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Historic Dingwall Building.

ArchiPro Project Summary - Revitalization of the Historic Dingwall Building with a new glazed canopy and transparent shop fronts, enhancing natural light and preserving heritage details through thoughtful design and modern lighting solutions.

Title:: Historic Dingwall Building
Architect:: CAAHT Studio
Category:: Commercial/; Mixed-use Spaces

Completed 2013

The street canopy, shop fronts and entry to this heritage-listed building were in need of an overhaul after decades of incremental alterations resulted in a dark, disordered street frontage. We responded by replacing the canopy with a new glazed canopy, and new highly transparent shop fronts, to bring natural light deeper into the shop tenancies and building entrance way.

We kept a solid edge to the new canopy to give it a substantial feeling next to the old concrete façade, while bronze motifs reference the historic detailing of the building.

The whole building was re-painted and re-glazed at the same time according to our colour pallet, which is further enhanced by up-lighting at night, along with under-canopy lighting at street level.

Photos by Dave Olsen photography

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CAAHT Studio

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CBD, Auckland

caahtstudio.com

CAAHT Studio. We are a young and energetic practice focused on delivering creative solutions tailored to our clients’ needs. We believe good architecture comes from a process of open collaboration between client and architect which responds to a broad understanding of the project brief and context.