Dunning Thornton Consultants

Organisation profile

Structural and Civil Engineers specialising in areas such as practical solutions to domestic construction, harbour, wharf, marine structures and temporary works design.

Contact details: Ground Floor, 20 Customhouse Quay, Wellington, New Zealand; +64 4 385 0019
[email protected]
www.dunningthornton.co.nz

Organisation type: Building services, Construction, Engineering, Property development, Structural consultant
Expertise: Civil, Commercial Construction, Renovations

Tags: Buildings, Construction, Engineering

Waitomo Visitor Centre

Projects | Architecture Workshop designs a stunning building for a famous site.

Repurposed Wellington Zoo hub

Projects | The disused elephant house is repurposed as a new tuckshop and event marquee.

Victoria University’s new hub

Projects | The University’s Kelburn campus is designed to improve connections.

DIC building gets a makeover

Projects | One of Wellington’s landmark buildings is undergoing major seismic strengthening.

Royal Society impressed with PRESSS

Projects | This project incorporates the latest in seismic design technologies.

Embassy

Projects | A cross-Tasman collaboration results in a sympathetic addition to one of Wellington’s much-loved cinema buildings.

Te Raukura Te Wharewaka o Poneke

Projects | A watershed Wellington structure designed by architecture +.

Nga Purapura, Te Wananga o Raukawa

Projects | Tennent + Brown Architects have realised the metaphorical essence of Te Whare Tapa Wha.

Creative Arts Building – Te Ara Hihiko

Projects | Athfield Architects’ inspirational building for Massey University Wellington is a fine response to site.

Massey University's College of Creative Arts (CoCA)

College of Creative Arts Wellington

Projects | There has been a clearing of the decks in this building that is opening new doorways.

Royal Society of New Zealand

Projects | A dramatic volume links the duo of black-and-white box forms in Wellington.

Xero

Projects | Sinuous sheets of perforated metal winds through the interior of this classic Wellington building designed by Studio Pacific.

Southern retreat

Projects | Utilising bespoke building methods, a wellness centre near Queenstown is the first of its kind in New Zealand.

Making a comeback

Projects | These 1970s Wellington council apartments are undergoing a $37 million seismic and functional upgrade.

Flatpack future

Projects | The $10 million remediation of a retirement complex in Papamoa is challenging the status quo.

A street on the water

Projects | Tides, whales, and carpenters in diving gear were just some of the obstacles faced in the first stage of this mammoth project.

Houses revisited: Cook Strait house

Projects | A modern-day barbican, designed by Tennent Brown Architects, stands vigil at the entry to Wellington. First published in 2013.

Newtown Park apartments

Projects | Isthmus and Studio Pacific combine forces on an upgrade to Wellington’s single-biggest social housing complex.

Victoria University of Wellington Campus Hub and Library

Projects | Architectus and Athfield Architects have joined forces to design an educational complex.

Contact

Projects | The opening up of a formerly unused light well in this workplace was the catalyst for a revolution in staff engagement.