Birkenhead Library & Civic Centre
North Shore, Auckland

The design includes a new Library, Citizens Advice Bureau, area office, Cafe, Plunket & Community Co-ordinator. Notions of canopy, transparency, solid, void & pattern are articulated in the design, & incorporate environmentally sustainable design principles giving substantial energy savings for cost in use, recyclable materials, night purging in summer and natural rather than artificial light. Currently under construction it is due for December '09.