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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.
The PGC Building (also known as the Pyne Gould Corporation building or PGC House) was a five-story postmodern office building in Christchurch, New Zealand. It became infamously associated with the 2011 Christchurch earthquake , with images of the failed structure and stories of trapped survivors having been widely broadcast.
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 building's design is inspired by the golden hues reflected upon the Port Hills, which are an important part in Christchurch's cityscape. Soon after construction started on the new library, the Christchurch City Council increased their contribution to the library from $60 million to $95 million. [9]
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.
The first town hall was a medieval timber structure built in Millhams Street. [3] The current town hall, which was designed in the neoclassical style, was originally built in the Market Square in 1746 but, in order to improve traffic flow, it was dismantled and rebuilt in its current position in the former Blanchard's Yard in the High Street in 1859.
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 ...