The Quadrant Hotel, Auckland, and Holiday Inn, Wellington, have both won a design award from the New Zealand Institute of Architects Resene Local Awards for Architecture in the hospitality and tourism category.

The Quadrant was designed by Clark Brown Architects, and the Holiday Inn was designed by Studio Pacific Architecture.

Judges for the awards said The Quadrant was "thoughtfully planned using the courtyard to articulate two buildings on the site. It is delightful and conceptionally engaged. This rethinking of high-rise fabric is a welcome presence on the city's skyline."

The Holiday Inn was praised by judges for "making full use of its narrow inner city site and the angled orientation of room in a plan which maximises individual views over the city, hills and sea.

In June this year The Quadrant also took The Property Council Award of Excellence for multi-unit residential.

Quadrant case study

Holiday Inn case study