Five new commercial and residential projects each won double awards at last night's annual Institute of Architects' Auckland awards.
Quad 5, an office block by Jasmax in Auckland Airport's office precinct, took commercial and sustainable architecture awards, the jury saying it was a benchmark building with its distinctive green living wall.
AUT's Sir Paul Reeves Building, also by Jasmax, won education and interior architecture awards. The jury praised it as a bold design, rich in texture and colour, which reclaimed an inner-city street for occupation by the university community.
That same AUT building also picked up a Best award from the Designers' Institute on Friday night.
A pair of modest affordable homes by Strachan Group Architects for community housing trust VisionWest won housing and sustainability prizes. The prefabricated houses have low-energy, passive-design principles and offer a social housing solution that reinforces community with its simplicity, and open and linked site relationships, the judges said.
