Britomart railway station architect Mario Madayag has been hired to develop an urban design framework for the area of Queen St around the Jean Batten State Building & adjoining Bank of New Zealand site.
Wednesday, April 20th 2005, 8:21AM
by The Landlord
The bank wants to demolish both buildings to erect a new Auckland headquarters. It agreed to a moratorium in March and Auckland City Council city planning manager John Duthie said today the moratorium would continue until the framework was completed.
When mayor Dick Hubbard announced the moratorium on 10 March he said the urban design panel & council staff would work with the BNZ on its design, and the panel would come up with a framework & brief. Once that was done a special hearings panel would consider the framework, then consider the bank’s development consent application.
There would then be a decision on whether the consent application should be notified.
The application has come up against a campaign to save the Jean Batten building, which is vacant after being used as a backpacker hostel. It sits between Fort & Shortland Sts.
