Architectural historian Jessica Halliday tells the story of Christchurch through a few buildings. This weekend the city hosts the inaugural edition of Open Christchurch - an event to celebrate architectural excellence.
Rāpaki Church - built by Te Hapū o Ngāti Wheke 1869
College House (University of Canterbury Hall of Residence) - Warren & Mahoney, 1964-67. Image courtesy of Warren & Mahoney
Te Hononga Civic Building - Ministry of Works, 1965-81; Athfield Architects, 2007-10. Image courtesy of Athfield Arhictects
First Church of Christ Scientist - Warren & Mahoney, 1991. Image by Jessica Halliday
First Church of Christ Scientist - Warren & Mahoney, 1991. Images by Jessica Halliday
St Andrew's College: Centennial Chapel - Architectus, 2016. Image courtesy of St Andrew's College
College House (University of Canterbury Hall of Residence) – Warren & Mahoney, 1964-67. Image courtesy of Warren & Mahoney
College House (University of Canterbury Hall of Residence) – Warren & Mahoney, 1964-67. Image courtesy of Warren & Mahoney
Christ's College: Big School – James FitzGerald, 1863; Warren and Mahoney, 1989. Image by Erica Austin-Knopp
Stranges & Glendenning Hill - Sheppard & Rout, 2014. Image by Peter Cui
Cunningham House – Collins & Harman, 1923. Image by Erica Austin-Knopp
Canterbury Terminating Building Society/The Muse Art Hotel - B J Ager & Peter Beaven, 1963; Three Sixty Architecture, 2020
The Arts Centre Te Matatiki Toi Ora - multiple buildings - Benjamin Mountfort & many other architects - 1877-1915. Image by Erica Austin-Knopp
