October 09, 2017
New home for Te Tiriti wins prizes
A big thumbs up from the Design Institute for the He Tohu.
The new permanent exhibition at the National Library of the Treaty of Waitangi, 1832 Declaration of Independence He Whakaputanga and the 1893 Women's Suffrage Petition won seven awards in this year's New Zealand Best Design Awards.
They included the best of the best Purple Pin Award for architecture, plus two golds, one silver and three bronze in other design excellence categories for its design, branding, interactive and cross-cultural collaboration.
The judges said there is magic in the exhibition space with the ripple detail to the timber sending shivers up the spine.
The exhibition was designed by Story Inc, in association with Studio Pacific Architecture and interactive designers Click Suite. It was built by Fletcher Construction.
Story Inc worked closely with content experts from Archives New Zealand and the National Library as well as advisory boards representing Maori and Suffrage experts.
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