Arena banner

5,200 sqm / Auckland

This mixed-use development includes a small hotel, apartments, commercial offices and retail space, all stacked over several levels of underground parking. The various functions are wrapped around a landscaped courtyard designed to provide a focus for the complex and bring light into the interiors. Fair-faced concrete and raw timber is softened with planting and the building’s complex silhouette, the overall effect being remarkably strong and crisp.

About the
Professional

RTA Studio has received more than 60 New Zealand and international awards, including Home of The Year, a World Architecture Festival category win and the New Zealand Architecture Medal.

Richard Naish founded RTA Studio in 1999 after a successful career with top practices in London and Auckland. We are a practice that focuses on delivering exceptional design with a considered and personal service. Our work aims to make a lasting contribution to the urban and natural context by challenging, provoking and delighting.

Our studio is constantly working within the realms of public, commercial and urban design as well as sensitive residential projects. We are committed to a sustainable built environment and are at the forefront developing carbon neutral buildings.

At ArchiPro we recognise and acknowledge the existing, original and ancient connection Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples have to the lands and waterways across the Australian continent. We pay our respects to the elders past and present. We commit to working together to build a prosperous and inclusive Australia.