2020 Southern Architecture Awards Winner
University of Otago Archway Lecture Theatres (1974)
This four-lecture theatre project by Gold Medallist architect Ted McCoy has endured for nearly half a century and still stands out as architecture that is different and special. The form’s uniqueness and its sense of presence on the campus derive from the simple but effective four-point cruciform layout of the theatres. The external expression of the tiered lecture theatres is such that the building seems to hover over the ground. Fluted concrete panels and external spiral stairs speak to a moment in our architectural history, but the building remains an accomplished work of significant merit.
- Practice
- McCoy and Wixon Architects Ltd
- Category
- Enduring Architecture
- Location
- Southern
