Ric's
It was heartbreaking to watch Ric's go up in flames this past April. For our studio, Ric's has always been more than a project - it's a place filled with memories, laughter, and the kind of community spirit that makes a building truly special. We are currently working through the rebuild and couldn't be more excited to bring Ric's back - reimagined and ready to make plenty more memories. Watch this space for Version 2.0.
Winner | 2024 NZIA Auckland Architecture Award Hospitality
"Quietly unassuming under a corrugate mantle, Ric’s café is a treat. Strong and simple timber construction and details evoke a contemporary coastal-rural vernacular. Carefully sited in the dunes adjacent to Te Arai Links golf course, the café overlooks the 12-hole putting green, beyond the beach to Taranga and Marotiri islands. This is quintessential New Zealand, but beautifully elevated. Irving has created a facility at once rugged and sophisticated, with his use of exquisitely detailed oversized elements: cedar barn doors, six-metre-deep verandahs, steel bar and copper pizza oven. The polished concrete floor reads as large-format tiles. Befitting the development’s ethos, the café optimises the highly attractive coastal setting without overpowering the natural landscape character."
NZIA Citation. Auckland Branch Award - Commercial Architecture
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- Jono Parker & Ricky Robinson
