Holmes Consulting Group

Organisation profile

A structural and civil engineering consultancy providing services such as building design, earthquake engineering, building performance, bridging, peer and government review.

Contact details: Level 1, 39 Market Place, Viaduct Harbour, Auckland, New Zealand; +64 9 965 4789
HamishN@Holmesgroup.com
Holmes Consulting Group website

Organisation type: Engineering, Structural consultant
Expertise: Civil, Structural

Tags: Engineering

Auckland Art Gallery redevelopment

Projects | After a redevelopment involving one million man hours of work, the Auckland Art Gallery is almost complete.

Britomart’s brand new car park

Projects | A new 1230 space car park has just been built by Hawkins. It was the biggest use of post-tension concrete in New Zealand.

Westpac’s theme of connections

Projects | An aspirational brief lies at the heart of this project’s layout of open and spacious interiors.

Auckland Art Gallery addition

Projects | A gallery addition by FJMT and Archimedia invites graceful navigation through New Zealand’s largest art collection.

Q Theatre – Auckland’s civic gem

Projects | Cheshire Architects and William Ross Architects introduce a buzz of appreciative audiences to a tight Queen Street site.

Grand Cafe

Projects | Theatrical sophistication at Christchurch Casino’s recently reincarnated Grand Café by Warren & Mahoney.

MOTAT Aviation Display Hall

Projects | Studio Pacific’s hangar-like hall acknowledges the engineered-timber heritage of many of the machines housed within.

The Cloud

Projects | Bringing people together for the Rugby World Cup, Jasmax’s organically-formed structure has already settled in the minds of New Zealanders.

Geyser building

Projects | New Zealand’s first 6 Green Star – Office Design building takes shape in Auckland’s Parnell.

University of Auckland: Arts 1 redevelopment

UoA: Arts 1 redevelopment

Projects | A building designed by Ivan Mercep of JASMaD in the early ‘80s has been seamlessly refurbished by RTA Studio.

UoA: University Hall

Projects | Warren and Mahoney has designed two student accommodation blocks to meet increasing demand and expectations.

University of Auckland: Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences

UoA: Medical and Health Sciences

Projects | Together with Daryl Jackson of Sydney, Jasmax has created a more connected and student-centred space.

Mackelvie Street Precinct

Projects | Behind Auckland’s Ponsonby Road shopping mecca is RTA Studio’s stunning retail precinct.

Fo Guang Shan Pagoda

Projects | Architecture as landscape is the principle that guided Warren and Mahoney’s Buddhist pagoda for a temple in Auckland.

Quad5

Projects | A generously proportioned and surprisingly sinous project at Auckland Airport.

ANZ Centre

Projects | An artful and large-scale foyer expansion and revitalisation breathes new life.

Cardboard Cathedral

Projects | Shigeru Ban’s design bases itself on a system of proportions derived from the original Christchurch Cathedral.

Heart of Hamilton

Projects | The PwC Centre revitalises what was a vacant site for more than 15 years.

National Library of New Zealand

Projects | Warren and Mahoney’s sensitive transformation of a brutalist building in Wellington’s urban village.

Core strength

Projects | This triangular building gains its strength from a mass of concrete and steel reinforcing, and its circular core.

The Sugar Club

Projects | Art deco-influenced new architecture near the top of New Zealand’s tallest building.

A street in the sky

Projects | It is what isn’t in this building - constructed four floors above the ground on an existing structure - that makes it unique.