In the new Waiheke library, tall timber columns reminiscent of tree trunks reach up to a leaf canopy formed from laser-cut plywood in front of a skylight. The leaf pattern was taken from a photograph of the canopy of a pohutukawa tree. The ceiling wa

In the new Waiheke library, tall timber columns reminiscent of tree trunks reach up to a leaf canopy formed from laser-cut plywood in front of a skylight. The leaf pattern was taken from a photograph of the canopy of a pohutukawa tree. The ceiling was painted to resemble the colour of the underside of a pohutukawa leaf. The architecture is by Pacific Environments NZ.