Warren and Mahoney

Warren and Mahoney is a multi-disciplinary architectural practice - one of the few third generation architectural practices in the history of New Zealand architecture.

History

The practice was founded by Miles Warren in 1955,^[1] and with the award of the Dental Nurses Training School (now known as Central Nurses' Training School) Miles sought the assistance of his fellow atelier colleague Maurice Mahoney. In 1958,^[2] the partnership of Warren and Mahoney was established. This partnership went on to design buildings that are now regarded as some of the highlights of New Zealand modernism: Christchurch Town Hall, Harewood Crematorium, College House and Canterbury Students' Union being but a few. The partnership's early work was seen as the birth of a Christchurch style of architecture – modern, concrete designs where the form evolved from the function and use of the building. The blocky, geometric designs that featured lots of concrete became known internationally as brutalist – originally from the French term for raw concrete Breton brut, but also used by some to describe a perceived harshness on the eye and the landscape. Sir Miles himself uses the term "constructivist". Sir Miles Warren and Maurice Mahoney retired in in the early 1990s.

Now a third generation multi-disciplinary practice^[3] with offices presently in Christchurch, Auckland, Queenstown, Wellington, Sydney and Melbourne, the practice has constructed projects around the pacific rim. Several works were destroyed and more still damaged by the 2011 Christchurch earthquake.^[4]

Notable designs

Buildings

Warren and Mahoney: Harewood Crematorium (1963)

• Harewood Crematorium (1963)
• College House (University of Canterbury) in Christchurch, New Zealand (1966)
• Christchurch Town Hall in Christchurch, New Zealand (1972)
• Cathedral of the Blessed Sacrament (1974–5)
• Embassy of New Zealand in Washington, D.C. (1975)
• The Canterbury Trade Union Centre in Christchurch, New Zealand
• Radio New Zealand offices on Durham Street in Christchurch, New Zealand
• Christ’s College’s Chapman Block, “Big School” library, the sports hall and science block in Christchurch, New Zealand
• The University of Canterbury Students' Association in Christchurch, New Zealand
• The Wool Exchange (Whiteleigh Avenue) in Christchurch, New Zealand
• The Lyttelton Harbour Board building in Christchurch, New Zealand
• The Triangle Centre in Christchurch, New Zealand
• Forsyth Barr House in Christchurch, New Zealand
• Park Royal Hotel in Christchurch, New Zealand
• Clarendon Tower in Christchurch, New Zealand
• Hotel Grand Chancellor, Christchurch, New Zealand
• Bridgewater Apartments in Christchurch, New Zealand
• the Wigram Park housing complex at 1 Park Terrace in Christchurch, New Zealand
• Parliament buildings and library, Parliament House in Wellington, New Zealand
• New Zealand High Commission in New Delhi, India
• TVNZ in Auckland, New Zealand
• Michael Fowler Centre (1983) and Bowen House (1990) in Wellington, New Zealand
• Parliament building re-design and the Parliamentary Library (1987)
• Westpac Stadium in Wellington, New Zealand (2000)
• Yarrow Stadium in New Plymouth, Taranaki, New Zealand (2002)
• Wellington International Airport in Wellington, New Zealand (2010)
• New Zealand Supreme Court building refurbishment in Wellington, New Zealand (2010)

Monuments

• New Zealand Memorial (Korean War) – at the United Nations Memorial Cemetery in Busan, South Korea, built of marble from the Coromandel Peninsula^[5]

References

External links

• Warren and Mahoney website
• Christchurch Modern
• Christchurch City Libraries 'Warren Miles'