Dixon Street Flats

Dixon Street Flats
The flats in 2014
General information
Architectural style	Modernist
Location	134 Dixon Street, Wellington, New Zealand
Coordinates	Coordinates: 41°17′26″S 174°46′23″E / 41.290503°S 174.773034°E / -41.290503; 174.773034
Completed	1944[1] (1947 in Kernohan[2])
Height	30.5 m (100 ft)
Technical details
Floor count	10
Design and construction
Architect	Housing Construction Department (Gordon Wilson and Ernst Plischke)[2]
Awards and prizes	NZIA Gold Medal 1947[2]
Heritage New Zealand - Category I
Designated	27-Jun-1997
Reference no.	7395

Dixon Street Flats is a historic building in Wellington, New Zealand popularly believed to be designed by architect Ernst Plischke.

The Dixon Street Flats in central Wellington were completed in 1944^[1] (1947 in Kernohan^[2]) as part of the first Labour Government's state housing programme. They are considered to be the archetype of Modernist apartment blocks in New Zealand.

The building was the first major high-rise building and first major apartment block to be completed in Wellington after the Second World War.^[2] Ten stories high, it contained 115 one-bedroom flats plus a two-bedroom caretaker's flat.

The Flats from halfway up the Dixon Street steps

The building is classified as a "Category 1" ("places of special or outstanding historical or cultural heritage significance or value") historic place by Heritage New Zealand.^[1]

References

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