Buildings, Offices, Houses

There aren't many historic buildings here, even fewer when you've removed churches and government buildings, which get their own pages. But here are a few.

And not always so little ... Wellington has an amazing collection of charming old houses, often with lovely attractive woodwork.

Not quite Art Deco, and standing out from the worst of later years, here are some of the grand offices and stores that still lift the spirits in Wellington streets.

The streamlined, efficient, future-looking style of the 1930s - bright, colourful and perfectly suited to a newly-emerging nation. And earthquake-proof (up to a point.)

'Brutalism' can mean just 'raw concrete' or 'anything late 20th century that's blocky and ugly' (and probably unfit to live in.) Whichever definition you go by, Wellington's got plenty.

Hiding some of the ugliness of the late 20th century, shiny new towers now emerge with wrap-around glass walls and diagonal bracing (against earthquakes.)