HB ARCHITECTURE

Hundertwasser Art Centre

Completed 2022 Hundertwasser Art Centre Awards:Public ArchitectureNZIA – Auckland Architecture Awards Winner 2023 An artwork in itself, Whangārei’s Hundertwasser Art Centre is a legacy of Austrian artist and activist Friedensreich Hundertwasser. The centre is the culmination of a plan first mooted in the early 1990s for Friedensreich Hundertwasser to design a building as part of […]

Northland Regional Council – Kaipara Service Centre

Completed 2022 The Northland Regional Council’s “Kaipara Service Centre” is a multi-story project that HB Architecture won through an invited “competition” process. Completed at the end of Aotearoa New Zealand’s SARS Covid-19 “Lockdown”, the culmination of teamwork and tenacity created a well-designed building. The triangular site, with the long boundary facing north-west, created the opportunity […]

Te Kakano

Completed 2016 Te Kakano Awards:Small Project ArchitectureNZIA – Auckland Architecture Awards 2017 – Shortlisted Te Kakano was the first step in the realisation of the Hundertwasser Art Centre. The HAC was Hundertwasser’s vision to see an unused building on the Hatea loop reinvigorated by the application of significant interventions that represent the building “living in […]

Waitangi – Te Rau Aroha

Completed 2020 Waitangi – Te Rau Aroha Awards:Public ArchitectureNZIA – Auckland Architecture Awards Winner 2021 The site is located on the upper level of the Waitangi Treaty Grounds. To the north of the site is the Treaty House and directly in front of the building is the flagstaff which is on the axis of the […]

Waitangi – Tahuaroa

Completed 2020 Tahuaroa (The Learning Centre) is attached to Te Rau Aroha as a cohesive building and was completed in unison in 2020. The building is located between the “brownfields” site and the Treaty Grounds, where a row of mature pohutukawa planted by visiting dignitaries over many decades holds great significance to the site. The […]

Waitangi – Te Kōngahu

Completed 2016 Te Kōngahu (Waitangi Museum & Education Centre) Awards:Public Architecture NZIA – Auckland Architecture Awards Shortlisted 2017 Te Kōngahu (the new Museum and Education Centre) is located on a previously modified piece of land bounded by Tau Henare Drive to the west, the Reception Building to the east and parking to the north and […]

Waitangi Visitors Centre

Completed 2016 Waitangi Visitors Centre Awards:HeritageNZIA – Auckland Architecture Awards Winner 2017 The Waitangi Treaty Grounds are one of New Zealand’s most important historical sites, which have now become a very significant tourist destination, whose numbers increase every year. To enhance the visitor experience, there was a need to upgrade the Visitor’s Centre. The original […]

Waitangi – Whare Toi

Completed 2016 Whare Toi (Waitangi Carving and Weaving Studio) was completed in 2016 alongside the Visitors Centre. The original building by John Scott was retained in basic form and internally reconfigured to accommodate the new carving studio. Careful consideration was made to restore and celebrate the history of the building while repurposing the space for […]

Waitangi – Waharoa

Completed 2016 HB Architecture has been working with the Waitangi National Trust for over several years; providing solutions and resolving issues for one of the most significant historic landscapes in New Zealand. The first stage in our collaboration was to provide a waharoa or welcome “gateway” building. Finishes are kept deliberately simple to emphasise the […]