1 Whitmore Street - BNZ Place

Since being displaced from their HQ after the Kaikoura earthquake in 2016, BNZ Bank now has a new unique 13-storey home at 1 Whitmore Street, Wellington. This building blends cutting edge seismic resilience with the stunning aesthetics of a streamlined curved blue facade that achieves near zero air leakage.  The curved shape of the building is designed to reduce wind forces and downdraft effects from strong gusts - the facade has been designed to withstand gusts up to 200km/h.

BNZ Place is aiming for a 5 Green Star rating and occupies a full city block offering glorious views over the harbour.

Thermosash delivered on the architect's design to create the streamlined facade by utilising stretch-formed curved and double curved double-glazed units which were integrated into curved pressure equalised PW1000 unitised panels. The project incorporates 233 distinctive J curve (hockey-stick) panels which integrate curved and straight glass into one panel. The challenging IGUs curved to exacting standards were procured by Woods Glass (part of the Thermosash Group).

BNZ Place exemplifies our commitment to delivering outstanding facade solutions that are beautiful, enduring and sustainable and push the boundaries of facade development within New Zealand.