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The Hotel Britomart has been created by architects, artists, ceramicists, carpenters and more. In this section you can meet a few of the folk who helped make this special place.

Rachel Carter

Organic yet modern, Rachel Carter’s stoneware brings a sense of luxury to everyday rituals.

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Ben Ngawaka

Working on the build of The Hotel Britomart has given this apprentice at Bracewell Construction an appreciation for both old and new building techniques.

Nat Cheshire

Alongside his father Pip and the team at Cheshire Architects, Nat Cheshire has been laying the groundwork for The Hotel Britomart for a decade and a half.

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Dajiang Tai is a principal at Cheshire Architects, and one of the leaders of the team that designed The Hotel Britomart. Here, he talks about why the hotel looks like it does, how it will feel inside, and the way it stitches into its neighbourhood.

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Karen Wrigley

Karen Wrigley is a building specialist who oversaw the intricate construction of the concrete-and-brick panels that make up The Hotel Britomart's exterior.

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Akutina Matthews

Akutina Matthews is a carpenter who helped build The Hotel Britomart – and enjoyed the harbour view from the top floor while he was doing so.

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Campbell Williamson

It isn't easy making the country's first 5 Green Star hotel. Development director Campbell Williamson talks about how it's done.

Michael Meredith

Acclaimed chef Michael Meredith is opening a new restaurant just down the road from The Hotel Britomart.

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Arch MacDonnell and Toby Curnow

Arch MacDonnell and Toby Curnow from Inhouse Design looked to the architecture of The Hotel Britomart to create its unique brand identity.

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Layers of history in the adjacent heritage buildings | The Hotel Britomart

At work on the hotel's top floor | The Hotel Britomart

A guest room under construction | The Hotel Britomart

The hotel top floor with the city beyond | The Hotel Britomart

On the first floor of the Masonic Building | The Hotel Britomart

Looking across Takutai Square to the hotel site | The Hotel Britomart

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David St George

The Hotel Britomart is looking good even before completion. We got photographer David St George to come by and take some photographs of progress so far.

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Jin Jeong

Jin Jeong works at Cheshire Architects, and focused on the interiors of The Hotel Britomart. Here, she talks colour, texture and the goal of creating "unseen synchronicity".

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Elena Renker

Elena Renker is an Auckland potter whose hand-made vases are in every room in The Hotel Britomart.