Some of the world’s leading architecture firms are competing for the chance to design a landmark high-rise tower in central Auckland, New Zealand.
Five finalists have been announced: Zaha Hadid Architects, Woods Bagot, Warren and Mahoney, Cox Architecture and Elenberg Fraser.
Developer ICD Property asked firms to design an “iconic” tower for Auckland consisting of a hotel and apartment building, to be developed at 65 Federal Street, near the Sky Tower. The developer asked the teams to design two versions of their proposed building; one following the current city Unitary Plan rules and the other designed according to more open planning parameters.
The finalists’ designs are below:
Zaha Hadid Architects
![Zaha1.jpg](/getattachment/0890e58c-6b35-40db-b879-fa3b076baae3/Zaha1.jpg.aspx)
![zahahadid1.png](/getattachment/7f9a40e6-bf22-4d73-82df-9f0f00b9f460/zahahadid1.png.aspx)
Warren and Mahoney
![Eight1.jpg](/getattachment/8a3d8eee-22f4-4d8b-adba-6664579b3165/Eight1.jpg.aspx)
![warrenandmahoney2.png](/getattachment/4704f9c9-bebb-45d9-8474-bd90466f36e1/warrenandmahoney2.png.aspx)
Cox Architecture
![COX-1.jpg](/getattachment/4ffc389f-54e3-4395-bed9-b3348b821968/COX-1.jpg.aspx?width=300&height=549)
Woods Bagot
![Woods-Bagot-1.jpg](/getattachment/4aab536a-0fe2-432e-a837-0f3e2eecc9d1/Woods-Bagot-1.jpg.aspx)
Elenberg Fraser
![Fraser1.jpg](/getattachment/5b6f83e6-c640-4c86-9677-4cb2b598edd6/Fraser1.jpg.aspx)
![fraser2.png](/getattachment/1f8e79e5-63cb-4829-83a5-a3a961effe77/fraser2.png.aspx)
The winner of the competition will be announced in October 2018.