Madden Street Auckland, New Zealand homes

Madden Street Housing in Auckland

post updated 29 July 2026

Architects: Studio Pacific Architecture

Location: 30 Madden Street, Auckland, North Island, New Zealand

Photos by Jason Mann

9 June 2025

A Neighbourhood Designed for Life

On a prominent corner in Auckland’s Wynyard Quarter, 30 Madden Street creates a new kind of inner-city living that blends architecture, sustainability and community at a human scale.

Designed by Studio Pacific Architecture for developer Willis Bond, the project transforms a full city block into 153 contemporary homes set within generous shared spaces and framed by native planting, retail and marine commercial activity.

The development comprises a mix of apartments, maisonettes and walk-up townhouses. Each residence is oriented to maximise sunlight, sea breezes and views, with layouts shaped to encourage outdoor connection. Terraces, balconies and a planted rooftop garden support easy transitions between inside and out, while large windows draw daylight deep into each home.

At street level, townhouses wrap the block, activating the public realm and concealing a centralised carpark. Above, an expansive shared courtyard provides space for neighbours to meet, children to play, and nature to flourish, creating a quiet green heart in the centre of the city. Ground-floor commercial and retail spaces anchor the block into the wider neighbourhood, supporting a walkable lifestyle with local amenities close at hand.

Living Lightly
Sustainability underpins every decision. Each dwelling is certified 7 Homestar under Version 4, New Zealand’s leading sustainability framework, and the architecture favours passive strategies such as solar shading and dual-aspect layouts to support energy efficiency. Rainwater is harvested to irrigate the courtyard. Structural steel was chosen for its lower embodied carbon. The entire development is future proofed for electric vehicle charging and photovoltaic energy generation

Beyond performance, the project helps regenerate a formerly contaminated industrial site, embedding biodiversity and green infrastructure into the city’s fabric. With extensive bike parking, integrated waste systems and a deliberate reduction in carparking, 30 Madden encourages a lighter, more connected way of living.