2025 Auckland Architecture Awards Winner
Manutara – Murrays Bay Primary School
Manutara is a robust, well-proportioned two-storey building housing 10 teaching spaces. Immediately visible as you enter the school grounds, it presents a strongly modelled and welcoming gatehouse to visitors. A large, brick-clad, simple gable form, a tall colonnade facing the courtyard gives it real presence. The colonnade provides a layered edge to the outdoor gathering area and has a pleasing sense of scale and permanence without fuss. The interior is largely cellular in nature, with some connectivity between spaces via glazed sliding doors giving a degree of flexibility for various pedagogies. This is a building with a simple, robust elegance that will serve the school community well in the future and provide an inspiring place to learn.
- Practice
- Warren and Mahoney Architects New Zealand Ltd
- Category
- Education
- Location
- Auckland
