Stevens Lawson Architects’ Blyth Performing Arts Centre has taken out the coveted New Zealand Architecture Medal at the 2015 New Zealand Architecture Awards. The awards evening was held at the Auckland War Memorial Museum on the evening of 30 October.

The jury for the 2015 awards was headed by Auckland architect Pete Bossley, alongside Nelson architect Jeremy Smith, Wellington architect Sharon Jansen, and Queensland architect Damien Eckersley.

For the first time in 2015, New Zealand Architecture Award-winning buildings in the categories of housing, commercial and public architecture were considered for Signature Awards named for three influential New Zealand architects – Sir Miles Warren, and both the late John Scott and Sir Ian Athfield.

The premier individual honour, the Gold Medal for career achievement, was conferred on Stuart Gardyne, director at Wellington studio architecture +. The jury commented, “Stuart has become an architectural leader as well as an excellent designer, and the profession he so admirably represents has benefited enormously from his collegiality, intelligence and integrity.”

Pictorial gallery of all twenty-eight winning projects above, with a full list of the winners below.

NEW ZEALAND ARCHITECTURE MEDAL:

• The Blyth Peforming Arts Centre by Stevens Lawson Architects

GOLD MEDAL:

• Stuart Gardyne of architecture +

SIR MILES WARREN AWARD FOR COMMERCIAL ARCHITECTURE:

• Stranges and Glendenning Hill Building Replacement (Christchurch) by Sheppard and Rout

JOHN SCOTT AWARD FOR PUBLIC ARCHITECTURE:

• Christchurch Botanic Gardens Visitors Centre by Patterson Associates

SIR IAN ATHFIELD AWARD FOR HOUSING:

• Lyttelton Studio Retreat by Bull O’Sullivan Architects

COMMERCIAL ARCHITECTURE CATEGORY:

• Stranges and Glendenning Hill Building Replacement by Sheppard and Rout
• Mackelvie Street Shopping Precinct by RTA Studio

EDUCATION CATEGORY:

• Avondale College by Jasmax
• MIT Manukau & Transport Interchange by Warren and Mahoney
• Iona College Information Resource Centre, Havelock North, by Stevens Lawson Architects
• The Blyth Peforming Arts Centre by Stevens Lawson Architects

ENDURING ARCHITECTURE CATEGORY:

• Deanwell School (1968), Hamilton by the South Auckland Education Board – Architectural Division
• Gibbs House (1985), Auckland by Mitchell & Stout Architects
• Coleraine House (1980), Havelock North by Athfield Architects

HERITAGE CATEGORY:

• Lopdell House, Titirangi, Auckland by Mitchell & Stout Architects
• The Treasury Research Centre & Archive, Thames by Architectus

HOSPITALITY & RETAIL CATEGORY:

• Monica Loves, Napier by Nott Architects

HOUSING CATEGORY:

• Ostend Family Home, Waiheke Island by Bull O’Sullivan Architects
• Red House, Auckland by Crosson Clarke Carnachan Architects
• Castle Rock House, Northland by Herbst Architects
• Boatsheds, Auckland by Strachan Group Architects
• In-Situ House, Auckland by Stevens Lawson Architects

HOUSING - ALTERATIONS AND ADDITIONS CATEGORY:

• Clevedon Estate, Auckland by Herbst Architects
• ‘Sod the Villa’, Auckland by Malcolm Walker Architects

HOUSING - MULTI UNIT CATEGORY:

• Clyde Quay Wharf Apartments, Wellington by Athfield Architects
• Marshall Court Apartments for City Housing WCC, Wellington, by Designgroup Stapleton Elliott

INTERNATIONAL ARCHITECTURE CATEGORY:

• New Zealand China Concept Store, Shanghai by Patterson Associates

PUBLIC ARCHITECTURE CATEGORY:

• Te Uru Waitakere Contemporary Gallery, Titirangi, Auckland by Mitchell & Stout Architects
• Christchurch Botanic Gardens Visitors Centre by Patterson Associates
• Kathleen Kilgour Centre, Tauranga by Wingate + Farquhar

SMALL PROJECT ARCHITECTURE CATEGORY:

• Te Kaitaka - ‘The Cloak’, Auckland by Fearon Hay Architects
• Lyttelton Studio Retreat by Bull O’Sullivan Architects
• Brooklands Lagoon Public Toilet, Christchurch by Opus Architecture

Read the in-depth interview with the 2015 Gold Medal winner Stuart Gardyne here.