2026/Quantum Showroom

NKBA Awards 2026Entry 266

Quantum Showroom

Sticks+Stones Design·Newmarket Auckland·Alternative space

Katie Scott

Designed by

Katie Scott

Sticks+Stones Design

Quantum Showroom — alternative space by Sticks+Stones Design (NKBA Excellence in Design 2026)

OFFICIAL RESULT

Auckland Designed Space Recognition

Quantum Showroom turns a cleared industrial building in Newmarket into a place where tile and flooring can be experienced in context.

Project gallery

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Project story

Quantum Showroom turns a cleared industrial building in Newmarket into a place where tile and flooring can be experienced in context. The brief moved beyond racks of samples, asking for realistic settings, working displays, meeting space, flexible walls and storage for a continually changing range.

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A white shell lets the materials take centre stage, while bathroom vignettes, sample tables and a central front desk make the large volume useful for staff, designers, architects, builders and the public. The showroom can host a handful of visitors or a trade evening of one hundred. It is commercial space designed to make specification feel more tactile and immediate.

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Project record

Entry number
Entry 266
Project
Quantum Showroom
Entered by
Sticks+Stones Design
Designer
Katie Scott
Location
Newmarket Auckland
Programme
2026 NKBA Excellence in Design
Room type
Alternative space
Category entered
Designed Space
Photography
John williams

Official result

  • Auckland Designed Space Recognition

Official NKBA 2026 result.

Credits
Plumbline