A transformational mixed-use precinct in the heart of Auckland's CBD

One Queen Te Kaha - Deloitte Centre and Intercontinental Hotel

Our built environment has a demolition addiction. In Australia and New Zealand alone, over 1,000 non-residential buildings are demolished each year. We can’t meet our environmental goals and our carbon targets without changing this approach. We must reuse, upgrade and adapt more of the structures we already have. With an ambitious client and project, One Queen Street set out to prove this can be done without compromising design quality or project performance.
This vibrant hub delivers exceptional experiences for workers, visitors, and guests alike, while setting new benchmarks in heritage restoration, environmental performance, and urban placemaking. It is the final masterstroke in this marvellous precinct picture.
Property Council NZ chief judge Andy Evans
The transformation of a monolithic commercial building into a premium mixed use precinct
Our ambition for One Queen Street was to create a fully integrated second stage of Commercial Bay. With the development complete, it brings another 1,000 people here each day including international and domestic visitors to Auckland’s city centre. We are delighted with the design outcome and seamless connection this building offers the wider precinct.
Precinct Properties Chief Executive, Scott Pritchard 
A well-articulated adaptive reuse of an existing downtown waterfront structure. The mixed-use aspect of the base build project is highly legible, defining ground floor uses from the hotel and upper-floor corporate offices. Thoughtfully integrated into the existing Commercial Bay retail centre, it offers a high degree of permeability. 
New Zealand Institute of Architects Jury Citation
The choice to retain the existing concrete structure has resulted in an outcome with less than half the embodied carbon emissions of building new. The redevelopment has proudly achieved a world-leading 6 Green Star rating. 
The world-class waterfront development is destined to become Auckland’s newest, shopping, dining and social hub, offering a variety of food and beverage outlets that are perfectly complemented by the InterContinental Auckland’s luxury dining experience.
Precinct Properties

Collective Effort

Collective Effort

Blair Johnston
Head of Design, Principal
Auckland
Michael Mason
Principal
Auckland
Anne Carrington
Associate Principal
Auckland
Scott Compton
Head of Design, Principal
Auckland
Eliot Blenkarne
Associate
Auckland
Shane Bott
Associate
Auckland
Awards
Property Council NZ - Commercial Office Property - Best in Category Property Council NZ - Heritage & Adaptive Re-use - Best in Category Property Council NZ - Tourism & Leisure - Best in Category Property Council NZ - Sustainable Building - Excellence New Zealand Institute of Architects National Architecture Awards - Commercial New Zealand Institute of Architects National Architecture Awards - Sir Miles Warren Commercial Award Designers Institute of New Zealand Best Awards - Gold Pin - Adaptive Re-use New Zealand Institute of Architects Awards - Auckland - Commercial Architecture

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