Kōrero: Building stone

Panels on the Beehive (2 o 2)

Panels on the Beehive

Tiles of grey-banded Tākaka marble have been used as cladding on the Beehive in Wellington. Large panels and smaller tiles of this distinctive marble were used extensively in commercial buildings.

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Te Ara - The Encyclopedia of New Zealand
Photograph by Alastair McLean

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Te tuhi tohutoro mō tēnei whārangi:

Simon Nathan and Bruce Hayward, 'Building stone - National buildings and memorials', Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, http://www.TeAra.govt.nz/mi/photograph/8094/panels-on-the-beehive (accessed 28 March 2024)

He kōrero nā Simon Nathan and Bruce Hayward, i tāngia i te 12 Jun 2006