2019 New Zealand Architecture Awards Winner
B:Hive
With B:Hive, client and architect set out to rethink the purpose and character of a commercial building, and the result is a highly innovative contemporary working environment, lively but legible, diverse but well-structured, and evidently popular and successful. The sculptural staircase at the heart of the building works well as a focal point and social fulcrum for the community of building users as it twists its way up through the light-bathed atrium to connect the various mezzanines. Inside its functional exterior the building is a whole new world, well-serviced and healthily ventilated, and offering a multitude of flexible and easily reconfigured spaces for a wide variety of small business users.
