Te Wharehou o Waikaremoana at Lake Waikaremoana by Tennent+Brown Architects is shortlisted in the public architecture category. Photo/Supplied
Buildings in Kawerau, Lake Waikaremoana, and Kinloch have been shortlisted for the 2017 New Zealand Architecture Awards.
Kawerau's Tarawera High School, by RTA Studio, is a finalist in the education category, The Kinloch Club near Taupo, by Patterson Associates, in the housing category, and Te Wharehou o Waikaremoana at Lake Waikaremoana, by Tennent+Brown Architects, is in the public architecture category.
Earlier this year The Kinloch Club was a winner in the hospitality and retail category at the 2017 Waikato/Bay of Plenty Architecture Awards.
Awards convener Steven Chambers said the building "reflects the design team's commitment to creating environments that are dramatic yet comfortable, lavish yet not ostentatious, and that yield spaces with a human quality and sense of welcome".
Mr Chambers said Tarawera High School was an "inspiring exemplar of architecture embedded in place and community".
"It exceeds the potential limitations of budget to deliver uplifting and authentic innovative learning environments."
Fifty-one projects nationwide have been shortlisted for the awards to be held at the Viaduct Events Centre in Auckland on November 10.
Housing is the strongest category in the awards, with 17 finalists. There are seven finalists in both the public architecture and commercial architecture categories, five in the heritage category and four in the education category.
Three of the finalists are architecture practices' own offices.
The convener of the awards jury, Arrowtown architect Louise Wright, said the relatively high number of shortlisted projects was testament to a strong year in New Zealand architecture.
"The range and quality of recent architecture projects made it difficult to decide what to leave off the shortlist," Ms Wright said.
She and fellow jury members, Auckland architects Lance Herbst and Jack McKinney and Australian architect Kerry Clare, will visit all of the shortlisted projects later this month.
Ms Wright said Auckland architecture was evidently booming and it was good to see a stream of strong projects emerging in Christchurch.
"The jury is also pleased that there are strong award contenders in the public architecture category."
Buildings in the categories of housing, commercial, education and public architecture will be considered for signature awards named for four influential New Zealand architects: Sir Ian Athfield, Sir Miles Warren, Ted McCoy and John Scott.
2017 New Zealand Architecture Awards - shortlist by category
Commercial South Bloc, Hamilton by Edwards White Architects Kauri Timber Building, Auckland by Fearon Hay Architects SGA Studio and Workshops, Auckland by SGA - Strachan Group Architects 133 Molesworth Street, Wellington by Studio of Pacific Architecture Wellington International Airport Limited Terminal South Extension by Warren and Mahoney Architects Quad 7, Auckland by Warren and Mahoney Architects Mason Bros., Auckland by Warren and Mahoney Architects
Education WelTec School of Construction, Wellington by Designgroup Stapleton Elliott AUT Mana Hauora (MH) Building, Auckland by Jasmax New Law & Management Building, University of Waikato, Hamilton by Opus Architecture
Enduring Architecture 151 Queen Street (1992), Auckland by Peddle Thorp Aitken 18 Butler Street (1987), Christchurch by Maurice Mahoney Architect St Patrick's College Chapel, Silverstream (1977), Upper Hutt by William Pearson Architect
Heritage Hutt City Council Administration Building Refurbishment by architecture+ Australis Nathan, Auckland by Peddle Thorp The Suter Art Gallery - Te Aratoi o Whakatū, Nelson by Warren and Mahoney Architects, Jerram Tocker Barron Architects and Ian Bowman Architect and Conservator Christchurch Arts Centre Clock Tower & Great Hall by Warren and Mahoney Architects The Christchurch Club by Warren and Mahoney Architects
Housing The Kinloch Club, Kinloch by Patterson Associates Pukapuka Rd House, Mahurangi by Belinda George Architects Hamilton Family Home, Arrowtown by Bull O'Sullivan Architecture Town House, Cambridge by Christopher Beer Architect Forest House, Auckland by Fearon Hay Architects Inland House, Mangawhai by Gerrad Hall Architects Matakana House by Glamuzina Architects and Paterson Architecture Collective in association Point Chevalier House, Auckland by Guy Tarrant Architects Davis House, Auckland by Mercer and Mercer Architects Point Wells Gables by Paterson Architecture Collective, Steven Lloyd Architecture and Glamuzina Architects in association Fendalton Road House, Christchurch by Patterson Associates Paoneone, Bay of Islands by Patterson Associates 339, Auckland by SGA - Strachan Group Architects Millbrook House, Arrowtown by Sumich Chaplin Architects
Housing - Alterations and Additions Herne Bay House Alteration, Auckland by Gerrad Hall Architects Bach with Two Roofs, Golden Bay by Irving Smith Architects
Housing - Multi Unit Kāinga Tuatahi, Auckland by Stevens Lawson Architects Verto Apartments, Auckland by Warren and Mahoney Architects
Interior Architecture Faraday Street Studio, Auckland by Fearon Hay Architects Diver Apartment, Christchurch by MAP (2016) Peddle Thorp, Auckland by Peddle Thorp
Planning & Urban Design Mackelvie Precinct, Auckland by RTA Studio BNZ Centre, Christchurch by Sheppard & Rout Architects
Public Architecture Lesieli Tonga Auditorium, Auckland by Bull O'Sullivan Architecture Christchurch North Methodist Church by Dalman Architects Bishop Selwyn Chapel, Auckland by Fearon Hay Architects Bullets & Balls (Nelson Cricket and Nelson Rifle Associations Practice Facility) by Irving Smith Architects St John's Church, Hamilton by MOAA Architects ASB Waterfront Theatre, Auckland by Moller Architects and BVN in association Te Wharehou o Waikaremoana, Lake Waikaremoana by Tennent+Brown Architects
Small Project Architecture h01 house, Christchurch by Maguire and Harford Architects Waiheke Gateway Pavilion by Stevens Lawson Architects