Renowned centre shortlisted

Kathleen Kilgour Centre at Tauranga Hospital. Photo / File

Tauranga's Kathleen Kilgour Centre has been shortlisted for the finals of the World Architecture Festival.

Earlier this month, the state-of-the-art radiotherapy centre, designed by Wingate + Farquhar, won an excellence award in a national contest run by the Property Council of New Zealand.

The festival will be held in Singapore from November 4 to 6. The record number of 14 shortlisted New Zealand buildings doubles the seven New Zealand buildings shortlisted last year.

Kathleen Kilgour Centre will be joined by: the Christchurch Botanic Gardens Visitor Centre (display category); the Scrubby Bay House on Banks Peninsula (house category); the Olive Grove (hotel and leisure category), also on Banks Peninsula: all designed by Auckland-based practice Patterson Associates.

The Isaac Theatre Royal (old and new category) and the MIT Manukau & Transport Interchange (transport category): both designed by Warren and Mahoney.

Mapua Park Shelters (production energy and recycling) and Upper Queen Street, Nelson(shopping category): both designed by Irving Smith Jack Architects.

In Northland, RoreKahu - Marsden Cross Heritage Centre (civic and community category), designed by Cheshire Architects.

In Auckland, Te Uru Waitakere Contemporary Gallery (culture category) designed by and Mitchell & Stout Architects.

In Wairoa, Te Kura Kaupapa Maori o NgatiKahungunu o Te Wairoa, a new school designed by RTA Studio.

The Canada Street Bridge (future project), a new cycleway proposed to fly over spaghetti junction, central Auckland, designed by Monk Mackenzie.

RTA Studio has been shortlisted every year since 2009, when it was highly commended for Ironbank, Auckland.

Shortlisted finalists present their projects to international juries in Singapore in November.

On the final day, category winners present to the jury who award the highest honour, Building of the Year.

In 2013, the Auckland Art Gallery was named Building of the year at the World Architecture Festival.