DAILY BREAD | ADNZ COMMERCIAL DESIGN AWARD 2020

Point Chevalier's most recognisable corner has a history worth knowing. Designed in the 1930s by architect Daniel B. Patterson for the Auckland Savings Bank, this neo-classical landmark sat dormant before Macfie Architecture was commissioned to bring it back into use.

The brief was demanding: turn a heritage building into a fully functioning commercial kitchen and dining destination without losing what made it worth saving.

The solution required equal parts sensitivity and structural ambition. A complete building upgrade brought the 1930s frame into compliance with modern commercial requirements, while original detailing was retained throughout. Custom steel joinery opens the interior to a light-filled outdoor dining area, Italian marble benches bring refinement to the counter, and restored timber panelling continues a conversation with the building's neo-classical bones.

The result holds old and new at once - heritage architecture and wabi-sabi modernism, in a corner bakery that feels like it was always meant to be there.

Project Scope - internal reconfiguration, external extension concept design, resource consent management, developed design, council building consent approval management, on-site monitoring

Winner of the ADNZ Commercial Design Award 2020

Build and bespoke steel joinery by Buxeda

Photography by Tori Hayley