2016 Nelson/Marlborough Architecture Awards Winner
St Andrews Church
A clever design response has been applied to this provincial church, which was once deemed earthquake-prone and uninhabitable. Not content with an initial solution of a visible steel cage, the architects explored a more innovative, 'invisible' intervention that required the removal of the roof and the placement of a nest of steel over the existing sarking and carbon-fibre, high-strength tendons on the walls. This solution is an excellent example of how good collaboration between architects and engineers can achieve quieter and more sympathetic results for heritage buildings in need of care.
- Practice
- Irving Smith Architects Ltd
- Category
- Heritage
- Location
- Nelson/Marlborough
