New Zealand Parliament Buildings
The New Zealand parliament buildings consist of four different, architecturally completely different buildings from different eras.
Geography and building listing
You are down to the Bowen House where MPs have their offices on a 36,000 m 2 large, since 1865 for the intended area, in the district of Thorndon in Wellington , at the northern end of Lambton Quay , corner of Molesworth Street .
Standing in a row from south to north, the ensemble of buildings includes Bowen House , which is adjacent to the area, the Beehive , in which u. a. the Prime Minister has his seat, the offices of the Ministers are located and the Cabinet meets for meetings, the Parliament House , in which the Parliament meets and finally the Parliamentary Library , which houses the library of the Parliament.
Parliament House
Parliament House is the largest and most defining of all buildings with the beehive . It is the second oldest building of the four and was built between 1912 and 1922 after the old parliament building was burned down in 1907. Originally planned to be almost twice as large, the second construction phase, in which the left wing of the building was to be built, was never tackled. Designed in the neoclassical Edwardian style ( era of Edward VII ), the building appears a little sublime and monumental due to the use of marble and granite , but loses a little of its importance due to the adjacent higher and more architecturally defining beehive .
In Parliament House today there are u. a. the parliament room, the meeting rooms of the committees and the speaker's office .
Beehive
Architecturally outstanding, the initially controversial design of the building was implemented in several construction phases between 1969 and 1979. Due to the terraced structure of the building and the grid of the window facades, the building was given the nickname Beehive ( beehive ), which it still officially bears in its planning phase .
Listed from bottom to top, the 14-storey building now houses the National Crisis Management Center , the bunker and parliamentary catering service in the basement area, above is the visitor center and the Banquet Hall , which are among others. a. is designed for state banquets for up to 300 people, followed by the offices of the ministers with their employees and the offices for government officials and finally on the top floor, the office of the Prime Minister and the rooms for the meetings of the cabinet .
Parliamentary Library
The oldest of the four buildings was built in two phases between 1883 and 1899. The building was designed in the Victorian Gothic style by the architect Thomas Turnbull . In 1966 already accommodating around 300,000 books, newspapers, photographs, documents and even paintings, the library now serves parliamentarians not only as an archive and reading room, it also offers services for research and research.
Bowen House
The Bowen House was built from 1988 to 1990 as a 22-story office building. It is the youngest of the four buildings. It is located on the opposite side of the parliament area. An underground tunnel leads to the beehive , which gives parliamentarians who have their offices in the high-rise unhindered access to the beehive and the adjacent parliament building.
The building was rented in 1991 and, in 1966, when the parliament building and library were renovated, together with the building behind it on The Terrace, it offered parliament space for parliamentary debates and the library rooms for storing archival material. After the Bowen House and No. 1 The Terrace were renovated in 2006, they now offer additional space for conferences and other gatherings, as well as rooms for sitting and relaxing.
See also
Web links
- John E. Martin : History of Parliament's buildings and grounds . New Zealand Parliament , March 28, 2012, accessed October 21, 2014 .
Individual evidence
- ^ A b c John E. Martin : History of Parliament's buildings and grounds . New Zealand Parliament , March 28, 2012, accessed October 21, 2014 .
- ^ Parliament's buildings - The Beehive - Executive Wing . New Zealand Parliament , January 30, 2006, accessed October 21, 2014 .
- ^ Parliament's buildings - Bowen House . New Zealand Parliament , August 9, 2006, accessed October 21, 2014 .
Coordinates: 41 ° 16 ′ 40 ″ S , 174 ° 46 ′ 36 ″ E