Plant and Food Research Head Office – Cunningham Building

In the Mount Albert Campus of Plant and Food Research stands a beautiful Art Deco structure that counts as the oldest Laboratory building in New Zealand.

COMMERCIAL / HOSPITALITY, EDUCATION AND RESEARCH

PROJECT

Cunningham Building
CLIENT

Plant and Food Research
LOCATION

Mt. Albert, Auckland
STATUS

Completed
COLLABORATORS

Creative Spaces, Interiors
AWARDS
- Te Kāhui Whaihanga NZ Institute of Architects Auckland Hertiage 2019
- Te Kāhui Whaihanga NZ Institute of Architects Resene Colour Hertiage 2019
- Resene Base Building Architect Commercial Interior Office 2016
- Resene Architectural Specifier Commercial Interior Office 2016

In the Mount Albert Campus of Plant and Food Research stands a beautiful Art Deco structure that counts as the oldest Laboratory building in New Zealand.

We were tasked with re-purposing this building into offices, generous meeting rooms above and a large café, designed to allow scientists and ideas to mingle. The removal of the ceiling exposed a structure of corbelled beams and the Deco stair was restored.

For the exterior shell, the steel windows have been repaired, the roof replaced and the walls seismically strengthened with a layer of sprayed concrete on the inside.