By Wilkie + Bruce Architects Limited
A new 330 seat auditorium, practice rooms and office space for the Christchurch Music Centre are included in this new building. The Piano now sits with the Theatre Royal as one of the first two new performance venues in the Performing Arts Precinct. The high-quality acoustics are proving popular with musicians who perform un-amplified. The complex is used for a wide range of community and commercial events.
NZIA Canterbury Architecture Design Award 2018.
Photographer: Sarah Rowlands
Ethos
The best architecture is life-enhancing and uplifting.
Alongside the visible better-known practical aspects of the Architect’s role we strive to deliver fresh, specific solutions reflecting the unique combination of influences, attitudes and forces that come to bear on each individual project. Informed original creative thinking and communication are the core professional skills at the heart of our work.
Our objective is design excellence at all levels, from concept to detail, as part of our mission to achieve lasting, well-made, built solutions. We have respect for history and the natural environment. Subtle responses to site, context and climate are important to us. The collective experience, talent and willingness within our practice is recognised as our greatest resource.