THIRD GOLD MEDAL

Press, Volume CIX, Issue 31967, 19 April 1969, Page 19

THIRD GOLD MEDAL

Warren and Mahoney, a Christchurch firm of architects, has won its third gold medal the New Zealand Institute of Architects. This year's gold medal has been awarded for the firm’s design of Christchurch College, the Anglican theological college and hall of residence for students at the Ham campus of the University of Canterbury. Warren and Mahoney, who are the architects of the - Christchurch Town Hall, had previously won gold medals , for the Dental Nurses’ Training School and the Christchurch Garden Memorial Crematorium in Johns Road, Harewood. The Institute of Architects has also awarded the firm a silver medal this year for Warren and Mahoney’s own office building in Cambridge Terrace. The jury of six architects praised the Christchurch College design as "an excellent example of total design in architecture where a consistent high quality runs through the whole complex.” They said that everything from the structural form down to the furniture and light fittings had been designed as an expression of the nature of the college. “The planning of the buildings around a courtyard has continued this character from

, interior to exterior.” said the: j jury, “and ensured a unified concept. 1 The dining room and particularly the chapel are excep- , tional parts of the design, and have a dignity of form that recreates worth-while qualities we have come to associate • only with the past.” 1 Of Warren and Mahoney’s ' office building, the jury said ’ it was **a fascinating, idio- ■ syncretic tour-de-force.” > There was, however, a clear - rational planning basis, with spaces simply organised ' around an economical cen- • trai access. I “Visually, the impact Is: > primarily that of lively roof' - shapes, the uncluttered well- - proportioned walls, the frank I use of materials, and the in- , terplay of volumes and levels. > This contrasts well its setting ■ of tranquil gardens and the! » Avon riverscape.” the jury: ' said. > A silver medal was also • awarded to Mr J. C. Scott, of Hastings, for his design of an i orchardist’s house at Havei lock North. Two merit awards ■ went to Haughey, Fox. and 1 Partners of Auckland, for a* ! factory building at Manurewa i and a memorial chapel at a ’ home for the aged in Mount I Albert. i Messrs Toomath and WilI son, of Wellington, received a - merit award for a house at ! Stokes Valley, and Mr L. J. J. Hoogerbrug. of Hastings. • received a merit award for i his design of the Ahuriri i Tavern at Napier.