INTERIOR AWARD

AUCKLAND, TĀMAKI MAKAURAU FARADAYS BY CHESHIRE ARCHITECTS “Challenging the norms of how retail spaces should look requires skill and a willing client, particularly when it involves achieving sign-off from elite global fashion brands. To then add a florist and wine bar to the retail space appears to ignore the conventional rule book. Here, the rawness of the existing historic building provided a perfect backdrop for the playful stretched cotton canvas laid out in a sinuous curve, sometimes taut, sometimes pulled apart, to reveal merchandise. Highly crafted bespoke plinths, benches, counters of stone, timber, plaster, lacquered MDF and glazed cabinets all combine to create a playful, comfortable and effective retail experience.” Project team PIP CHESHIRE, GEORGE GREGORY, EMILY PRIEST IN COLLABORATION WITH NAT CHESHIRE WHANGĀREI WHANGĀREI MĀORI LAND COURT, TE KOOTI WHENUA MĀORI BY GHD DESIGN AND STUDIO PASIFIKA…