David Straight
Chosen within the Office Inside (Giant) class, the UDC Finance venture is the one New Zealand venture to be recognised this yr, and might be judged alongside tasks and practices from New York, London, Madrid and Melbourne.
The popularity builds on the venture’s win on the 2025 Inside Awards, the place it took out the Office over 1000sqm class.
David Plaistowe, Stack Design Director, mentioned, “We’re extremely proud to see our work recognised on the worldwide stage, alongside main practices and tasks from throughout the globe. UDC Finance’s belief in our group allowed us to create one thing that displays each their model and the spirit of Aotearoa. The end result showcases not solely revolutionary office design but in addition the distinctive connection to New Zealand’s land and heritage. We’re grateful for this partnership and thrilled to rejoice UDC’s new house as a benchmark for native and worldwide excellence.”
From greater than 4,300 entries throughout 89 international locations, the Dezeen longlist locations UDC Finance’s Auckland office on the worldwide stage. The shortlist might be introduced subsequent month, with winners revealed in London this November.
You possibly can browse all of the longlisted tasks within the Giant Office right here.
Watch Stack’s Inside Award presentation of the UDC Finance venture right here.
2025 Inside Award quotation:
“In a standout instance of office design finished proper, the designers have mixed strategic spatial planning, a transparent narrative, revolutionary supplies and high-level execution to create a distinctly native work setting that’s sharp, clever and restrained in all the fitting methods. The idea of organising the ground structure and spatial zoning round a typical Aotearoa farm is each artistic and significant, reflecting a robust connection to the whenua and acknowledging the shopper’s dedication to New Zealand. Intelligent detailing — such because the sophisticated-yet-simple reference to the traditional barn door — paired with a heat color palette, tan upholstery, timber joinery and luxurious inside greenery, creates a glossy, welcoming workplace with depth and which means in its design.
