Dixon Street Flats
| Dixon Street Flats | |
|---|---|
 The flats in 2014 | |
| General information | |
| Architectural style | Modernist |
| Location | 134 Dixon Street, Wellington, New Zealand |
| Coordinates | Coordinates: 41°17′26″S 174°46′23″E / 41.290503°S 174.773034°E |
| Completed | 1944[1] (1947 in Kernohan[2]) |
| Height | 30.5 m (100 ft) |
| Technical details | |
| Floor count | 10 |
| Design and construction | |
| Architect | Housing Construction Department (Gordon Wilson and Ernst Plischke)[2] |
| Awards and prizes | NZIA Gold Medal 1947[2] |
| Designated | 27-Jun-1997 |
| Reference no. | 7395 |
Dixon Street Flats is a historic building in Wellington, New Zealand popularly believed to be designed by architect Ernst Plischke.
The Dixon Street Flats in central Wellington were completed in 1944[1] (1947 in Kernohan[2]) as part of the first Labour Government's state housing programme. They are considered to be the archetype of Modernist apartment blocks in New Zealand.
The building was the first major high-rise building and first major apartment block to be completed in Wellington after the Second World War.[2] Ten stories high, it contained 115 one-bedroom flats plus a two-bedroom caretaker's flat.
The building is classified as a "Category 1" ("places of special or outstanding historical or cultural heritage significance or value") historic place by Heritage New Zealand.[1]
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- 1 2 3 "Dixon Street Flats". Register of Historic Places. Heritage New Zealand. Retrieved 2009-12-21.
- 1 2 3 4 5 Kernohan, D. (1994). "Wellington's Old Buildings", Wellington: Victoria University Press