2009 Auckland Architecture Awards Winner
Bell Tea and Coffee Company
Working within the confines of a design-build office warehouse project the architect’s boldest move was to challenge the original brief. A two level office concept was changed to a more efficient single level plan that sits in counterpoint to the warehouse structure behind. Ribbed cladding suggestive of a tea chest, landscaping of tea plants in rows and making a central feature of the blending/tasting rooms all serve to personalize the space. Careful planning minimizes the perimeter fencing to create a more open site that improves the industrial streetscape. It is a fine example of how a thinking architect and willing clients can enrich an office-warehouse development.
- Practice
- Wingate Architects Limited
- Category
- Commercial Architecture
- Location
- Auckland
