Our Wellington Office wins the Wellington Architecture Awards 2025.
We are thrilled to see our new Wellington office win the 2025 Wellington Architecture Awards, in the Interior Architecture and Heritage categories.
Described as “a timeless office in an iconic mid-century building”, the premises were brought to life by the amazing team at Athfield Architects, led by Michelle Cooper.
The team at Athfield, who designed our interior spaces and fabulous roof terrace, describe the project as: “making space for the new long-term residence of a family of professionals”, which meant approaching this workplace design like the creation of a home. The first step was exploring how this could come to life in a spatially complex heritage building.
Athfield then collaborated with us at JBM to work through practical issues, helping uncover how the building works to create key experiences for those using it. From these conversations, arrival and client hosting spaces were positioned centrally to immediately immerse visitors into the company’s playful and dynamic work culture. Then, high quality spaces for working, collaborating and meeting were arranged around the core circulation and premium areas.
Thinking about all these aspects, from special relationships right through to material selection, helped Athfield create a design that is both contemporary and timeless – celebrated by the New Zealand Institute of Architects, who named our office as winner in the Interior Architecture category.
We are also proud to see Massey House, the building we now occupy, win a Heritage award, following its recent upgrade and seismic strengthening by Architecture Plus.
One of Athfield Architects’ working diagrams, showing what the space looked like originally.
Find out more:
- To explore more of Athfield Architects’ work, take a look at their website.
- To see more from Architecture Plus, browse through their projects.
- To read more about the awards, visit the New Zealand Institute Architects website.
- To find out more about Massey House and its history, read the Wellington Scoop article.
Thank you to Paul McCredie for the photos of the building.
