroppings or as part of a bustling center, skyscrapers are neck-craning icons across major city centers in the world. A modern trope of extreme success and wealth, the skyscraper has become an architectural symbol for vibrant urban hubs and commercial powerhouses dominating cities like New York, Dubai, and Singapore.

While skyscrapers are omnipresent, 2018 introduced new approaches, technologies, and locations to the high-rise typology. From variations in materiality to form, designs for towers have started to address aspects beyond simply efficiency and height, proposing new ways for the repetitive form to bring unique qualities to city skylines. Below, a few examples of proposals and trends from 2018 that showcase the innovative ideas at work: 

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• Architects

  Lloyd Hartley Architects

• Location

  Auckland, New Zealand

• Category

  Houses Interiors

• Lead Architects

  Ben Lloyd, Mike Hartley

• Area

  300.0 m2

• Project Year

  2018

• Photographs

  David Straight

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• Architects

  Warren and Mahoney

• Location

  Auckland, New Zealand

• Category

  Pedestrian bridge

• Lead Architects

  Shannon Joe, Tom Locke

• Other participants

  Warren and Mahoney in partnership with the Well Connected Alliance team comprising NZTA, Fletcher Construction, McConnell Dowell Constructors, Parsons Brinkerhoff NZ, Beca Infrastructure, Tonkin and Taylor, Boffa Miskell and Obayashi Corporation

• Project Year

  2017

• Photographs

  Sam Hartnett

Woods Bagot and Peddle Thorp have been announced as the winners of the international competition to create a new high-rise tower in central Auckland. Drawn from five finalists including Warren and Mahoney, Cox Architecture, Zaha Hadid Architects, and Elenberg Fraser, the winning design will stand 180m high. The building design is inspired by New Zealand’s natural landscape and the country’s unique geology and fauna.

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• Architects

  RTA Studio

• Location

  Auckland, New Zealand

• Category

  Retail

• Area

  650.0 m2

• Project Year

  2013

• Photographs

  Patrick Reynolds

The international design competition to create a new high-rise tower in central Auckland has announced five finalists. The five teams include Warren and Mahoney, Cox Architecture, Zaha Hadid Architects, Elenberg Fraser and Woods Bagot. The landmark tower competition is run by Melbourne-based property development company ICD Property. Each of the teams were asked to complete two versions of their design, one following current city Unitary Plan rules and one version that could be built given more open planning parameters.

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• Architects

  Lloyd Hartley Architects

• Location

  Auckland, New Zealand

• Category

  Renovation

• Lead Architects

  Benjamin Lloyd, Mike Hartley

• Area

  400.0 m2

• Project Year

  2017

• Photographs

  David Straight

+ 32

• Architects

  McIldowie Partners, Upton Architects

• Location

  Auckland, New Zealand

• Category

  Other facilities

• Photographs

  Patrick Reynolds

+ 15

• Architects

  Leuschke Kahn Architects

• Location

  Auckland, New Zealand

• Category

  Houses

• Architect

  Paul Leuschke

• Area

  409.0 m2

• Project Year

  2015

• Photographs

  Sophie Leuschke

+ 35

• Architects

  Architectus

• Location

  Auckland, New Zealand

• Category

  University

• Lead Architects

  Patrick Clifford, Malcolm Bowes, Michael Thomson, Carsten Auer, James Mooney, Paul Millard, Alistair Scott, Michael West, Damian McKeown, Manuel Morel, Kirk Smith, Severin Soder, John Baker, Michel Bosauder, Jeremy Chapman, Rebecca Davidson, Kitty Fan, Carmen Fu (model maker), Peter Jeffs, Christian Kim, Eddy Lau, Yi Ting Lau, Joe Murphy, Warren Nicholson, John Strand, Michael Whiteacre, Mark Yong

• Area

  22000.0 m2

• Project Year

  2016

• Photographs

  Simon Devitt

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• Architects

  Fearon Hay Architects

• Location

  Auckland, New Zealand

• Category

  Chapel

• Lead Architects

  Jeff Fearon, Tim Hay

• Area

  200.0 m2

• Project Year

  2016

• Photographs

  Patrick Reynolds