St Peter’s College Chapel

Location: Auckland  Architect: Stevens Lawson Architects  General Contractor: Aspec Construction  Bricklayer: Russell Gordon Contracting  Brick: Create Range Smooth Paintgrade Roman  Photographer: Mark Smith Photography St Peter’s College Chapel is a sacred building that is meant to stand out from its surroundings. The large Catholic School community fundraised for over a decade and commissioned Stevens Lawson Architects for the project. The floorplan was designed as a fish or diamond shape with a giant cross featured at the point of the diamond. The cross can be observed both internally and externally.  Viewing from the outside the cross looks to be lit from within, internally it cleverly allows light through the skylight to beam down the centre line of the assembly. The Create Range Smooth Paint Grade Roman was chosen to be painted a pristine white, as the design is one of noble simplicity, forward-looking yet respecting years of historical Catholic traditions.