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Open Christchurch

29 April 2024
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On Sunday the 5th of May between 11am and 2pm, the Puaka-James Hight building which houses the Undercroft, Central Library, and Te P膩taka student services hub, will be joining a number of other UC buildings听

Open Christchurch is a free, one-weekend-only festival of exceptional architecture, run by Te P奴tahi, Centre for Architecture and City Making. It is open to everyone in 艑tautahi Christchurch from 3-5 May (Puaka-James Hight is participating on Sunday 5 May only). Find out more about the听.

Puaka-James Hight

What鈥檚 happening in Puaka-James Hight?

The building will be open from听11am 鈥 2pm on Sunday 5 May听for people to explore our 53-metre-tall beacon of brutalism.
We will have staff on hand taking guided tours of the building.

A display showcasing the architecture, construction, and library history, featuring archival material from our Macmillan Brown Library, will be up in the space between the lifts on level 2 (main entry) of the library.

Pick up one of our Puaka-James Hight postcards or bookmarks (featuring badges and stickers made in our听) as a souvenir of the event.

Can鈥檛 make it to the event?

Our display will be up for some time after the event. You can also check out our听听of Puaka-James Hight themed items from our archives on听, our art and archives catalogue.


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