Dominion Building, Wellington

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Dominion Building
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The Dominion Building in around 1940
Dominion Building, Wellington
General information
Location27-35 Mercer Street, Wellington, New Zealand
Coordinates 41°17′19″S174°46′33″E / 41.2887°S 174.7758°E / -41.2887; 174.7758
Completed1928
Design and construction
Architect(s)Crichton, McKay and Haughton [1]
Designated10 September 1981
Reference no.1358
The turret of the Dominion Building Dominion building, Wellington.jpg
The turret of the Dominion Building

The Dominion Building is a historic structure on the corner of Mercer Street and Victoria Street in Wellington, New Zealand. Originally designed as the headquarters of The Dominion newspaper, it now houses a mix of apartments, offices and retail areas.

A distinctive seven-storey building of some elegance, the Dominion has a frontage of stone imported from Caen in France and interiors of Queensland marble. The building follows the bend in the road. Its most striking feature is a copper-covered tower with a lantern turret. [1]

In the mid-1970s, The Dominion newspaper moved out of the building. The complex was redesigned by Ian Athfield in 1995. [2]

The building is classified as a "Category 2" by Heritage New Zealand. [3]

Investigation of the leaking turret dome in 2022 showed that repairs were necessary, and remediation work funded by the residents and Wellington City Council was carried out during 2023. Decayed timber was replaced, and the original copper was replaced with 1.5 tonnes of new copper. [4]

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References

  1. 1 2 Kernohan, D. (1994). "Wellington's Old Buildings", Wellington: Victoria University Press
  2. Archived August 20, 2009, at the Wayback Machine
  3. "Dominion Building". New Zealand Heritage List/Rārangi Kōrero. Heritage New Zealand . Retrieved 21 December 2009.
  4. "Dominion Building Dome restored to former glory". Wellington City Council. 31 May 2022. Retrieved 25 January 2024.

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