Torrens Terrace Apartments

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A corner site and transitory location between the vitality of upper Cuba Street and its surrounding residential context, the 9 storey Torrens Terrace apartment building provides a hierarchy of facades as articulation and emphasis of the vertical and horizontal planes. Floor levels are clearly defined and each floor is further segmented by the rhythm of the balconies, windows and structure.  The concrete shear wall and structure are expressed creating solidity and contrasting with colourful lightweight panels and transparent glazing. There are 16 quality four bedroom apartments catering to students and young professionals, and a ground floor retail space.  Layout of the apartments orientate to maximise the sun and distant views.  Balconies and generous glazing allow for a direct connection between the interior and exterior environment. Internal finishes include a neutral background, clear finished raw concrete, steel mesh screens, timber laminate flooring and vibrant splashes of colour within the apartments.

Torrens Terrace Apartments
Torrens Terrace Apartments

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We're small enough to take care of everything from your modest residential renovation and big enough to design, document and deliver multi-million-dollar industrial and commercial facilities, with the in-house expertise to cater for all projects in between.

Dickson Lonergan Architects (DLA) was founded in Whanganui in 1974 with founding partners Bruce Dickson (retired) and the late Barry Lonergan. Once fully established in the Whanganui region, DLA then started to expand the business, first into Wellington in 1999 with Barry and Glenn starting up the capital city office. Then came the Timaru Office headed up by Murray Ackroyd in 2005 and the further expansion to Hamilton in 2010 with Martin Swann. 

The opportunity then arose to open an Auckland office in 2015 with Alana moving north from Wellington. Now with 5 offices, DLA has evolved from its humble beginnings into a nationwide practice, with a passionate team of architects and designers who specialise in all fields from commercial, residential, industrial, interiors, education and public projects through to DLA’s main stay of large scale dairy and food processing architecture.