Warren and Mahoney’s early work opens to public

The gathering of buildings included on this yr’s tour illustrates the event of their observe and the rise of the Christchurch fashionable fashion, shifting from a younger Warren’s foray into the fashion and its supplies, to achieved expressions and a assured partnership.

1. Dorset Road Flats

F. M. Warren A.N.Z.I.A, 1956–57 (later Warren and Mahoney); Younger Architects, 2021.

At this time thought of one of the crucial necessary twentieth-century residential buildings in New Zealand, the place the younger architect began creating his vocabulary — uncovered concrete block partitions, concrete beams and axial planning.

The flats encompassed a brand new kind of residential dwelling expressed in a method quickly to be synonymous with Christchurch.

2. 65 Cambridge Terrace (+workplace) + flat

Warren and Mahoney, 1962 & 1979.

65 Cambridge Terrace was designed as each an workplace for WaM and a residence for Sir Miles Warren, providing perception into the life and observe of the architect.

Demonstrating a masterful use of supplies, the sturdy geometric design has develop into a logo of Christchurch’s fashionable structure motion.

The constructing was prolonged to maintain tempo with the rising observe; a tiny flat on the roof of the  unique constructing, then a flat within the backyard within the late 70s. Sir Miles Warren lived in all areas at one time or one other — the areas reflecting the evolution in his life and observe.

The gorgeous courtyard backyard and the connection of the constructing to this, reveals an early understanding of the shape, area and textures of the backyard as a part of the structure.

3. Faculty Home (College of Canterbury Corridor of Residence)

Warren and Mahoney, 1964–67.

Sir Miles Warren deemed Faculty Home their finest constructing. Oxbridge custom is realised in modernist supplies, and masterful planning provides a transparent logic to the constructing’s inside programme.

The Chapel, newly restored, will even be open for exploration.

4. RC Webb Flats

Warren and Mahoney 1965.

An opportunity to see how habitable, elegant and beneficiant a small area may be, and to consider how this may inform how we dwell at present.

These are uncommon of their spare method, however showcase many crafted particulars, comparable to the unique timber joinery.

5. Schneideman Home

Warren and Mahoney, 1966.

A one-off likelihood to expertise this distinctive Christchurch fashionable home first-hand.

The home references an early New Zealand cottage vernacular and separates out dwelling capabilities into three pavilions: companies, dwelling and bedrooms. Crisp road presence and the archetypical clean-cut strains of Warren and Mahoney are current.

The present proprietor is restoring the home in keeping with a private dedication made to Sir Miles: to uphold the unique design philosophy.

6. Christchurch City Corridor

Warren and Mahoney, 1966–1972 & 2019.

One of many nation’s most acclaimed buildings, this is a vital civic area for Christchurch residents who waited nearly 100 years for a city corridor of their very own and helped finance what was to develop into the centre of public life.

The expression of its construction and supplies are key traits of this modernist masterpiece.

The internationally acclaimed auditorium with its groundbreaking acoustic design is among the constructing’s most spectacular options. 

7. AEQ

Warren and Mahoney, 1974.

A later work, it’s situated near different Warren and Mahoney buildings (and simply subsequent door to 65 Cambridge Terrace) and is a superb likelihood to soak up the cluster of WaM buildings within the space constructed over time. See how the AEQ  constructing marks a shift of their fashion and foreshadows late 70s/early 80s structure, however relates in varieties, scale and supplies.