Winners of the New Zealand Architecture Awards revealed

On this project, The Blyth Performing Arts Centre, client and architect reached for the sublime – and they got there. Photo Mark Smith.

The best New-Zealand designed buildings have been announced at the annual New Zealand Architecture Awards. Twenty-eight projects, ranging from a train station in Auckland to an apartment building in Wellington, have won awards in the country’s premiere architectural competition. Here are some of the winners, including the top award (pictured), the 2015 New Zealand Architecture Medal, awarded to the new Blyth Performing Arts Centre at Iona College, Havelock North, designed by Stevens Lawsons Architects.