Dilworth Building

Dilworth Building
The building seen from the north-west.
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General information
TypeMixed-use
Architectural styleNeo-classical
AddressCorner of Customs Street and Queen Street
Inaugurated1927
Design and construction
Architect(s)William Gummer & Reginald Ford
Designated18 May 1989
Reference no.4600
Decorative elements on the upper floors.

The Dilworth Building is a heritage mixed-use (residential apartments and shops on the ground floor) building at the corner of Customs Street and Queen Street in the Auckland CBD, New Zealand. The building by William Gummer & Reginald Ford[1] was constructed between 1925 and 1927, and is listed as a Category I Historic building by Heritage New Zealand.[2]

At the lower entry to Queen Street, the building was once envisaged as one half of a 'gateway' to the city, and hailed as a visionary concept. However, the mirroring building on the opposite side of Queen Street was never constructed.[1]

  1. ^ a b Past Present: the Visionary Architecture of Gummer and Ford - Stacpoole, John; Friday 14 July 2006. Accessed 2008-02-08
  2. ^ "Dilworth Building". New Zealand Heritage List/Rārangi Kōrero. Heritage New Zealand. Retrieved 23 July 2013.