Building On Old Deanery Site

Press, Volume CII, Issue 30143, 29 May 1963, Page 14

Building On Old Deanery Site

Tenders closed last week a-hd a contract has now been let provisionally for the erection of a building on the old Deanery site in Armagh street now known as Armagh Court.

The new name has been given to a road which is to be formed into a walkway 40 feet wide and running to a depth of 120 feet. It will have a two - storey concrete building on three sides. The buildings, which are planned to provide office accommodaition for organisations and rooms for professional men, are to be erected under a single contract on eight individually - owned sites, all with frontages to a landscaped courtyard. The City Council has passed a by-law prohibiting vehicular traffic in the courtyard area. It is believed to be the first development of its kind in New Zeeland, but it is a common practice overseas to turn streets into pleasantly landscaped areas. free from motor traffic. The council’s reserves department will be

responsible for the upkeep and care of Armagh Court, with its raised garden plots, pond, and fountain. Ten Christchurch building contractors tendered for the week, and it is believed that prices were considerably leas than the preliminary rertimates. , It is also understood that a number of organisations and groups of professional men have indicated that they intend to take part in the development. Other developments in the area Include the muMi-atorcy car parking building, now in the course of erection for Amuri Motors, Ltd. The National Airways Corporation will eventually build a new terminal two doors west in Armagh street The architects for Armagh Court are Griffiths and Moffat and Associates, with Davie. Lovell-Smith and Partners as consulting engineers and planners. The artist's impression, above, shows the court with its garden plots, fountain, and modem sculpture.