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Year of completion
2014
Building style
Contemporary

Willis Bond & Co, Wellington 2015

One Market Lane occupies a unique triangular island site in inner city Wellington, where the city grid meets the historic waterfront line. At a crossroads between the city and the water, the design for this high quality, well-appointed building needed to draw together the various qualities of the site through a geometry that maximises its context and environment.

Located within a precinct of refurbished heritage buildings and sitting adjacent to the heritage Xero House (formerly John Chambers) building, the design of One Market Lane marries old and new. A curved plinth at the base of the building aligns with Xero House, seamlessly rounding off its long profile, and the sculptural upper levels of the new building rise gracefully from this plinth, set back like wings to complement rather than overshadow its heritage neighbour. As the building’s site means that it is seen in the round, the overall design has been carefully considered, with smooth transitions and fine framing ensuring that its form is strong but light, contemporary but understated.

The building’s unique island site is also the key to the quality of its interior spaces, with light and sun bathing the building on all sides. Its upper floors will accommodate expansive apartments that make the most of the spectacular views from all sides, ranging from waterfront and sea views to views over the city itself. Intelligent, spacious layouts and modern, elegant design with a high quality of finish create apartments that offer a high standard of inner city living.

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Shaping Our Pacific Future – We are a cross-disciplinary architecture, interior, landscape and urban design practice shaping a more sustainable and people-centric built environment across the buildings, neighbourhoods, cities, and landscapes of Aotearoa New Zealand.

Studio Pacific was established in 1992 by friends and colleagues Evžen NovákNick Barratt-Boyes, and Stephen McDougall. After working in the UK and Europe, the three architects were drawn back home by a shared desire to form a collaborative and innovative practice in Te Whanganui-a-Tara – Wellington.

They opened an architecture studio ‘of the Pacific’, applying their creativity to projects that engaged with, and elevated, context and culture. Over the years, this has grown into a compelling manifesto to shape our collective Pacific future, where people and the planet are at the heart of our built environment.

Today, we are a team of around 100 – including architects, urban designers, landscape architects, interior designers and business professionals. We bring diversity in thinking and design, and a democratic culture ensures clever ideas come from all corners of the practice, not necessarily from those who have been here the longest.

Open-minded, collaborative and creative, our practice has evolved into a leading and award-winning business, working on a wide range of exciting projects that seek to make Aotearoa New Zealand a better place.