Ironbank

Ironbank is a 4500m2, six-level mixed-used (retail and office) development on Karangahape Road, Auckland. The building also provides a mechanical, automated car stacker for 96 cars, which the robotic system racks in a four-level storage wall.  In 2009, it received three architecture awards, in the "commercial", "sustainable" and "urban design" categories of the NZIA Auckland awards. It then captured second place at the World Architecture Festival, a European award, making it the best-scoring New Zealand entrant ever at the festival, and being praised for "Its sophisticated attitude to the messy urbanity of south-central Auckland". It was also mentioned in a The New Zealand Herald series where prominent Aucklanders nominated outstanding Auckland buildings constructed since 2000. Urban designer Ludo Campbell-Reid specifically noted that the building was greater than the sum of its parts, that it would help re-invigorate Karangahape Road and its backstreets, and that, unlike most buildings, it looked better from the back than from the front side Chester Consultants' involvement was in the discipline of fire - preparing the fire engineering report and specific design. Awards 2010 NZIA New Zealand Architecture Medal 2010 NZIA New Zealand Award – Commercial 2010 NZIA New Zealand Award – Sustainable World Architecture Festival Highly Commended MIPIM Future Project Awards Highly Commended 2009 NZIA Auckland Architecture Award Winner – Commercial 2009 NZIA Auckland Architecture Award Winner – Sustainable 2009 NZIA Auckland Architecture Award - Urban Design 2009 Auckland City Council, Mayoral Award - Urban Design 2009 Metro - Best New Commercial Building: Ironbank 2009 Best Commercial Project - Progressive Building 2010 Best Awards – Gold Award 2011 Property Council Awards – Merit