HMOA Projects Shortlisted for NZ Institute of Architects Awards
29/4/2020
Eight HMOA projects are in the running for the 2020 Te Kāhui Whaihanga New Zealand Institute of Architects (NZIA) Local Awards, six in Wellington and two in Canterbury.
Four of our houses are shortlisted, one is a new home on the Kapiti Coast and the others are significant house alterations: additions to a Karori home in Wellington, which HMOA had also worked on 10 years earlier for the same client; a Fendalton House restoration to an earthquake-damaged home; and a sensitive renovation to a mid-century Paul Pascoe house in Sumner.
Both HMOA projects for Wellington's Harbour City Centre Annex have been selected. One was a three year project to restrengthen and refurbish the heritage-listed building itself, the other is the interior fit-out for the main tenant, global financial tech company, FNZ.
Colour was used to defines each floor with specially commissioned artworks by local artists Gina Kiel, D Side and Sean Duffel, adding a sense of depth to the darkest spaces in the office.
HMOA continues to work with construction company LT McGuinness to complete Wellington's largest pop-up library, opening soon on the ground floor of the Harbour City Centre.
The NZIA Wellington jury was made up of architects Michael O’Brien, Shani Nelson, Gerrad Hall and Landscape Architect, Robin Simpson, led by convenor, architect Shauna Herminghouse.
This is a type of housing that we badly need in Wellington, and we need it to be done well," Shauna Herminghouse on Hanson St Apartments
The COVID-19 lockdown has meant that site visits to shortlisted projects by juries around the country have been put on hold. Stay tuned.
Photos: Andy Spain