Innovative design wins Auckland apartment design competition

12 August 2014

Innovative design wins Auckland apartment design competition

Auckland firm S3 Architects proposal for an innovative timber building has won the competition to design an apartment building on a brownfield site in Mt Eden.

Organised by the New Zealand Institute of Architects and developer Ockham Residential, and with the support of Auckland Council, the competition was staged to produce a buildable design for 11 Akepiro Street, a site adjacent to the Western Line rail tracks and the city end of Dominion Road.

A further goal of the competition is to promote architectural and community thinking around medium density development, a housing option that is increasingly relevant in rapidly growing Auckland.

The result of the competition was announced today by Mayor Len Brown at Auckland Art Gallery, where the 65 competition entries have been on display since Sunday.

Aucklanders have made their views absolutely clear to us having greater choice in housing is crucial to them, the Mayor says.

Auckland is also united in something else our development has to be of high quality. That is fundamental to Aucklands future and that is one of the strongest messages we have heard.

And that is why I as Mayor and Auckland Council are so strong in our support of this competition.

Jury chair Richard Goldie, a director of Peddle Thorp Architects, said the competition was a bold and timely initiative by Ockham Residential and the Institute of Architects that had produced an exceptional response from architectural practices.

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