The Drake Hotel, Auckland New Zealand | Leuschke Group Architects Auckland and Queenstown

The Drake Hotel

Auckland
New Zealand

Ka whārahi, ka whakaoti hoki ngā tari hōu i te whakatakotoranga hoahoa ki Waiatarau. Na te pāparakāuta tawhito e whakaara ngā whakautu hoahoa mo tēnei takiwā. Ka tūtohu tēnei tari hōu i ngā rā o mua, ā ko tēnei hoki te pou whakarae o ēnei whakatakoto. Ka whakahonoretia te auahatanga hou i ngā āhuatanga o nehe kia whakarangatira mo ngā rā e haere tonu mai. Ka kite i runga i ngā pūkiore hōu ngā ahuatanga whakaniko hei rārangi parepare. E orite ngā ahuatanga huapae, poutū hoki o te kirimōhinu o tēnei tari ki tērā o te pāparakāuta. I tutuki tēnei whare e whā ngā whetu mo te manaaki taiao.

The new office building not only acknowledges the Victorian Building but reinforces its importance as the centrepiece of the composition. In this instance, the new not only accepts but honours and reinforces the historic, ensuring its viable continuation into the future. Parapet lines are acknowledged and introduced, and their Victorian decorative elements are echoed in the treatment of the new mansard screens. Similarly, the new horizontal and vertical glass louvre blades have a rhythm of depth and separation reflecting the rhythms of the fenestration of the hotel. A four-star Greenstar rating was achieved.