2019 Canterbury Architecture Awards Winner
Rose Historic Chapel Christchurch
Critically damaged in the Canterbury earthquakes of 2010 to 2012, the Chapel has been reinstated with significant strengthening interwoven with the existing fabric. It could well be a precedent setter for the sympathetic reinstatement of a significant landmark in the Christchurch rebuild. The Rose window is inspirational, but so too is the passionate commitment of architect and contractor to rebuild this important piece of Christchurch heritage – for evidence of this, one need only listen to the contractor speak, with real passion, about reforming the internal arches by hand and re-laying the mind-bending tile floor. This was a real pleasure to hear and to see.
- Practice
- Dave Pearson Architects Limited
- Category
- Heritage
- Location
- Canterbury
