This gallery features winners in the NZIA Waikato and Bay of Plenty Architecture Awards Housing category. shown here is Pauanui Bach by Leuschke Kahn Architects.

There's a "rich variety of site, scale and style" in the projects that have won awards in the NZIA Waikato and Bay of Plenty Architecture Awards this year.

But the winning projects, announced in Tauranga on April 28, did all have one thing in common, says awards convenor and Hamilton-based architect Steven Chambers.

"At each property we visited it was a delight to see the architects and their clients revelling in the fantastic environments they had created. It was a testimony to the positive relationships that were formed right at the very start of each project, when briefs were written and concepts were investigated."

SIMON DEVITT Hamilton architect Evan Mayo's own family home renovation took out the sole award in the Housing Alterations & Additions category.

Christopher Beer Architect took out his second major win this month, with his townhouse for a Cambridge family that has relocated from Auckland. The project won Home magazine's Home of the Year award this year.

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SIMON DEVITT Mayo added a new family room extension to the rear of the family's brick bungalow.

Architect Evan Mayo of Architecture Bureau won an award for his own family home, taking out the sole award in the Housing Additions & Alterations category. Photos of this project feature here.



Mayo extended his family's brick bungalow with a contemporary addition to the rear that retains the lines of the original bungalow. The architect also reworked the front of the house to incorporate a new garage and modern entry.

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The jury described the project as "a carefully executed celebration of classic Waikato vernacular that allows this house to support layers of family life in a seamless and elegant manner".

SIMON DEVITT Sliding doors peel back from the corner of the new living area in the Mayo house to open it right up to the outdoors.

"This significant alteration has been sensitively handled with admirable consideration given to the relationship of old to new, upstairs to downstairs, and house to garden. The architect's approach has been respectful of the past with detailing and selections while also making a clear nod to the future; the result is a house that could successfully be a forever home."

​The full list of NZIA Waikato and Bay of Plenty Architecture Award winners is as follows:



HOUSING

Town House, Cambridge by Christopher Beer Architect

Andrews Family Home, Taupō by Bull O'Sullivan Architecture

The Splay House, Hamilton by Edwards White Architects

Farquhar House, Whangapoua by Alignworks

Sentinel House, Coromandel by Crosson Architects

Paerata Ridge House, Waiotahe by Architecture Page Henderson

Pauanui Bach by Leuschke Kahn Architects

HOUSING ALTERATIONS & ADDITIONS

Architect's Own, Hamilton by Architecture Bureau

SIMON DEVITT Before and after photos highlight the changes to the Mayo house.

COMMERCIAL ARCHITECTURE

South Bloc, Hamilton, by Edwards White Architects

Cubro, Tauranga, by Wingate Architects

EDUCATION​

Tarawera High School, Kawerau, by RTA Studio

New Law & Management Building, University of Waikato, Hamilton, by Opus Architecture

ENDURING ARCHITECTURE

Karewa Parade House, Papamoa, by David Page Architect (1972)

Miller House (1969), Hamilton, by Rod Smith Architect (Smith, Grant and Associates)

SIMON DEVITT Mayo also reworked the front of the house to bring it up to date.

HOSPITALITY AND RETAIL

The Kinloch Club by Patterson Associates

Papamoa Plaza, Mount Maunganui, by Ignite Architects

INTERIOR ARCHITECTURE

IT Partners Office Fitout, Hamilton by Edwards White Architects

PLANNING AND URBAN DESIGN

Embassy Park, Hamilton by PAUA Architects

PUBLIC ARCHITECTURE

St Johns Church, Hamilton East by MOAA Architects