Remuera library 2002

Additions and interior fit-out, heritage, Remuera, Auckland

Project Architect for CITY DESIGN LTD
Permission granted from Citydesign, now GHD

Internal alterations to the 1926 Gummer & Ford Library / Lecture Hall (NZIA Gold Medal, 1928) responded to the beautiful heavy timber ceilings, the contrast of plain rendered walls against dark timber detailing and the fine linear steelwork to the windows.

NZIA Regional Award (Heritage), 2004

(A Regional Award at that time is equivalent to a National Award under the current NZIA Awards system)

Contractor: Canam Interiors

Client: Auckland City Council

Library manager: Sue Jackson

Community Librarian: Jennifer Wiseman

Photographs by Studio La Gonda.

For a history summary of the Remuera Library, which was opened by Councillor Ellen Melville in 1926, see the Heritage New Zealand Pouhere Taonga page and the Remuera Heritage webpage.

Remuera Heritage Furniture 2006

The Library Team, led again by Library Manager Sue Jackson, contacted LSA Ltd on behalf of the Remuera Heritage Association to design a display and storage case for their materials, to match the design of the main desk and bookshelves.