2019 New Zealand Architecture Awards Winner
Rose Historic Chapel
In a meticulous exercise in reconstruction, the architect has restored a 1910 chapel designed by the prominent Christchurch firm of AS and ES Luttrell, which was severely damaged in the Canterbury earthquakes a century later. New or replacement materials, such as Oamuru stone cladding and a spiral staircase, were carefully selected and sourced to complement salvaged elements such as the tiled floor, basalt stone and limestone blocks, and stained-glass windows. The necessary seismic strengthening of foundations, walls and roof has been handled with a sensitive regard for the need for discrete effect, and the internal plasterwork, painting and woodwork demonstrates a high level of craft. The architect has orchestrated this project with a sure hand and exemplary attention to detail – and it shows.
- Practice
- Dave Pearson Architects Limited
- Category
- Heritage
- Location
- Canterbury
