Portal:New Zealand/Selected picture/Week 46, 2006

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The original design of the New Zealand Parliament Buildings.

After an earlier wooden Parliament House was destroyed by fire in 1907, a competition to find a replacement design was announced by Prime Minister Joseph Ward in February 1911. Out of the 37 entries, the winning design was by Government Architect John Campbell. As another of Campbell's entries won fourth place, the actual design is a combination of both entries.

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