The Kauri Timber Building was constructed on the waterfront in 1881 to serve the thriving logging industry of Auckland. The vacant parcel of land adjacent presented an opportunity for a complementary structure that rises above Fanshawe St against the original sea wall and connects to Graham St within the Victoria Quarter.

The new seven level office building accommodates commercial tenancies linked by a central stair. A lift tower has been inserted into the existing structure, completing a vertical circulation strategy servicing new and existing floor-plates.

A protective façade is constructed as a series of fluted, perforated metal screens rolled into a series of linked arcs, referencing the massed logs once collected in this part of the waterfront and sold from within the building.