Colleen Hawkes20:00, May 06 2021
Ten new houses received Housing Awards in the NZIA Wellington Architecture Awards.
Social housing and bespoke homes were both winners in a Wellington awards ceremony celebrating the best architecture in the region. Two Kāinga Ora social housing developments, one in Mt Cook and one in Porirua, took out both the Housing – Multi Unit awards at the Te Kāhui Whaihanga New Zealand Institute of Architects Wellington Awards, while 10 new houses won Housing Awards. The Kāinga Ora Hanson Street development of 20 one-bedroom homes in Mt Cook, by Herriot Melhuish O’Neill Architects, and the Castor Crescent development in Porirua by Tennent Brown Architects received special mention from the awards judges.
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The Wellington Company in collaboration with award winning architects Architecture + are reimagining Massey House into the new modern 126LQ.
One of New Zealand s first curtained walled buildings is about to undergo a major transformation to breathe new life into it once again. The Wellington Company in collaboration with award winning architects Architecture + are re-imagining Massey House into the new modern 126LQ. The restoration and redevelopment will deliver over 7000 square meters of A Grade premium commercial office and retail space set over 9 levels, incorporating an outdoor roof-top garden terrace providing flexible staff and entertaining area overlooking Lambton Quay. Completed in 1957, Massey House on Lambton Quay was created to house the joint national headquarters for both the Dairy Producers Board and the Meat Producers Board. Austrian immigrant Ernst Plischke had arrived in Wellington in May 1939 with his wife and son seeking refuge from Nazi occupati