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Calliope Road Café

Salmond Reed staff members are now able to get their coffee fix close at hand, thanks to the dedication of architect director, Rosalie Stanley and her right hand man, architectural graduate, Dixon Fong.

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Restored Campbell Free Kindergarten

Construction under way...

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A Changing role for Peter Reed

Peter Reed, who joined the practice in 1993 and was a founding Director of Salmond Reed Architects Limited has recently retired from his role as a director. However, this doesn’t mean we will be seeing less of him in the practice or that his influence, especially in his specialist areas of conservation, building pathology and the diagnosis and repair of construction defects will be any the less.

Peter says he has no intention of retiring from Salmond Reed in the medium term and that he will continue to work in the practice and provide practical and mentoring assistance as usual, albeit with a little more flexibility in his working hours.

        		

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Dilworth Building Grant Aided Repairs

Repairs are well underway to the Dilworth Building at the lower end of Queen Street, central Auckland. This important heritage building was erected in 1925-27 as a high-quality concrete structure with distinctive Portland stone facings, steel casement windows and decorative bronze spandrel panels. It is a significant feature of the Auckland streetscape and is contemporaneous with other Gummer and Ford landmark developments of the same period.

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Permanent Home for Birdcage Tavern Confirmed

The NZ Transport Agency has confirmed plans to return the historic Birdcage Tavern to near its original site when the Victoria Park Tunnel project is completed in 2012. The Birdcage is probably the most historically significant masonry building to be moved in the Southern Hemisphere. Salmond Reed Architects will be responsible for ensuring the heritage values of the hotel are protected.

The future home of the Birdcage has been the subject of robust discussion and consultation with the community and key stakeholders, including the Auckland City Council. The NZTA had considered leaving the tavern in the temporary site or shifting it elsewhere in Victoria Park.

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Latest NZIA Award - Auckland Architecture Heritage Category

We are very proud of our latest award in the 2009 Auckland Architecture Heritage Category. This was given to us for our involvement with The Old Devonport Post Office Building. This was an 18 month project which included procuring local council and NZ Historic Places Trust consents, implementation of design enhancement to both original and modern (1992) rear additions and liaison with the contractor and owner throughout.

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