B201 Atrium - Auckland University banner
Project by
Year of completion
2023
Building style
Modern
Client
University of Auckland

The refurbishment of University of Auckland's B201 Building has been deemed as New Zealand’s greenest building ever constructed and has set new benchmarks for low-carbon Design and sustainability.

Awards and
recognition

2023
New Zealand Green Building Council
Six Green Stars for design by the New Zealand Green Building Council (NZGBC)
2024
Te Kāhui Whaihanga New Zealand Institute of Architects
2024 Auckland Architecture Awards Winner - B201 Building
Kobe Construction
Canterbury
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PROJECT CREDITS

Client: University of Auckland

Architect: Jasmax

Main contractor: Hawkins

Mass Timber Installer: Kobe Construction

The Mass Timber roof was the “architectural hero” of this project!
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Professionals used in
B201 Atrium - Auckland University

About the
Professional

Since our launch in 2015, our vision and focus has been to deliver high value projects for our clients throughout New Zealand.

The Director of Kobe Construction, Blair Tipler (Blu), is passionate in Architectural, Commercial and Residential properties. He pushes the boundaries for his clients to achieve maximum results. Blu has an impressive portfolio in Queenstown Lakes and Canterbury region, along with 25 years industry experience in NZ, Australia, UK and North America.

Blu and his extensive team work closely on each project with precision, positive energy, and systemic steps to ensure your project runs smoothly and achieves completion timelines. He is there for you each step of the way and is recognized for his comprehensive and thorough attitude as a New Zealand building professional.

Kobe Construction has a focus on technical delivery and are leaders in the construction sector for system, process and tool development.

We are recognised nationwide for our development and specialised experience with Mass Timber project delivery.

Kobe Construction is a sustainability conscious company with a fundamental focus of working to develop methodical processes to reduce carbon in construction. We have developed comprehensive Virtual Design Construction Modelling tools that enable us to design, build and estimate virtually enabling project development budget expectations to assist our clients to get the most out of there development. Once the project is ground ready, we then take the developed model to site to full scale to showcase the final product in Augmented Reality and then survey the delivery to absolute accuracy no matter how complex the design intent maybe.