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Seven Kāpiti builds among winners at architecture awards 13 May, 2021 02:30 AM 5 minutes to read Our Lady of Kāpiti Parish Church by DLA Architects. Photo / Paul McCredie Rosalie is a reporter for Kāpiti News It turns out Kāpiti is a good place to turn your dream build into reality with seven buildings among the winners at this year s Te Kāhui Whaihanga New Zealand Institute of Architects Wellington Awards. Te Kāhui Whaihanga president architect Judi Keith-Brown said the nature of the landscape and weather in Kāpiti mean architecture and building methods have always needed to be innovative. ....
Colleen Hawkes20:00, May 06 2021 Ten new houses received Housing Awards in the NZIA Wellington Architecture Awards. Social housing and bespoke homes were both winners in a Wellington awards ceremony celebrating the best architecture in the region. Two Kāinga Ora social housing developments, one in Mt Cook and one in Porirua, took out both the Housing – Multi Unit awards at the Te Kāhui Whaihanga New Zealand Institute of Architects Wellington Awards, while 10 new houses won Housing Awards. The Kāinga Ora Hanson Street development of 20 one-bedroom homes in Mt Cook, by Herriot Melhuish O’Neill Architects, and the Castor Crescent development in Porirua by Tennent Brown Architects received special mention from the awards judges. ....