An award application for the Civil Contractors NZ Hirepool Construction Excellence Awards 2015 which details Downer's approach to repairing the Armagh Street bridge.
A photograph of street art painted on a wall. The artwork shows a tui and kowhai flowers.
A photograph of street art on the side of a house. The artwork shows two tui watching over their eggs.
A photograph of a stepladder resting on a wall. Artwork on the wall shows kowhai flowers and other native plants. There are broken windows on the wall to the side of the ladder.
A photograph of street art on the side of a house. The artwork shows plants, kowhai flowers, two tui, and their eggs. A woman is standing in front of the artwork and a stepladder is set up nearby.
A photograph of street art on the side of a house. The artwork shows plants, kowhai flowers, two tui, and their eggs. There is a stepladder on the right-hand side of the artwork and spray paint cans on the ground in front of it.
A photograph of a woman wearing overalls covered in paint. She is holding a spray-paint can in each of her hands. There is a painted wall depicting two tui behind her, with four more spray-paint cans on the ground in front of it.
Earlier this year, we excavated a site on Armagh Street that revealed not only a large quantity of artefacts, but also a historical and material narrative set in the swampy bowels of a fledgling city, a tale of politics, commerce, … Continue reading →