Irving Smith Jack Architects

Organisation profile

An architectural practice with a strong focus on environmental design.

Contact details: Studio 180 Bridge Street, PO Box 222, Nelson, New Zealand; +64 3 548 1372
Irving Smith Jack Architects website

Organisation type: Commercial
Expertise: Civic, Education, Sustainability

Tags: Civic, Commercial, Education, Sustainable design

Multi-storey media and arts building

Projects | Nelson Marlborough Institute of Technology adds a media and arts building to its campus.

Whakatane Library & Exhibition Centre

Projects | Irving Smith Jack Architects’ adaptive reuse of a former Briscoes retail box has given the abandoned building new life.

Mapua Waterfront Park

Projects | After extensive remedial work, a small patch of estuarine coastline near Nelson can finally be called a place for people rather than pesticide.

Next generation

Projects | This advanced timber building utilises the first machine-detailed LVL from Nelson Pine.

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