Fourteen projects have been shortlisted in the 2023 Western Architecture Awards.
The shortlisted projects were selected from entries in the awards programme of the Western branch of Te Kāhui Whaihanga New Zealand Institute of Architects. The shortlist was compiled by a jury led by Thanh Nguyen (Beca Architects) and rounded out by architects Belinda Tuohy (architecture +), Ian Pritchard (Architect Ian Pritchard), and lay juror Sally McDonald.

The winners will be announced on 16 June 2023.

See below for images of the shortlisted projects, which are:

Housing
Tapuae House by Gibbons Architects
Cotfield House by Gibbons Architects and Ian Poole Architect
Kanuka Drive Home by Hyndman Taylor Architects

Education
Puketapu School Roll Growth Classrooms by Ardern Peters Architects
St Joseph’s School Stratford Redevelopment by Ardern Peters Architects
Green School New Zealand Kina by Boon
Tāwharau Ora - School of Veterinary Sciences by Lab - works Architecture and CCM Architects in association

Commercial Architecture
The Village Mews by Boon
Higgins Family Holdings Head Office by Novak+Middleton

Housing - Multi Unit
Stevenson’s Apartments by Drawingroom Architects

Interior Architecture
Abacus by Ardern Peters Architects
Tāwharau Ora - School of Veterinary Sciences by Lab - works Architecture

Public Architecture
Whanganui Mūmū - Whanganui By Design by Dalgleish Architects
Renal Unit - Taranaki Base Hospital by Warren and Mahoney Architects