The opportunity arose to create a new infill retail building in the Lake Taupo CBD. The street front development required pedestrian foot path canopy protection as part of the district plan rules. Rather than the typical additive style of the canopies used on the surrounding buildings, we took the option of extending the building roofline out to form the footpath protection. This also served to mediate between the two adjacent canopies which were at different heights. The main architectural form for the building is symbolic of a yachts sails or the mountain peaks local to Lake Taupo