Eat Street
Project Name
Eat StreetValue
$1.63 milCategory
RetailClient
Rotorua District CouncilLocation
TaurangaWatts & Hughes are proud to have completed this project which was awarded the NZ Wood Timber Design Commendation for Exterior Innovation & Infrastructure in 2015.
Eat Street was the result of an open design competition to totally remodel and pedestrianise this street in Rotorua’s main restaurant area. This project was tendered and came in on budget. with construction completed ready for the summer season.
The project involved the provision of all weather cover to the street, under paving heating, new frontages and outdoor eating areas to all restaurants. It has also received an NZIA (Waikato/BoP Branch) Award for best Public Architecture and will now automatically beentered into the NZIA National Awards.