Nelson and Marlborough Architecture Awards 2025: Shortlist announced

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Shortlisted - Housing: Rarangi Beach House by Arthouse Architects. Image: Simon Devitt

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Shortlisted - Housing: Suburban Stealth by Karsten Architecture. Image: Tessa Claus

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Shortlisted - Housing: Out on its Own by Micah / Architecture. Image: Micah Rickards

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Shortlisted - Housing: Tasman Views House by Stufkens + Chambers Architects. Image: Anthony Turnham

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Shortlisted - Commercial Architecture: Network Tasman Development by Irving Smith Architects. Image: Patrick Reynolds

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Shortlisted - Education: Tāwhaki Nui-a-Hema / Motueka High School Maths and Horticulture Block by Arthouse Architects and Sheppard & Rout Architects in association. Image: Jason Mann

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Shortlisted - Housing - Alterations and Additions: Macs Road Reinhabitation by Irving Smith Architects. Image: Virginia Woolf

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Shortlisted - Housing - Multi Unit: Tākaka Cohousing by Redbox Architects and Elemental Design & Build in association. Image: Virginia Woolf

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Shortlisted - Planning & Urban Design: Cutting Our Own Track. Westport Master Plan by Isthmus. Image: Isthmus Illustration

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Shortlisted - Public Architecture: Whakatu Presbyterian Community Centre by Irving Smith Architects. Image: Patrick Reynolds

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Shortlisted - Public Architecture: Punangairi Visitor Centre by Sheppard & Rout Architects. Image: Jason Mann

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Eleven projects have been shortlisted in the 2025 Nelson and Marlborough Architecture Awards. The shortlisted projects were selected from entries in the awards programme of the Nelson and Marlborough Branch of Te Kāhui Whaihanga New Zealand Institute of Architects.

The shortlist was compiled by a jury led by Nathan Edmondston of DCA Architects of Transformation and rounded out by Simon Harrison (MOAA Architects), Keryn Thompson (KLT Architects) and lay juror Daniela Ramirez.

Housing

Rarangi Beach House by Arthouse Architects
Suburban Stealth by Karsten Architecture
Out on its Own by Micah / Architecture
Tasman Views House by Stufkens + Chambers Architects

Commercial Architecture

Network Tasman Development by Irving Smith Architects

Education

Tāwhaki Nui-a-Hema / Motueka High School Maths and Horticulture Block by Arthouse Architects and Sheppard & Rout Architects in association

Housing - Alterations and Additions

Macs Road Reinhabitation by Irving Smith Architects

Housing - Multi Unit

Tākaka Cohousing by Redbox Architects and Elemental Design & Build in association

Planning & Urban Design

Cutting Our Own Track. Westport Master Plan by Isthmus

Public Architecture

Whakatu Presbyterian Community Centre by Irving Smith Architects
Punangairi Visitor Centre by Sheppard & Rout Architects