From the Resene News – issue 2/2010

Green bank - Ironbank building

A recent winner at the New Zealand Architecture Awards, sponsored by Resene, the Ironbank building exterior has often featured in architectural publications for its striking finish. Its practical interior finish has been less in the limelight.

Ironbank is made up of five separate towers, interconnected by footbridges and a central lift core, located around a central plaza link. Retail occupies the ground floor with offices on the higher levels. A basement car stacker system was excavated below plaza level to provide much needed parking space in a busy part of town.

An early innovation in ‘green’ building when it was first designed in 2006, the Green Star rating system was not available, so it had to wait to be built before being awarded 5 Green Star: Office Built V1.

Resene paints were specified throughout the building, with interior paperbased plasterboard walls painted in durable Resene SpaceCote Low Sheen waterborne enamel tinted to Resene Black White (grey white) complemented by Brewster 32817, a paintable wallcovering from Resene, on service areas and kitchen pods for visual interest. To complete the paint specification the exterior titan board under the metal rain screens is finished in Environmental Choice approved Resene Lumbersider tinted to Resene Tuna (resolute grey).

Winner of a Commercial Architecture Award, a Sustainable Architecture Award and most notably the New Zealand Architecture Medal, the highest architectural honour in New Zealand, Ironbank has truly earned the respect of its peers.

Building Contractor: Macrennie Commercial Construction Ltd
Developer: Samson Corporation Ltd
Design: RTA Studio
Painting Contractor: Target Painters
Resene: Rob Mountford, Central Auckland Branch Manager

 
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