2016 Wellington Architecture Awards Winner
Telecom House (1989)
This building has made a huge contribution to Wellington's cityscape for over a quarter of a century. The ziggurat form (in plan) offers a very human scale to the streetscape, which is further softened by the apartments and canopies which relate more directly to the street (previously Manners Mall). Throughout, the design is consistent in its intentions and detail. The roofscape enlivens the more distant views and, for those in the more immediate vicinity, the inspiring colours of the tiled building and plastered apartments generate an enviable warmth of character in relation to the city.
- Practice
- Athfield Architects Limited
- Category
- Enduring Architecture
- Location
- Wellington
