2017 New Zealand Architecture Awards Winner
Christchurch Arts Centre Clock Tower & Great Hall
The complex, post-earthquake restoration and seismic strengthening of two components of a highly significant Christchurch complex of Victorian buildings has been achieved with exemplary care and respect for both the architectural legacy of Benjamin Mountfort and heritage conservation principles. Good decisions were made throughout this project, which called for painstaking attention to detail and the faithful replication of the existing building fabric. It was important for the city that the Arts Centre Clock Tower and Great Hall were brought back to life: the excellence of the buildings’ restoration matches their status in civic life and communal memory.
- Practice
- Warren and Mahoney Architects New Zealand Ltd
- Category
- Heritage
- Location
- Canterbury
