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Our client's vision was to extend and refurbish their existing brewery, bar, cafe and commercial kitchen. The refurbishment reflects the heritage of the Founders Park and Founders brewery, with emphasis on the brewery and beer.

The design improves the linkage between interior and exterior spaces through the relocation of the existing kitchen, allowing the bar and cafe to open up to the beer garden for outdoor drinking and dining. The garden also features a hop structure to visually enclose the space whilst showcasing a key brewing ingredient. Expansive glass walls are used between the brewery and bar to showcase the brewing process and create activity in the space.

The design utilizes robust and honest material selections to emphasize the heritage identity of the brand and connection with the brewery. As part of the finishes, an inverted bottle pattern has been utilized as part of acoustic screening whilst creating visual interest. 

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Founders Brewery Cafe & Bar

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JTB Architects is an award-winning NZIA Registered practice, founded in Nelson in 1986. We now work from studios in Auckland, Wellington, Nelson, Christchurch and Wānaka, on projects around New Zealand. We design beautiful contemporary buildings of all sizes and across a broad range of project types.

Design-led
We are a design-led practice which is committed to understanding and responding to our client’s needs with professionalism, energy and creativity. With each project we aim to find the optimum balance between sustainability, value and design quality, based on our client’s priorities. We design robust and durable buildings without compromising aesthetic quality.

Committed to sustainability
Innovation forms a central part of our approach in relation to materials technology and energy use. We are members of the New Zealand Green Building Council, and our business is also EKOS Zero Carbon for Business Operations.

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.