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    Auckland War Memorial Museum

     
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    1The Auckland War Memorial Museum is a treasured part of Auckland’s cultural heritage, ‘telling the story of New Zealand’ to a huge number of local, national and international visitors. It’s a site of enormous cultural significance, occupying a commanding position on Auckland’s Skyline. When the structure of the museum needed to be seismically strengthened and modernised, Holmes Consulting’s technical design experts were the logical choice. Our design of this multi-award winning project integrated dramatic architectural and engineering features into a world class facility, bringing a national heritage building into the 21st century.

    2The museum redevelopment was delivered in two major stages over 12 years. The first stage comprised a well-crafted refurbishment of the existing Historic Places Category I building, and exhibition design for all of the gallery spaces. Significant earthquake strengthening and securing works were also undertaken, carefully integrated with existing heritage spaces to preserve the elements that make the building so distinctive and compelling. The second stage, the Grand Atrium Project, delivered an ambitious, four storey, seven hundred tonne suspended building within the existing courtyard.  An adjacent underground visitor car park was also developed, and overall floor space was increased by 60%. Two storage and curatorial basements were added beneath the stunning ground floor atrium. Finally, teaching and performance spaces situated within the suspended ‘bowl’ are crowned by the spectacular events centre, under the feature wave dome roof.

    3This brilliant project received an IStructE Commendation in 2007, ACENZ Gold Award of Excellence 2007, Property Council of New Zealand Supreme Award in 2007, as well as several NZIA Awards. We still love to visit the museum – as much for the stunning structure as the excellent exhibits.

    Chris Mackenzie

    Chris Mackenzie

    Business Development Director
    Holmes Consulting | Engineering Excellence
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