- Dixon Street Flats
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Dixon Street Flats General information Architectural style Modernist Location 134 Dixon Street, Wellington, New Zealand Coordinates Coordinates: 41°17′26″S 174°46′23″E / 41.290503°S 174.773034°E Completed 1944[1] (1947 in Kernohan[2]) Design and construction Architect Housing Construction Department (Gordon Wilson and Ernst Plischke)[2] Awards and prizes NZIA Gold Medal 1947[2] Designated: 27-Jun-1997 Reference #: 7395 Dixon Street Flats is a historic building in Wellington, New Zealand.
The Dixon Street Flats in central Wellington were completed in 1944[1] (1947 in Kernohan[2]) as part of the first Labour Government's state housing programme. They are considered to be the archetype of Modernist apartment blocks in New Zealand. The building was the first major high-rise building and first major apartment block to be completed in Wellington after the Second World War.[2] The building, is classified as a "Category I" ("places of special or outstanding historical or cultural heritage significance or value") historic place by the New Zealand Historic Places Trust.[1]
References
- ^ a b c "Dixon Street Flats". Register of Historic Places. New Zealand Historic Places Trust. http://www.historic.org.nz/TheRegister/RegisterSearch/RegisterResults.aspx?RID=7395&m=advanced. Retrieved 2009-12-21.
- ^ a b c d e Kernohan, D. (1994). "Wellington's Old Buildings", Wellington: Victoria University Press
Categories:- Buildings and structures in Wellington City
- NZHPT Category I listings in the Wellington Region
- New Zealand building and structure stubs
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