Best of the best

Last month the DomPost laid the smack down on some of Wellington's more hopeless property developers naming their top 10 worst Wellington buildings. I had a thing or tow to say about it here (as Im sure you will recall!).

Yesterday the Dom decided to be nice and did the top 10 best buildings.

And they were (not in any order)

Adam Art Gallery, Victoria University
Wakefield Appartments (that box on top an old building opposite New World)
Te Puni Kokiri (my favourite)
Futuna Chapel Karori
Freyberg Pool (has aged incredibly well!)
Hannah Playhouse (Downstage Theatre - agree externally, but the theatre itself has some awful sightlines)
Oriental Bay Changing Sheds and Toilets (These rule - and not that I normally hang out at public toilets at night, but with their lighting you should check them out at night - the kinda glow, would blow your mind if you were high!)
Conservation House (polar opposite of Environment House - a fantastic redvelopment of the old Mid City Cinemas into Wellington's most eco-friendly building)
Public Library and Civic Square
Westpac Stadium (agree actually has brought Wellington alive and while the design isnt that outrageous, it is difficult to imagine that structure anywhere else)

Other buildings that I thought could have been included
The Old Defence Headquarters on Stout St
Creative NZ (Old Public Trust Building)
The new and yes unfinished Meridian Energy Building
The Beehive, love it or hate it its iconic
Dixon St Housing NZ Flats - the ones that were made to look like a cruise chip, fantastic!