Princes Wharf

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Princes Wharf as seen from Quay Street.
Princes Wharf as seen from Quay Street.
The two 'ship's prows' of the wharf as seen from Waitemata Harbour.
The two 'ship's prows' of the wharf as seen from Waitemata Harbour.

Princes Wharf is a former commercial wharf on the Auckland harbourfront, which has been redeveloped into a multi-story high-class mixed-use development. Designed to be reminiscent of a cruise ship, the wharf contains the Overseas Passenger Terminal (berthing off cruise ships) of Ports of Auckland,[1] a Hilton hotel, various restaurants as well as expensive apartments, office space and a multi-story parking building. It also contains the largest apartment of New Zealand, a luxury residence built for one of the wharfs developers with 1,061 sqm of internal floor space and decks of 416 sqm of deck space.[2]

While generally considered a success in redevelopment, as is the close-by Viaduct Basin, some critics have called its architecture 'urbanely sterile'.[3]

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  1. ^ Spectacular cruise ship season begins (from the Ports of Auckland homepage, 25 October 2006)
  2. ^ Photos: This apartment could all be yours for just $10m - New Zealand Herald, Wednesday 31 January 2007
  3. ^ Vision of a clean green harbourside - New Zealand Herald, Wednesday 04 January 2006

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