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The foundation stone for the first building was laid in January 1858. The first set of buildings were a two-storey timber building, forming an L shape along the Durham Street frontage, with the Timber Chamber, modelled on 14th and 16th century English manorial halls, the meeting room for the Provincial Council.
Copies of NZS 3604 are available for purchase from Standards New Zealand. As of July 2021, a hard copy of the standard costs $310 excluding GST ($356.50 including GST). [2] In July 2019, the Government extended free online access to the entire NZS 3604 standard, allowing people to download and print one PDF copy of the standard.
Canterbury Provincial Council Buildings; Canterbury Society of Arts Gallery; Centre of Contemporary Art; Chief Post Office, Christchurch; Chippenham Lodge; Cholmondeley Children's Centre; Christchurch Central Library; Christchurch Club; Christchurch Convention Centre; Christchurch Polytechnic Institute of Technology; Christchurch railway ...
The CTV Building was designed and constructed in about 1986. [1] [4] Christchurch City Council gave building consent in September 1986. [5] Building codes for earthquake design changed frequently in New Zealand following the 1931 Hawke's Bay earthquake (in 1935, 1965, 1976, 1984 and 1992). [6]
The Christchurch Municipal Council, as it was originally called, was using the Christchurch Land Office, the first public building erected in Christchurch in 1851. [50] 1887–1924. On the same site, the council had the so far only purpose-built council chambers constructed, designed by Samuel Hurst Seager in a Queen Anne style.
Christchurch City Council began restoration work on the historic clock tower, corner of Montreal and Victoria Streets, in March 2013. On 22 October 2014, Christchurch Mayor Lianne Dalziel officially unveiled the newly restored Central City landmark, [10] Jubilee Clock Tower, and placed a time capsule on the site for future generations to discover.
The last Government department to occupy the building was the Ministry of Works and Development. [1] After being vacant for some time the building was threatened to be demolished in 1991. On 11 July 1991 the Christchurch City Council purchased the building from the government for $735,000. The council then sold it to the ‘Symphony Group’ in ...
Part of their function was to provide the main tourist information centre for Christchurch. The building was taken over again by the council and opened as an exhibition, event and meeting space for the community in July 2002, branded as Our City O-Tautahi. [5] [9] It is one of Christchurch's major tourist attractions. [10]