By Esse Architects
SCNZ Award for Excellence in Steel Construction [2019]
This building is a 1908’s Brutalist terraced building that had extreme weathertightness issues and is situated in Victoria Street in the heart of Hamilton. The existing 7 storey building has retail spaces along the ground floor, parking on the first floor accessed via the rear lane and 30 apartments including penthouse apartment units with panoramic views.
This project was completed in July 2019. Peter Hunt was the Project Architect. ARTO was able to deliver a satisfactory outcome on this project. ARTO Architects became involved in this project when another firm approached us to assist them as they were in trouble being able to deliver the architectural drawings and documentation. This firm subsequently closed the architectural division of their practice and ARTO was requested to take over this project.
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