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Ashburton District Council mayor, Angus McKay, calls the Warren and Mahoney design for the Riverside Sport and Leisure Centre as innovative and exciting.

"The design will provide both value for money and a striking facility our community will be proud of," said McKay following Council’s acceptance today of a $2.3 million design tender.

The design tender process saw five top New Zealand design teams invited to submit proposals for the full design services for the Riverside Centre. Three of the teams were then invited to present their designs and answer technical questions regarding their proposals and their track record and ability to deliver such a complex project.

Canterbury architects Warren and Mahoney have come up with a design that is economic and efficient as well as being strikingly elegant in its simplicity. The design cleverly provides for future proofing through a structural grid construction system. This enables either staging of construction, or adding of future facilities with minimal fuss.

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