2020 Auckland Architecture Awards Winner
Raoul Hut
The original commission called for the design of a weather station to be installed on remote Raoul Island in the Kermadecs, and was met with the response from the architects, ‘Can we build and install it?’. After a careful design process which included ensuring the structure could withstand the sulphuric environment as well as winds of 250 kilometres per hour, this small and complex design was shipped over with the architect, his son and an academic to the island by the New Zealand Navy. Simple concrete footings, welded stainless superstructure and a stainless-steel skin will ensure this vital piece of weather monitoring equipment lasts for decades to come.
- Practice
- Bull O'Sullivan Architecture Ltd
- Category
- Small Project Architecture
- Location
- Auckland
