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Biography: Sheppard, Fergus George Frederick

Vogel Building, 1966

A 16 storey building with a concrete forecourt in front of it.

The Vogel Building in Thorndon, Wellington, was one of the many buildings designed and built by the public service during Fergus Sheppard’s tenure as Government Architect. The building was built to house the Ministry for of Works.

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Peter Richardson. 'Sheppard, Fergus George Frederick', Dictionary of New Zealand Biography, first published in 2022. Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/47523/vogel-building-1966 (accessed 4 June 2026).