Alpine Aqualand, built for the Queenstown Lakes District Council an $18M indoor aquatic centre in Queenstown has won several accolade for the multi-discipline design team led by a Hastings-based firm LHTDesign, the country’s leading pool design specialist.
 
LHTDesign Ltd was presented with the 2011 ACENZ INNOVATE NZ Silver Award of Excellence.

ASC Architects were awarded several awards including;

• Property Council NZ Rider Levett Buknall Property Industry Awards 2010 Award of Excellence Tourism and Leisure Property
• NZ Architecture Awards 2008 Southern Architecture Award of Public Architecture
• NZ Architecture Awards 2008 Resene Colour Award

Naylor Love Ltd was present with several 2009 NZ Registered Master Builders Federation awards.

• National Winner in the Tourism and Leisure RMB 2009 Commercial Project Awards
• Gold Reserve Award in the Tourism and Leisure RMB 2009 Commercial Project Awards
• National Winner in the RMB Commercial project of the Year

To earn the gold award, the project was judged to be at least 80 percent higher than the industry standard. To win, Alpine Aqualand beat competition including the Chinese Gardens in Dunedin, the new Mercy Hospital wing in Dunedin, and the Nevis Bungy Base building, among others.
 
John McKensey of LPD Ltd, the firm responsible for lighting aspects of the project was presented with the Award of Commendation New Zealand at the IES The Lighting Society, awarded to John McKensey of LPD Ltd, the firm responsible for lighting aspects of the project.