The Star: October 10, 2019

The Star Thursday October 10 2019
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Turanga, timeball applauded
• By Louis Day
THE TURANGA library and
Lyttelton Timeball Station are
two of eight buildings recognised
for their design.
The Christchurch Civic Trust
awarded eight buildings last
night for their contribution “to
the architectural, environmental
or cultural well-being of
Christchurch” and commended a
further five.
The civic trust applauded the
city council for the design of
Tūranga library.
The city council-commissioned
international architectural firm
Architectus to design the new
central library. The $92 million
building, which opened last year,
was described as the “by far the
most impressive and largest cityrun
library in the South Island”
by the trust.
The city council also received
an award for the restoration of
Risingholme Homestead Opawa,
as well as being commended on
its repair of the Nurses’ Memorial
Chapel and reinstatement of the
Woolston Community Library.
Heritage New Zealand received
BIG AND BOLD: The $92.7 million five-storey Turanga library opened in October last year (Right) – The Lyttelton Timeball
Station.
an award for its revamp of the
historic Lyttelton Timeball Station.
Built in 1876 to a design
by architect Thomas Cane, it
signalled the correct time for
ships in Lyttelton Harbour
until 1934 when radio replaced
it as a means of maritime
communication.
The reconstruction of the
station after it was destroyed
in the 2011 earthquake was
completed in October 2018.
The Avonside Girls’ and Shirley
Boys’ High Schools campus
was recognised for its “quality
of design and functionality of a
major new learning facility and
its value to the east Christchurch
community.”
As a consequence of the 2010
and 2011 earthquakes, both
schools were left with damaged
buildings and land, which led
to them combining on a single
campus. The new schools were
opened earlier this year at QE II
Park.
The campus has four sports
fields, three gymnasiums, two
theatres, a cafe and a cultural
space.
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