Woods Bagot, in consultation with Warren and Mahoney, won a limited design competition in 2004 to design the new headquarters of the Bank of New Zealand in Auckland.  The 23 level premium grade office tower will occupy a unique city block bounded by Queen and Shortland Streets, Fort Street and Jean Batten Place. Comprising four levels of underground parking and seven levels of podium commercial office space, the main glass tower building will rise behind the old façade of the historical seven-storey Jean Batten Building.

Due for completion in October 2009, the 80 Queen Street tower will be Auckland’s most advanced Environmentally Sustainable commercial building, utilising ventilated facade technology and ventilated grey water recycling.  New test methods of measurement were adopted, and informed the floorplate design process. Large podium floorplates are suitable for the single key tenant and smaller tower floors are aligned to the Auckland speculative commercial office market.

Winter gardens and six levels of interconnecting voids animate the podium spaces to deliver a workplace that enables cultural change and improved productivity.