Nelson/Marlborough Architecture Awards 2020: Shortlist revealed

Shortlisted – Housing: Vineyard House by Arthouse Architects. Image: Sarah Rowlands

Shortlisted – Housing: Corner House by Hamish Shaw Architects and Landscape Design in association with Canopy Landscape Architects. Image: Hamish Shaw

Shortlisted – Housing: Kaiteriteri Family Bach by redbox architects 2017. Image: Dominique White

Shortlisted – Housing: Picot Bach by Mitchell Stout Dodd Architects. Image: Lucas K Doolan

Shortlisted – Housing: Ruby Bay House by Elliott Architects (NP). Image: The Property Pilots Photography

Shortlisted – Housing: Axe house by architecture +. Image: Thomas Seear-Budd

Shortlisted – Housing Multi-unit: Betts Apartments by Arthouse Architects. Image: Kate McPherson

Shortlisted – Commercial Architecture: Nelson Airport Terminal by Studio Pacific Architecture. Image: Jason Mann

Shortlisted – Commercial Architecture: Pic’s Peanut Butter Factory by Jerram Tocker Barron Architects. Image: Jason Mann

Shortlisted – Education: St Joseph’s School, Nelson, New Classroom Block by Create Architects. Image: Oliver Weber Photography

Shortlisted – Hospitality: Air New Zealand Nelson Airport Lounge by Eclipse Architecture and Gensler in association. Image: Brett Phibbs

Shortlisted – Public Architecture: Saltwater Creek Bridge by Jerram Tocker Barron Architects. Image: Jason Mann

Shortlisted – Public Architecture: Stoke Community and Sports Centre by Jerram Tocker Barron Architects. Image: Jason Mann

Shortlisted – Public Architecture: The Quays by Studio Pacific Architecture. Image: Virginia Woolf

Shortlisted – Small Project Architecture: Queens Garden Toilet Block by Jerram Tocker Barron Architects.
The Nelson/Marlborough Te Kāhui Whaihanga New Zealand Institute of Architects (NZIA) awards have seen 15 finalists named by a judging panel of local architects and community members.
The jury was led by Nelson architect Andrew Irving, who was joined by fellow Nelson architect Ian Bowman, Hamilton architect Brian White, and Olivia Hall, Head of the Māori Department at Nelson Marlborough Institute of Technology.
Irving said, “I would like to congratulate the architects, and clients, of the projects that made the shortlist for the 2020 Nelson / Marlborough Architecture Awards.”
“Among the projects we shortlisted were an airport and a peanut butter factory, a classroom block and a sports centre, some fine houses, an urban park, a bridge and, yes, a public toilet,” he continued.
See all of the shortlisted projects in the gallery above.
The NZIA has noted that the COVID-19 lockdown has halted the usual jury visits to shortlisted projects. “Resumption of the visits or the adoption of alternative means of deciding award-winners are dependent on the national measures adopted to combat the COVID-19 pandemic,” the organisation says.
The NZIA Architecture Awards programme is supported by Resene.