2015 New Zealand Architecture Awards Winner
Te Kaitaka- 'The Cloak'
This whimsical little building surrounded by a small and mostly unremarkable office park will surely become one of the most-loved structures in the growing airport village. Hunkered down into its corner site like some shaggy Highland cattle-beast, its tufty tussock roof grows out of linked brass chain mesh, woven and edged (hence the name) like a Māori cloak. Inside, the attention to detail is impressive: the beautifully detailed use of materials, especially metal, combine to create an atmosphere of beguiling simplicity, the perfect canvas for the many uses to which this building — a sort of local hall of the airport quarter — will be put.
- Practice
- Fearon Hay Architects Ltd
- Category
- Small Project Architecture
- Location
- Auckland
