2020 Canterbury Architecture Awards Winner
Kathmandu Building
Occupying a prominent city corner at the end of Cashel Mall, this new flagship store plays an important role in its retail context. The architect has used folded forms to create two bold, unique façades that the public can engage with and easily identify. Two digital screens on the upper level provide movement and colour and cast light onto the streetscape, adding dynamism to this retail hub. While the building is in fact only a single level, its scale is of a two-storey building, cleverly doubling its peer on the opposite corner – the iconic Ballantynes. A thoughtful, considered urban response.
- Practice
- Wilson & Hill Architects Limited
- Category
- Commercial Architecture
- Location
- Canterbury
