16 April 2010 New Landscape Architecture building receives national award

The Landscape Architecture building at Lincoln University has been recognised in New Zealand’s premier competition for design and architecture. 

The award has been made within the Public Architecture category of the 2010 New Zealand Architecture Awards.
 
A statement from NZIA says the Landscape Architecture building captured jurors’ attention with its organic quality and is hailed as proof that “a miraculous outcome can be delivered on a tight budget."

Head of School Neil Challenger is pleased to see the special aim of the building recognised.

“It is entirely appropriate that Lincoln University, New Zealand’s specialist land-based university, has reflected its commitment to transforming land, people and economies by investing in this new building,” he says.  “The building enhances the ability of the students to interact and allow the studios to be managed as though they were professional offices.

“The 150 students in the school are working in a hybrid model of design education, where computing and sketching are integrated to combine the creative freedom of the pencil with the production and rigor of computers - no drawing boards - and we are already seeing better results than ever before.”

The new Landscape Architecture building, by Sheppard & Rout Architects in association with Royal Associates, was officially opened by Minister of Economic Development, Hon Gerry Brownlee, on November 20 2009, amid a weekend of celebrations of 40 years of Landscape Architecture being taught at Lincoln University.

For more information about the awards see: 
http://www.nzia.co.nz/