Chiselled daylight | Architecture Now

To adjust to Auckland Council planning rules stopping buildings casting shadows onto the adjoining Aotea Sq., components of the highest 10 ranges of the flats portion of the 21-storey mixed-use constructing had been chiselled away, giving the constructing its distinctive wedged form.

The flats are a part of the $600-million Symphony Centre, designed by Woods Bagot for developer Malaysian Assets Company Berhad (MRCB) in partnership with Eke Panuku Growth Auckland. Constructed above the Metropolis Rail Hyperlink’s Te Waihorotiu Station, the undertaking, managed by Auckland-based consultancy RCP, is described as New Zealand’s first true transit-oriented improvement, due for completion in mid-2029. 

The constructing combines flats with 9 ranges of economic house, offering 18,000 sq. metres of workplaces beneath the ten ranges of residences. Floor-level and foyer areas embody a mixture of hospitality and retail tenancies throughout 1000 sq. metres.

Pricing for the flats begins at $1.1 million for a one-bedroom residence, $2.16 million for a two-bedroom and $2.99 million for a three-bedroom. The penthouse house is priced at $11.6 million. Shared amenities embody a film theatre, a gymnasium and outside terrace eating areas. The Symphony Residences has secured an exemption to promote as much as 60 per cent of its flats to overseas consumers.

The undertaking additionally entails a makeover of the adjoining post-war modernist Bledisloe Home, inbuilt 1959, which incorporates elimination of the sun-shading louvre panels added to the constructing within the Eighties and a refurbished façade. The bottom flooring will characteristic meals and beverage and retail, and the again of the constructing shall be opened to a brand new 12-metre-wide laneway alongside the Symphony Centre. The Centre’s façade is constructed from glass-reinforced concrete in hues that reference Waitematā sandstone, with a poutama sample by Graham Tipene (Ngāti Whātua Ōrākei) embossed onto vertical fins.