Warren and Mahoney Holmes Consulting Christchurch 2016

Warren and Mahoney is an international architectural and interior design practice - one of the few third generation architectural practices in the history of New Zealand architecture. It is a highly awarded architectural practice, with offices in New Zealand and Australia.

History

The practice was founded by

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in 1955, and with the award of the Dental Nurses Training School (now known as Central Nurses' Training School) Miles sought the assistance of his fellow atelier colleague Maurice Mahoney. In 1958,Warren and Mahoney
Christchurch City Libraries, retrieved 2012-04-30 the partnership of Warren and Mahoney was established. The partnership created a distinctive form of architecture utilising a modern,

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style (described by Warren himself as "constructivist") involving widespread use of concrete and harsh geometric shapes. Several of their buildings in this style are now among the highlights of New Zealand modernism:

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, Harewood Crematorium, College House and Canterbury Students' Union being but a few. The style was influential within New Zealand, being a partial inspiration for

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's Archway Lecture Theatre complex at the

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, among other works. Warren and Mahoney's designs are found in other centres throughout New Zealand, most notably those of Wellington's

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and

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in Wellington and Auckland's

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building. Miles Warren was knighted in 1985 for his services to architecture and in 2003 named one of ten inaugural ‘Icons of the Arts’ by the Arts Foundation of New Zealand. Sir Miles Warren and Maurice Mahoney retired in the early 1990s. Now a third generation multi-disciplinary practice with offices in Sydney, Melbourne, Auckland, Tauranga, Wellington, Christchurch and Queenstown, the practice has constructed projects around the Pacific Rim. Several works were destroyed and more still damaged by the

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Notable designs

Buildings

* Harewood Crematorium (1963) *

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in Christchurch, New Zealand (1966) *

in Christchurch, New Zealand (1972) * Cathedral of the Blessed Sacrament (1974–5) * Embassy of New Zealand, Washington, D.C. (1975) * Christchurch Central Library (1982) * The Canterbury Trade Union Centre in Christchurch, New Zealand * Radio New Zealand offices on Durham Street in Christchurch, New Zealand * Christ's College's Chapman Block, " Big School" library, the sports hall and science block in Christchurch, New Zealand * The University of Canterbury Students' Association in Christchurch, New Zealand * The Wool Exchange (Whiteleigh Avenue) in Christchurch, New Zealand * The Lyttelton Harbour Board building in Christchurch, New Zealand * The Triangle Centre in Christchurch, New Zealand *

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, New Zealand (1986) *

Clarendon Tower Clarendon Tower was a high rise building on Worcester Street at Oxford Terrace in the Christchurch Central City, New Zealand. Built on the site of the former Clarendon Hotel, the façade of the historic building was kept in the redevelopment and ...

in Christchurch, New Zealand (1987) * Park Royal Hotel, later known as

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, in Christchurch, New Zealand (1988) * Forsyth Barr Building in Christchurch, New Zealand (1989) * Bridgewater Apartments in Christchurch, New Zealand * the Wigram Park housing complex at 1 Park Terrace in Christchurch, New Zealand * Parliament buildings and library, Parliament House in Wellington, New Zealand * New Zealand High Commission in New Delhi, India * TVNZ in Auckland, New Zealand (1990) *

(1983) and Bowen House (1990) in Wellington, New Zealand * Parliament building re-design and the Parliamentary Library (1987) *

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in Wellington, New Zealand (2000) *

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in New Plymouth, Taranaki, New Zealand (2002) *

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in Wellington, New Zealand (2010) * New Zealand Supreme Court building refurbishment in Wellington, New Zealand (2010)

Monuments

* New Zealand Memorial (

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) – at the

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, built of marble from the

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References

External links

Warren and Mahoney website

Christchurch Modern

Christchurch City Libraries 'Warren Miles'
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