ArchiPro members recognised in the 2026 NZIA Regional Architecture Awards

Among this year’s regional winners are a number of ArchiPro members, with projects recognised across Auckland and Northland, Wellington, Canterbury, the Western region, the Southern region, and Waikato and the Bay of Plenty.

Auckland

Commerical Architecture

• Architectus — 50 Albert Street
• Studio Pacific Architecture - Hangar 4
• JWA Architects - Atlas Headquarters

Education

• Jasmax — St Patrick’s Chapel, Dilworth School

Enduring Architecture

• Bossley Architects — Moturua Island House

Heritage

• Ignite Architects and DPA Architects in association — Auckland Art Gallery Kia Whakahou, Kia Whakaora
• Salmond Reed Architects and Creative Arch in association — Diocesan School for Girls’ Chapel of Our Glorified Lord
• Megan Edwards Architects —Garender's Rest
• Gel Architects — St James Apartments
• Cheshire Architects and Salmond Reed Architects in association — The Chief Post Office Refurbishment

Hospitality

• Studio John Irving Architects — Bunker Bar
• Studio John Irving Architects — Ocean Restaurant

Housing

• Roberts Gray Architects — Double Courtyard House
• Monk Mackenzie — Ember
• W3 and Cede in association — Jack's House
• Rogan Nash Architects — Open + Shut
• Sunday Architects and Burgess Treep & Knight Architects in association — Roseman Whare
• Lloyd Hartley Architects — Sandtrap
• Jack McKinney Architects — Shadow Box
• Patterson Associates — Tahi House
• Herbst Architects — Te Whau
• Julian Guthrie Architecture — Wawata House

Housing — Alterations and Additions

• Studio John Irving Architects — Dolly
• Megan Edwards Architects — Long Play House
• Sayes Jackson Architects and Lynda Simmons Architect — Onetangi Pavilions
• Pac Studio — Red Threads
• Pac Studio — Waka Huia
• Bonnifait + Associates Architects — Yansané McMillan House

Housing — Multi-unit

• ASC Architects — 45 Mt Eden
• Architectus — Community Lane
• Monk Machenzie — Exhibit
• Monk Machenzie — Greenslade Court
• +Map Architects — Karori

Interior Architecture

• Warren and Mahoney, Moller Architects, Woods Bagot in association — Te Tumu - New Zealand International Convention Centre (NZICC)

Public Architecture

• Warren and Mahoney, Moller Architects, Woods Bagot in association — Te Tumu - New Zealand International Convention Centre (NZICC)

Wellington

Enduring Architecture

• Studio Pacific Architecture — Aratoi Wairarapa Museum of Art and History
• architecture+ — Pātaka Art + Museum

Housing

• Parsonson Architects — H House
• Studio Pacific Architecture — Kāpiti House
• Tennent Brown Architects — Parenga House

Housing — Multi-unit

• architecture+ — Aro Living Townhouse Development
• Novak + Middleton — Mahora Te Aroha
• First Light Studio and Central Pacific Collective in association — Our Whare Our Fale
• Studio Pacific Architecture — Waka Ama Street

Interior Architecture

• Studio Pacific Architecture — Executive Wing - Level 3 Ministerial Suites

Planning & Urban Design

• Novak + Middleton — The Bay

Small Project Architecture

• Studio Pacific Architecture — Te Puna

Canterbury

Commercial Architecture

• AW Architects — 200 High
• IKON Architects — Kahurangi — Te Whatu Ora Child, Adolescent and Family Community Project
• Wingates — MacMurray Endoscopy and Specialist Centre Christchurch

Education

• Stufkens + Chambers Architects — Te Ao Mārama Whare

Housing

• Anna-Marie Chin Architects — Beach House
• prau — Fendalton
• Three Sixty Architecture — Loburn Pavilions

Housing — Alterations and Additions

• Chaplin Crooks Architects — The Red Cottage
• Shaw & Shaw Architects — Timber Taco

