A gateway to Aotearoa New Zealand
Novotel Auckland Airport Hotel
Project
Novotel Auckland Airport Hotel
Client
Tainui Auckland Airport Hotel Limited
Location
Auckland
Sector
Hotels and Hospitality The award-winning Novotel Auckland Airport Hotel offers 263 contemporary guest rooms including suites, all-day dining and two floors of conference and meeting spaces. It's a highly efficient hotel that offers a guest-experience befitting of its role in providing the first and last impressions for many international visitors to Aotearoa New Zealand.
In keeping with the building’s function as a resting place at the beginning or end of a journey, elements of the design take their inspiration from Aramoana, a taniko pattern symbolising the path of the great Tainui waka as it voyaged from Hawaiki and Arorangi 800 years ago.
The interior makes use of a variety of motifs, referencing both traditional designs and New Zealand’s abundant native flora and fauna. The influence of the nearby Manukau Harbour the Waikato River can be recognised immediately in textures and patterns incorporated into the surfaces of ceilings, screens, and the fabrics.
Dramatic, sculptured forms, and a high degree of transparency, conveys an insight into the essential qualities of Aotearoa and New Zealanders.
Although crisp and minimal, the whole building has this elegant, sculptural quality. What sets the Novotel apart is Warren and Mahoney’s attention to every detail.
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Collective Effort
Collective Effort
Jonathan Hewlett
Principal
Auckland
Bren Morrison
Consulting Principal
Auckland
Paul Morrison
Associate Principal
Auckland
Barrington Gohns
Head of Design, Principal
Sydney
Project Team
Nick Dale
Auckland
Awards
2012 NZIA New Zealand Architecture Award - Commercial
2012 New Zealand Hotel Industry Conference Environmental Sustainability Award
2012 Property Council of New Zealand Tourism & Leisure Property Award - Excellence, and named Best in Category
2012 Interior Awards - Hospitality Award
2011 Best Design Award - Hospitality, Silver
2011 NZIA Auckland Architecture Award, Commercial Architecture.
2011 NZIA Auckland Architecture Award, Interior Architecture.
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