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Registered Master Builders House of the Year<br />
Canterbury<br />
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Registered Master Builders House of the Year<br />
Canterbury<br />
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Registered Master Builders House of the Year<br />
Canterbury<br />
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38 <strong>Style</strong> | rebuild<br />
JOINING<br />
THe DOTS<br />
in Cashel<br />
Mall<br />
Richard Dalman looks at the progress<br />
of this favoured shopping strip.<br />
PHOTOGrAPHY Charlie JaCkson<br />
In November, the first retail stores –<br />
Mecca Maxima, Superette, Glassons<br />
and Hallensteins – opened in the ANZ<br />
Centre. Cashel Street was abuzz with<br />
people waiting for the doors to open and<br />
opening-day specials to be enjoyed. This<br />
once quiet side of Colombo Street now<br />
gives city-goers reasons to venture further<br />
down Cashel Mall.<br />
The ANZ Centre is located in a critical<br />
and unique part of the CBD. It fronts four<br />
key streets – Cashel, High, Colombo,<br />
and Hereford – and is positioned on<br />
one of the two diagonals that interrupt<br />
the Christchurch grid street pattern. This<br />
interruption creates the potential for<br />
interesting buildings and spaces. The ANZ<br />
Centre achieves this with its curvaceous<br />
glass façade and the soon-to-open glass<br />
atrium on the High Street side. Hopefully,<br />
it will also relate positively to the triangular<br />
space immediately to the north.<br />
Cashel Mall is a destination shopping<br />
strip, in which Ballantynes has held the<br />
fort since the earthquakes. Ballantynes<br />
is the anchor I believe Christchurch<br />
should be grateful decided to stay. Our<br />
city owes much to the business’ ongoing<br />
determination and loyalty. The innovative<br />
Re:STArT Mall has been another very<br />
successful mainstay that continues to delight<br />
tourists and locals alike.<br />
With the CBD spaces starting to fill<br />
there is a “joining of the dots” occurring.<br />
Ballantynes and the ANZ Centre will soon<br />
be joined by BNZ, The Terraces and The<br />
Crossing developments. The stage is set<br />
for increased retail activity in between, and<br />
soon there will be more buildings than<br />
gaps in this area. A feeling of integration,<br />
wholeness and style is achieved as more<br />
building developments progress. Not only is<br />
retail starting to return to the CBD, but so,<br />
too, are the commercial tenancies bringing<br />
more people to the centre every day. It<br />
is good to see the place pumping with<br />
people.<br />
Our architecture practice was in the<br />
inner city prior to the earthquakes, and<br />
one of the things I have missed was the<br />
opportunity to bump into friends and<br />
colleagues on the street. A lot of business is<br />
done through such informal meetings, and<br />
much of that has been lost.<br />
With the CBD starting to function again,<br />
the heart of the city promises to be a<br />
vibrant, inspiring destination.<br />
A feeling of integration,<br />
wholeness and style is<br />
achieved as more building<br />
developments progress.<br />
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