Architects and engineers—a winning combination

Architects and engineers—a winning combination for Holmes Consulting

Structural engineering firm Holmes Consulting is celebrating with the winners of the country’s premier architectural competition, the New Zealand Architecture Awards .

Holmes delivered the engineering for five of the winning projects, including the top prize—the 2015 New Zealand Architecture Medal, awarded to the new Blyth Performing Arts Centre at Iona College, Havelock North. Another building at the same school, the Iona College Information Resource Centre, also won an award in the Education category.

“Congratulations to our design partners at Stevens Lawson Architects, who set their sights exceptionally high with Iona College. We’re absolutely delighted in the part we were able to play in bringing these ambitious projects to life,” said Hamish Nevile, Project Director at Holmes Consulting.

The jurors described the Blyth Performing Arts Centre as a ‘beautifully planned and executed building in which technical as well as architectural issues have been resolved masterfully.’

“Our skill is ensuring the architect’s design is well supported with sympathetic structural engineering. Our role may be less visible, but we take just as much pride in these projects as the architects,” said Mr. Nevile.

Other winning projects Holmes delivered design engineering solutions for include the Stranges and Glendenning Hill Building Replacement in Christchurch (Commercial category), and the Mackelvie Street Shopping Precinct (Commercial category) and MIT Manukau & Transport Interchange (Education category) in Auckland.

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