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.  Wellington is one of the windiest cities in New Zealand, and 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.  The building occupies a full city block in the CBD offering glorious views over the harbour.

Thermosash delivered on the architect's design to create the streamlined facade by utilising high performance glazing, some as curved and J-curved IGU units, which were integrated into stretch-formed 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.