Awarded the prestigious New Zealand Registered Master Builders' Federation Supreme Award for Commercial Project of the Year 2009.

Alpine Aqualand, Queenstown's $17 million, world-class aquatic centre, won both the NZRMB 2009 Supreme Commercial Award and the Tourism and Leisure category.

National commercial judge Simon Tonkin said that the complex design, inspired by the Remarkables Range, required an “outstanding level of workmanship”to execute.

Portraying the tectonic forces of mountain building, roof wedges lean to the west. Inside, a ‘mountain’, complete with waterfall and ledges, separates spectator seating and the leisure and competition pools.

Naylor Love, which was selected by the client on the basis of a fixed P&G and margins and recent performance, worked with the design team throughout the project, which finished on time and on budget.