"This adaptive reuse of a historic building with a rich cultural history in arts education has generated an inspiring music and art facility for the Catholic Diocese and Trinity College. Careful upgrades of the historic building include seismic strengthening, improved compliance, and reinstatement of missing timber window joinery. Challenging requirements for acoustic control within the 1930s timber structure were navigated with both sensitivity and expression to achieve necessary isolation between learning spaces, which also include a recording studio in the basement. The new lift and stairs lined in a warm timber is reminiscent of a crafted instrument. The project has created modern learning spaces that foster student creativity within a cultural and historically significant context." Jury Citation

2025 NZIA Southern Architecture Award, Education