The Building Intelligence Group loves design, and we have immense respect for the design teams we work with. We were therefore delighted that Les Mills Hutt City, the New Zealand Memorial at Hyde Park Corner in London and the Watermark exhibition hall were winners at the recent Designers Institute of New Zealand BeST Design Awards.

On any project we work closely with the designers. In the case of Les Mills this was Stephenson and Turner, and we echo the judges’ congratulations of both Stephenson and Turner and Les Mills on “a bold solution breathing new life into an existing building and promoting environmentally sustainable design best practice” that saw this project win Gold in the Spatial/Offices and Workplace Environments category.

The New Zealand Memorial commemorating the enduring bonds between our country and the UK, and our shared sacrifice during times of war, was both Gold winner in the Spatial/Public and Institutional Spaces category and winner of the Spatial Stringer Award. The Building Intelligence Group was the New Zealand-based project manager for this Ministry for Culture and Heritage project, located at Hyde Park Corner in Central London. We congratulate Athfield Architects and Dibble Art Company for their joint design of this powerful and provocative memorial.