Stranges & Glendenning Hill Building
By Sheppard & Rout Architects
Stranges and Glendenning Hill Building was the first building to be built within Christchurch’s CBD red zone following the Canterbury earthquakes. The building is immensely strong; engineered to be an IL4 structure - 180% of the building code.
A major desire of this keystone project was to increase permeability of the city block in an attempt to set a standard for the ‘new Christchurch.’ A new publically accessible laneway and courtyard connect Lichfield Street to High Street, enlivened by bars and restaurants opening out onto them. A large in-situ concrete ‘egg’ at the buildings’ centre holds the vertical circulation and utility areas on the building’s three floors while providing access to the upper floors.
The site is an important acute triangular corner in the city fabric. The dramatic pointed corner with coloured class fins accentuate its role as a significant urban node while the curved glass at ground level creates a people friendly transition at street level. The stepping in and of this façade also relates to the proportions of the heritage buildings previously situated on Lichfield Street.
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We aim to produce humanist architecture comprised of stimulating and inspirational spaces and places.
We are a design-based practice that believes in providing tailor-made solutions to an individual client's needs. The fundamental objective of the practice is to develop architecture that is appropriate to its specific site, wider context and intended use while being robust, flexible and environmentally-aware.
These variables are used along with the appropriate structural considerations to develop buildings with well-suited form and style, instead of approaching the design from a stylistic standpoint.
The practice was established in 1982 in Christchurch by David Sheppard and Jonty Rout. In its 40 years the practice has carried out a wide range of projects covering many types and in numerous geographic locations. The founding partners brought to the practice extensive design and construction experience gained while working with other offices in both New Zealand and overseas. Tim Dagg joined Sheppard & Rout in 1986 and Jasper van der Lingen in 1993 and they both joined David Sheppard as Directors in 2006.
With David Sheppard now retired and Jonty very sadly passed away the practice is led by Directors Jasper van der Lingen and Tim Dagg and three Associate Directors; Matt Gutsell, Jonathan Kennedy and Steven Orr.
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