Fifty-six projects have been shortlisted in the 2025 Auckland Architecture Awards. The shortlisted projects were selected from entries in the awards programme of the Auckland Branch of Te Kāhui Whaihanga New Zealand Institute of Architects.

The shortlist was compiled by a jury led by Guy Tarrant of Guy Tarrant Architects and rounded out by Jasper van der Lingen (Sheppard & Rout), Elspeth Gray (Roberts Gray Architects), Andrea Bell (Bell + Co) and lay juror Katrina Keshaw.

The winners will be announced on Wednesday 30 April.

See above for images of the shortlisted projects, which are:

Housing

Prospect House by MAUD
Park Point House by ASC Architects
Onetangi Cliff House by Herbst Architects
Sefton House by Ashton Mitchell
Te Arai by Bureaux
Pt Chev House by Crosson Architects
Sand Boxes by Herbst Maxcey Metropolitan Architects
60 x 6 House by Jose Gutierrez
Palmers Beach House, Aotea Great Barrier by Leuschke Group Architects
SANDTRAP by Lloyd Hartley Architects
Muriwai Farmhouse by Mercer and Mercer Architects
Palimpsest House by Monk Mackenzie
Kawau Island House by Novak+Middleton
Bush Block by Patchwork Architecture
Meadowbank House by Piper Architects
Waiheke House by Rowe Baetens Architecture

Commercial Architecture

SeaLink Wynyard Ferry Terminal by Architectus
13 Maidstone Street by ASC Architects
303 Remuera Road by Fearon Hay Architects
The Botanic Clubhouse & Pool House by Pacific Environments
RTA Studio – Studio by RTA Studio and Jack McKinney Architects in association
Halcyon HQ & Distribution Centre by RTA Studio
Horizon by SkyCity by Warren and Mahoney and Moller Architects
3 Te Kehu Way by Woods Bagot and Peddle Thorp in association 

Education

Mount Albert Grammar School – Nairn Block by ASC Architects
Pukekohe High School Learning Block by DCA Architects of Transformation
AUT Tukutuku by Jasmax
Manutara – Murrays Bay Primary School by Warren and Mahoney
Hiwa – University of Auckland Recreation and Wellness Centre by Warren and Mahoney and MJMA Architecture & Design Toronto

Heritage

Grey Lynn Public Conveniences by Matthews & Matthews Architects
St Mary’s Old Convent Chapel Restoration by Salmond Reed Architects

Housing – Alterations and Additions

Wainamu by Bureaux
Alberon by Jack McKinney Architects
Light Catcher by Jose Gutierrez
Water View House by llewellyn Architecture
Lava Flow by Pac Studio
19Q by SGA - Strachan Group Architects
St Heliers House by Stevens Lawson Architects
Hapua by studio LWA
Northland Point House by Sumich Chaplin Architects

Housing – Multi Unit

Catalina Bay Apartments by Architectus
Pocket Houses at Avenue Road by Dorrington Atcheson Architects
One Saint Stephens by MAP
Arahia by Monk Mackenzie
Lightbox by Novak+Middleton
Great North Road Apartments by Paul Brown & Associates
Glenview Apartments by SGA - Strachan Group Architects and Ashton Mitchell in association
Waterlily Development by X Studio Architects

Interior Architecture

Deloitte Auckland by Fisher Partners and Custance Associates
The High Life by Rogan Nash Architects
InterContinental Hotel Auckland by Warren and Mahoney
Horizon by SkyCity by Warren and Mahoney and Moller Architects

Small Project Architecture

Washworld by Lloyd Hartley Architects
Karanga Changing Sheds by Pac Studio
Small House in Rocky Bay by Vaughn McQuarrie
So Fresh, So Clean by W3 

The Te Kāhui Whaihanga NZIA Local Architecture Awards are proudly sponsored by APL and Resene.