2021 New Zealand Architecture Awards Winner
Tuitui
Sometimes simple is best, as is the case with this perfectly executed insertion into Tāmaki Paenga Hira Auckland War Memorial Museum. With details that are both sweet and robust, and a back-of-house space creatively shoe-horned around a heritage structure, the front-of-house area has been maximised in a manner that is contemporary, chic and intriguing. As a centrepiece of this bistro and cafe, a long, curved, green marble counter is at once a spatial organiser, social prompt and service zone. With his use of sculpted concave forms that brilliantly echo the fluted columns of their neoclassical museum backdrop, the architect has skilfully deployed heft, colour, texture and form - with subtle nods to 1950s diners - to create a wonderful environment to dine in.
- Practice
- Jack McKinney Architects
- Category
- Hospitality
- Location
- Auckland
