An omission from the Awards highlighted here last week, is the NZ Architecture Awards shortlist announced by Te Kāhui Whaihanga New Zealand Institute of Architects at the start of August. Thank you to the UDF members who forwarded pointers to this, and also to the Living Streets Aotearoa Awards item at the foot of this blog post.
NEW ZEALAND ARCHITECTURE AWARDS
The NZIA shortlist covers 12 categories and 48 projects, all of which will be visited in a tour being undertaken by a jury panel from 26 August. The jury is headed by Caro Robertson, principal of Spacecraft Architects, along with: Ari Stevens of Athfield Architects; Julie Stout of Mitchell Stout Dodd; and Patrick Kennedy of Kennedy Nolan in Melbourne. The winners of the Awards will be announced on November 22 in Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland.
The three projects shortlisted under Planning & Urban Design are:
- Te Āhuru Mōwai Vision Framework by Isthmus Group
- Tribune by RTA Studio
- Te Iwitahi – Whangarei Civic Centre by TEAM Architects
There is one finalist under the category for International Architecture, being the Sir Edmund Hillary Visitor Centre by Pearson & Associates Architects. The other categories are:
- Commercial Architecture (6)
- Education (5)
- Enduring Architecture (3)
- Heritage (3)
- Housing (8)
- Housing – Alterations and Additions (3)
- Housing – Multi Unit (3)
- Interior Architecture (3)
- Public Architecture (4)
- Small Project Architecture (6)
Local Architecture Awards to honour the best new architecture in each of the NZIA’s eight regional branches were made earlier this year across the motu: Auckland | Waikato & Bay of Plenty | Gisborne & Hawke’s Bay | Western | Wellington | Nelson & Marlborough | Canterbury | Southern
At the Local Architecture level seven Planning & Urban Design Awards were made: Puriri Park Road by Architectus; Hayman Park Playground: Playtower & Kiosk by Athfield Architects and Wraight + Associates (Wā); Tāmaki Employment Precinct Masterplan by Isthmus Group and Furlong Kain; Te Mātāwai by MODE; Te Āhuru Mōwai Vision Framework by Isthmus Group; Willis Lane by Tennent Brown Architects and Izzard Design; and the Timaru City Town Regeneration Strategy by Isthmus Group and Gap Filler.
ADNZ AWARDS
Separately, Architectural Designers New Zealand (ADNZ) is also moving towards its 2024 ADNZ Resene Architectural Design Awards, with regional winners being announced region by region and celebrated on the ADNZ blog. National and Supreme winners will be announced in Rotorua in early November.
LIVING STREETS AOTEAROA AWARDS
Living Street Aotearoa’s Golden Foot Walking Awards are presented every two years, with this year’s winners being announced at an event at Parliament on 23 July. Winning entries for three Awards of likely interest to UDF members were:
- Urban Connection Award: Freyberg Street Neighbourhood Street Trial, Lyall Bay, Wellington
- Programmes Award: Urban Active Modes Plan – Far North District Council
- Place-Making Award: Geraldine Sculpture Trial
The inaugural Andy Smith Award, named after Living Streets Aotearoa’s former president, was won by Wilderness Magazine‘s Walk1200km initiative. Walk1200km is a challenge where participants attempt to walk 1200 km in 12 months. The goal is to encourage and foster a daily walking habit. In the first year, approximately 2500 people joined. In the second year it grew to around 4700, and in 2024 there are 6500 registered participants. This project also won the Events Award.
Frank Goldingham, the founding publisher and editor of Walking New Zealand Magazine, won the Walking Champion Award, and other Award categories included Public Transport and Walking, School Projects and Extraordinary Walkers. You can read more on Living Street Aotearoa’s August e-bulletin [PDF].