The full range of Aotearoa’s architectural talents are on display in the shortlist for the 2025 New Zealand Architecture Awards announced today.

Each year the New Zealand Architecture Awards recognise the top projects from across the motu, with the shortlist and ultimate winners selected from projects that have won a Local Architecture Award in their region during the past three years.

The 61 total projects shortlisted this year include a wide range of projects from major apartment and commercial developments to a replica pātaka kai.

“We were really pleased with the diverse range of projects that made the shortlist this year,” says National Jury Convenor Craig Moller from Moller Architects. “It was especially heartening to see such strength in the Heritage and Small Project Architecture categories. Architects make a big difference in the outcome of any project, but especially for small projects with size and scale constraints, their creativity and impact were on full display.”

All shortlisted projects will be visited by the jury, headed by Craig Moller, Director of Moller Architects, and including Beth Cameron from Makers of Architecture, Nicola Herbst of Herbst Architects, and Ilana Freadman from Freadman White Architects in Melbourne, Australia. The tour begins 11 August.

The winners of the New Zealand Architecture Awards will be announced at the annual award event on 20 November in Ōtautahi Christchurch at Te Pae Christchurch Convention Centre.

The Shortlist

Commercial Architecture

• Ngāmotu House by Boon

• 303 Remuera Road by Fearon Hay Architects

• BNZ Place by Jasmax

• Strip Mall by Spacecraft Architects

• Te Arikinui Pullman Auckland Airport Hotel by Warren and Mahoney Architects

Education

• Upper West Sports Centre by Architectus

• AUT Tukutuku by Jasmax

• Trinity Catholic College Music and Art Suites by McCoy and Wixon Architects

• Ngā Mokopuna by Tennent Brown Architects

• Hiwa – University of Auckland Recreation and Wellness Centre by Warren and Mahoney Architects and MJMA Architecture & Design Toronto

• Waimarie – Lincoln University Science Facility by Warren and Mahoney Architects and Lab-works Architecture in association

Enduring Architecture

• Adam Art Gallery (1999) by Athfield Architects

• Tabak House (1984) by Sheppard & Rout Architects

• Craig House (1998) by Thom Craig Architects

Heritage

• Massey House by architecture +

• The Metropolitan Cathedral of the Sacred Heart Restoration by TEAM Architects Wellington Ltd and Paul Cummack Conservation in association

• OMC Building – Old Municipal Chambers by Three Sixty Architecture

• Te Whare o Rehua Sarjeant Gallery by Warren and Mahoney Architects

• Chapel of the Upper Room – Renovation & Strengthening by Wilkie + Bruce Registered Architects

Hospitality

• Sumner Post Office by Nott Architects

• Te Mānia by Stevens Lawson Architects

Housing

• Clements House by Athfield Architects

• Popadich House by Davor Popadich Architects

• Passive Modern by Edwards White Architects

• Red pine villa by Fabric

• Builders Blocks by Johnstone Callaghan Architects

• Low Slung by Johnstone Callaghan Architects

• Openfield House by Keshaw McArthur and Matheson Whiteley in association

• Prospect House by MAUD

• Te Wharewakaroa by Mercer and Mercer Architects

• Palimpsest House by Monk Mackenzie

• Bush Block by Patchwork Architecture

• Kaka Pod by Rafe Maclean Architects

• RHR House by Three Sixty Architecture

• Glenayr Farm House by Vaughn McQuarrie

Housing – Alterations and Additions

• Rainbow Point Renovation by Fraser Cameron Architects

• Alberon by Jack McKinney Architects

• Lava Flow by Pac Studio

• St Heliers House by Stevens Lawson Architects

• Berhampore Perimeter House by STUDIO MYLA

Housing – Multi Unit

• Catalina Bay Apartments by Architectus

• Pocket Houses at Avenue Road by Dorrington Atcheson Architects

• Epuni by Isthmus

• Customs Quay Ahuriri by RTA Studio

Interior Architecture

• 36 OGB by AW Architects

• Sugarloaf at Flockhill by Hierarchy Group

• InterContinental Hotel Auckland by Warren and Mahoney Architects

Planning & Urban Design

• Hayman Park Playground: Playtower & Kiosk by Athfield Architects Limited and Wraight + Associates (Wā)

• Te Ara Pekapeka by Edwards White Architects and BBO in association

• George Street, Dunedin Retail Quarter by Jasmax

Public Architecture

• Te Āhuru Mōwai by architecture +

• Te Whare Whakatere – Ashburton Library and Civic Centre by Athfield Architects

• Punangairi Visitor Centre by Sheppard & Rout Architects

• Tākina – Wellington Convention & Exhibition Centre by Studio of Pacific Architecture

• Te Whare o Rehua Sarjeant Gallery by Warren and Mahoney Architects

Small Project Architecture

• Te Ruamātatoru – He Whata Kai by Dalgleish Architects

• Walker Box by Micah / Architecture

• Karanga Changing Sheds by Pac Studio

• Glandovey Studio by PRau Limited

• BB House by Upoko Architects

• Wainui Church Conversion by Warren and Mahoney Architects and Objects in association