Interior Architecture

• IKON Architects — Donnithornes
• Jasmax— Buddle Findlay Christchurch

Public Architecture

• Bull O'Sullivan Architecture — Chapel of St Thérèse of Lisieux

Small Project Architecture

• Shaw & Shaw Architects — Kererū Corner

Western

Commercial Architecture

• Gibbons Architects — Toitū House

Education

• CCM Architects and Labworks Architecture — Ngā Huia, School of Veterinary Science

Housing

• Gibbons Architects —Outlook House
• BOON — Rammed Earth House
• Crosson Architects — Waitī House

Housing — Alterations and Additions

• First Light Studio — Rongopai Reno

Interior Architecture

• CCM Architects and Labworks Architecture — Ngā Huia, School of Veterinary Science

Public Architecture

• BOON and GHD — Stadium Taranaki East Stand

Southern

Commercial Architecture

• Leuschke Group Architects — Mount Cardrona Station – Homestead
• Wyatt & Gray Architects — Skyline Carpark

Education

• Ignite Architects — Arthur Street School Redevelopment

Hospitality

• yoke — Gantley's Brewhall

Housing

• Condon Scott Architects — Bramble Close House
• Willson & Hills Architects — Central Otago House
• Johnston Architects — Corrugated Crib - Mount Iron
• Anna-Marie Chin Architects — Courtyard House
• yoke — Double Gable House
• Rafe Maclean Architects — Māori Point Road House
• Assembly Architects —Rare Earth
• RTA Studio — Two Sheds

Housing – Alterations and Additions

• Crosson Architects — Lake Hayes
• Chaney & Norman Architects — Pointy Flat House
• Parker Warburton Team Architects, Aukaha and Kaitiaki Studios in association — DCC Executive Leadership Level

Small Project Architecture

• Hyndman Taylor Architects — Aluume Spa

Waikato and Bay of Plenty

Commerical Architecture

• Sheppard & Rout Architects — The Wedge – Head Office Building
• Wingates — MacMurray Gastroenterology and Endoscopy Centre Tauranga

Heritage

• APG Architects — APG Offices (The Old Lodge)
• Jasmax and Charcoalblue in association— BNZ Theater

Hospitality

• Christian Anderson Architects — Huka Lodge Gym, Spa and Wellness

Housing

• DCA Architects of Transformation and Yvette Jay Interior Design in association — Hauparu Bay
• Sumich Chaplin Architects — Pōhutukawa House
• Architecture Bureau — Stretch

Housing and Alterations

• Architecture Bureau — Spoila

Housing - Multi-unit

• Construkt Architects — The Muse

Interior Architecture

• Wingates — Holland Beckett

Public Architecture

• Jasmax — Bay Oval – Craigs Investment Partners Pavilion (Phase 2)
• Jasmax and Charcoalblue in association— BNZ Theater

Small Project Architecture

• RTA Studio — Living House

Gisborne & Hawke's Bay

Education

• DCA Architects of Transformation — Mangapapa School

Hospitality

• RTA Studio — The Loft and Kitchen Refurbishment – Craggy Range

Housing

• Makers of Architecture — Mangakuri Home

Public Architecture

• RTA Studio — Hawke’s Bay Airport Fire Station
• RTA Studio — MTG – Hawke’s Bay Museum Research & Archives Centre

Nelson & Marlborough

Education

• Arthouse Architects and Sheppard & Rout Architects —Tāwhaki Nui-a-Hema / Motueka High School Maths and Horticulture Block

Housing

• JTB Architects — Flow House
• Monk Mackenzie — Ngaio Bay House
• Redbox Architects and Lume Design in association — Oak and Stone
• Chaplin Crooks Architects — Tata Beach House

Housing – Alterations and Additions

• Three Sixty Architecture — Black Millar House
• Fineline Architecture — Sharlands House

Public Architecture

• JTB Architects — Port Tarakohe Management and Amenities Building

Small Project Architecture

• Shaw & Shaw Architects — Bunk, Bath & Beyond

Together, the recognised projects point to the breadth of architectural practice in New Zealand today: from carefully resolved homes and small-scale interventions to commercial, public and community buildings that shape how people live, work and gather.

The awards also offer a useful snapshot of the themes defining contemporary architecture across the country: adaptive reuse, site-responsive housing, public infrastructure, cultural renewal, and a continued focus on buildings that are designed with long-term value in mind.