Global firm and collaborator on projects like Commercial Bay, the New Zealand International Convention Centre and the Christchurch Convention Centre Woods Bagot to relocate their Christchurch office to Auckland. The company will open the new premises in Britomart on 11 January 2021.

Director and regional executive chair (Australia & New Zealand) Kate Frear notes that the move has been planned for a while and is a “natural progression in a strengthening market”.

“On projects from Auckland in the north through to Dunedin in the south, our local team has drawn on the expertise within the firm’s global studio network,” said Frear.

“We’ll continue to provide the international experience that the local market has reached out for, with the critical local cultural and design input that makes our work for, and of, its place.”

Woods Bagot now has 17 studios operating globally and is set to be involved in approximately $1.9 billion worth of projects across New Zealand.