Shortlist of best top of south architecture released – Stuff.co.nz

A peanut butter factory and a public toilet are among the 15projects shortlisted forthe 2020 Nelson/Marlborough Architecture Awards.

Theprojects were selected from entries in the awards programme of the Nelson/Marlborough Branch of TeKhuiWhaihangaNew Zealand Institute of Architects (NZIA).

The shortlist, which features the input of 12 design companies, was compiled by a jury led by Nelson architect Andrew Irving and includedfellow Nelson architect Ian Bowman, Hamilton architect Brian White, and Olivia Hall, Head of theMoriDepartment at Nelson Marlborough Institute of Technology.

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This Elliott Architects-designed home in Ruby Bay is one of the 15 shortlisted finalists at this year's Nelson Marlborough architecture awards.

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"It's very heartening to see what a difference good architecture is making in the communities of our region," Irving said.

Irving said the shortlist includedoutstanding examples of some of the wide range of buildings that architects designed.

The projects showcased this year rangefrom NelsonAirport's new terminal, a new classroom block at Nelson'sSt Joseph's School,The Quaysurban park in Blenheim anda number of homes and baches.

Six entries are in the running forthe housing prize - they includebaches in Kaiteriteri and Marahau, houses in Ruby Bay and Nelson, andvineyard and residentialhouse designs from Marlborough.

Nelson's Jerram Tocker Barron makeup just over aquarterof the nominees and their work includesthe Saltwater Creek bridge which also won the Exterior Structure Design prize at the recent NZ Wood Timber Design Awards.

The company also received a second nomination in the public architecture category for its work on Stoke's Greenmeadows Centre.A third nomination acknowledgesJTB's work onPic's Peanut Butter factory in Stoke, while the Queens Gardens public toilet block has earned them a fourth spot on the shortlist.

The Covid-19lockdownhas meant that site visits to shortlisted projects by juries around the country areon hold.

The way the award-winners will be judged will be determined by the measures in place to deal with Coronavirus.

At a glance: 2020 Nelson Marlborough Architecture Awards shortlist by category

Commercial Architecture

Nelson Airport Terminal,Nelson(Studio of Pacific Architecture)

Pic's Peanut Butter Factory, Stoke (JerramTockerBarron Architects)

Education

St Joseph's School, Nelson New Classroom Block (Create Architects)

Hospitality

Air New Zealand Nelson Airport Lounge, Nelson (Eclipse Architecture andGenslerin association)

Housing

Axe house, Marlborough (architecture+)

Corner House, Nelson (Hamish Shaw Architects and Landscape Design in association with Luke Porter of Canopy Landscape Architects)

Kaiteriteri Family Bach, Kaiteriteri (redboxarchitects 2017)

Picot Bach, Kaiteriteri (Mitchell Stout Dodd Architects)

Ruby Bay House, Nelson (Elliott Architects - NP)

Vineyard House, Blenheim (Arthouse Architects)

Housing Multi-unit

Betts Apartments, Nelson(Arthouse Architects)

Public Architecture

Saltwater Creek Bridge, Nelson (JerramTockerBarron Architects)

Stoke Community and Sports Centre, Stoke (JerramTockerBarron Architects)

The Quays, Blenheim (Studio of Pacific Architecture)

Small Project Architecture

Queens Gardens Toilet Block, Nelson (JerramTockerBarron Architects)

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