2020 New Zealand Architecture Awards Winner
SKHY
In this project, the real estate agent’s advice on apartment sizes – always small – has been rendered moot by the simple expedient of not asking for it. Developer and architect just decided between themselves: ‘You would like a 96 metre² studio, sir? Then you shall have one.’ An existing 14-level office building was stripped back to its concrete frame and repurposed with a mix of generous apartments, combining the industrial aesthetic of exposed concrete with finely crafted cabinetry and service box insertions. The project was then extended by the addition of three lower mixed-use, commercial and residential buildings that front a busy arterial road and form a sheltered courtyard for residents and public. SKHY is an excellent example of successful urban renewal.
- Practice
- Cheshire Architects Limited
- Category
- Housing - Multi Unit
- Location
- Auckland
