2021 Southern Architecture Awards Winner
Administration Building for the Otago Harbour Board (1980)
Faced with local resistance to a new intrusion into the largely 19th-century fabric of Port Otago, the architects conceived a mirrored glass curtain wall to envelop the building and reflect its historical surroundings. The building is thought to be one of only two remaining with such a façade, and especially noteworthy are the modernist proportions of this curtain wall. Modernist thinking is continued in the signature columns that support a generous open-plan interior. Remarkably, both the interior fit-out and exterior cladding remain almost wholly as originally designed.
- Practice
- Mason & Wales Architects Ltd
- Category
- Enduring Architecture
- Location
- Southern
