Canada Street

By Wingates

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The owner’s brief was startlingly simple: A sustainable showroom and warehouse that would appeal to a broad range of potential tenants. The site on the edge of the Auckland CBD was previously occupied by a collection of run-down 1950s industrial buildings which had outlived their usefulness.

In our design we sought to reconcile four major objectives: To provide a stimulating and comfortable working environment; create optimum storage conditions for the future tenant’s
products; to improve the public realm through this intervention and to create an appropriate physical expression for the above requirements.

Location: Auckland

Year Completed: 2010

Photography: Simon Devitt

Awards:

  • BEST Award Silver: Built Environment
  • NZIA Auckland: Architecture Award

Professionals used in
Canada Street

Wingates
Wingates
Architects
Megafloor
Megafloor
Manufacturers and Suppliers
Resource Management Solutions
Resource Management Solutions
Consultants

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Professional

Established in 2004, Wingates is an award-winning Architecture & Interior Design studio.

With offices in Auckland, Tauranga and Hamilton, the studio has earned a reputation for delivering successful solutions across a range of design disciplines. The team boasts extensive experience and skill in the areas of commercial architecture, interiors, residential, retail, hospitality, healthcare and education, sharing the philosophy that optimum solutions are achieved using a combination of innovative thinking and open dialogue with all those involved in, and affected by the project. 

We have a passion for creating quality buildings, environments and products that respond to their client’s needs, user requirements and community expectations. The practice benefits from an extensive skills base that is constantly developing.

At Wingates we believe good design is an investment, and good design solutions are achieved through the application of informed and innovative thinking. Open inclusive dialogue with all those involved in, and affected by the project, will deliver the best possible solution.