Vodafone on The Park

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NTT Tower
NTT Tower at 157 Lambton Quay, pictured with its former Vodafone branding Vodafone on The Park building.jpg
NTT Tower at 157 Lambton Quay, pictured with its former Vodafone branding
Vodafone on The Park
Former namesMobil on The Park / Vodafone on The Park / Dimension Data Tower
General information
TypeOffice
Architectural style Modernism
Location157 Lambton Quay, Wellington, New Zealand
Coordinates 41°16′57″S174°46′38″E / 41.28242°S 174.77733°E / -41.28242; 174.77733 Coordinates: 41°16′57″S174°46′38″E / 41.28242°S 174.77733°E / -41.28242; 174.77733
Construction started1990-1993
Completed1999
Height93 metres (305 ft)
Technical details
Floor count25
Design and construction
Architect Peddle Thorp & Montgomery
Main contractor Mainzeal Property and Construction

The NTT Tower (formerly Dimension Data Tower, 'Vodafone on The Quay' and 'Mobil on The Park') was designed by Peddle Thorp & Montgomery Architects and was completed in 1999. The main architect on the build was Robert Montgomery and the building was built by Mainzeal Construction. The building was engineered by Connell Wagner Structural Engineers, (now Aurecon).

NTT Tower comprises two parts, a modernist high-rise building constructed of concrete with exterior façades of blue glass and the refurbished and strengthened old Police Station buildings that flank the tower. Carparking takes up the lower tower floors to about the height of the old buildings, with office space above that.

The building stands at 93 metres high and has twenty five stories above the ground, [1] making it the fourth tallest building in Wellington and the twenty fifth tallest building in New Zealand . [2] The floor size is estimated at 28,000 square metres (300,000 sq ft). The construction was valued at $45 million. [3]

The building is owned by Precinct Properties and was renamed to Dimension Data Tower in March 2017. [4] With the global name change of Dimension Data to NTT in 2019, [5] the building's name and branding changed yet again. The building already houses, or has housed, many of New Zealand's top technology companies such as Microsoft New Zealand, Provoke Solutions, Google NZ, as well as tech start-ups such as SuiteFiles. Midland Park has built up a reputation for being the IT centre of Wellington and is surrounded by many government departments. [6]

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References

  1. ↑ "Vodafone on The Park". Emporis. Retrieved 9 June 2013.
  2. ↑ "New Zealand | Statistics | EMPORIS". www.emporis.com. Retrieved 2021-02-17.
  3. ↑ "Mobil on the Park". Peddle Thorp & Montgomery Architects. Retrieved 9 June 2013.
  4. ↑ "Dimension Data moves into Wellington's Midland Park". Stuff. Retrieved 2017-01-12.
  5. ↑ "Brand unveiled for new NTT global operating company". Dimension Data. Retrieved 2021-06-18.
  6. ↑ Phillips, Jock; Taonga, New Zealand Ministry for Culture and Heritage Te Manatu. "Midland Park, Lambton Quay, Wellington". www.teara.govt.nz. Retrieved 2017-01-12.
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