SCION’s Te Whare Nui o Tuteata wins international accolades
Te Whare Nui o Tuteata’s atrium features an extraordinary array of diamond and triangular frames.
Floor beams are supported by corbels on the inside face of the diagrid.
Dappled light from the fritted glass gives the sense of being enclosed under forest canopy.
Te Whare Nui o Tuteata at dusk, revealing, through its triangular triple-peak entry porch, the building’s timber diagrid structure.
Joint RTA Studio and Irving Smith Architects project Te Whare Nui o Tuteata is receiving accolades from far and wide, marking what judges see as a new direction in the future of architecture.
The NZIA Local award-winner and National awards candidate, crown research entity SCION’s Innovation Hub in Rotorua, was last month selected as both the 2021 Architizer A+Awards Jury Winner and Popular Choice Winner in the Architecture +Wood category. The jury described the two wins as “an unparalleled honour,” adding that with entries from over 100 countries, the project truly represented the best of architecture worldwide.
Hot on the heels of the A+Awards, Te Whare Nui o Tuteata last night received The Building Award at the 2021 INDE Awards for Indo-Pacific countries, along with an Honourable Mention in The Influencer Award. This year’s INDE Awards saw over 687 entries from 14 countries in the Indo-Pacific region.
The grand prize for the region’s most progressive architecture, The Building Award is awarded to the project that marks a new direction in the future of architecture as well as its capacity to respond to its local place and culture. The Influencer Award is given to a product or project that demonstrates how progressive design can improve the world.
Architect Jeremy Smith of Irving Smith Architects was invited to speak at the INDE Summit on the subject of “Finding and Financing Sustainbility: Indo-Pacific Built Environment Case Studies”.
