Grace Victoria Quarter

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Deisgned in Association with Cox Architecture this high end apartment building is a collaboration for a joint venture between a New Zealand & Australian developer. The project consists of 106 quality residential apartments over 12 levels (10 accommodation levels) and is located in a prominent location in Auckland’s CBD. Drawing on international best practice for high-rise residential developments the design ensures that each apartment is generously proportioned, light and open, spatially efficient and oriented to panoramic views.

Designed with a high level of amenity the apartment building features a large internal landscaped central courtyard, spacious communal lobbies, private balconies, communal rooftop resident’s lounge and deck, secure covered carparks as well as additional storage and retail stores at ground level. The resulting scheme successfully maximizes the site typology and development controls under the Unitary Plan resulting in a high yield for the site.

During the build, Grace Apartments was one of the few residential projects within the CBD that did not grind to a halt due to red tape. This was due in large to the combined efforts of the design team navigating the ongoing concerns and stance of the consenting authority. Although this enhanced building code viewpoint from the consenting authority impacted on the programme and project cost, the team managed to make the necessary changes efficiently to minimise the potential impacts. Through the appropriate level of BIM modelling, efficiencies in effort were realised in collaboration with Cox Architecture as well as other consultants.

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Creating what matters for future generations is an overarching philosophy that underpins our core values and how we approach our architectural commissions as we seek to question today, imagine tomorrow, create for the future.

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We strive to create inclusive buildings and spaces with enduring meaning and purpose, focusing on our unique New Zealand and Pacific influenced identity, celebrating our cultural diversity. Our designs seek to be distinctive, memorable spaces, firmly rooted into the land, whether the site be intensely urban or a vast expansive untouched landscape.    

We are a highly motivated and connected team of expert designers, from unique and diverse backgrounds, committed to listen, engage, and collaborate with our clients to deliver project outcomes that create highly effective and enriched spatial environments for individuals, and communities, both now and far into the future.

We have nearly 150 years of history in architecture practice, our acquired knowledge and skills are coupled with continual research and innovation applied to develop efficient, resilient, sustainable solutions benefiting from years of review and wide project experience across New Zealand. Our extensive historical experience, unique understanding of our land and climates coupled with our long collaboration with local communities, councils and contractors allow us to uniquely tailor our design solutions in unison with our connected local and global WSP engineering design specialists.

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