Winning both the Commercial Architecture and Commercial Engineering Excellence Awards, the centre also picked up a Clever Solutions award.

Designed and built by a consortium of Dunning Thornton Consultants, Architecture Workshop, Hunters and Hawkins Construction, the judges said the building was a “highly-engineered answer to functional needs, which has been achieved in a structure which is as much high-performance as it is delicate”.

Details on all the winners can be viewed on the NZWOOD webpages linked below.

TDS Members due congratulations for their achievements in the Awards include:

• Alistair Cattanach – for his work in the winning Waitomo Caves visitor’s centre
• Mark Batchelar – Clever wood solutions award - for Ruby’s Restaurant Al Raha Beach Resort, Abu Dhabi

Links:

• NZWOOD report on the event
• To view the winning entries click here