Parliament House, Wellington

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Parliament House, Wellington is the main Edwardian neoclassical building of the New Zealand Parliament complex, housing the debating chamber and key parliamentary offices in the capital city.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf government building
heritage building
parliament building
adjacentTo Parliamentary Library, Wellington NERFINISHED
The Beehive (Executive Wing) NERFINISHED
architect John Campbell NERFINISHED
architecturalStyle Edwardian neoclassical
neoclassical architecture
city Wellington NERFINISHED
coArchitect Claude Paton NERFINISHED
constructionStartDate 1914
country New Zealand
function seat of the New Zealand Parliament
hasCoordinateLatitude -41.278
hasCoordinateLongitude 174.777
hasFeature Corinthian columns
Speaker’s apartment (historic)
committee rooms
grand central portico
internal courtyard
main staircase
marble entrance hall
symmetrical façade
heritageRegister New Zealand Heritage List NERFINISHED
heritageStatus Category I historic place
houses New Zealand House of Representatives debating chamber NERFINISHED
Prime Minister’s offices (parliamentary)
Speaker of the House offices NERFINISHED
government and opposition parliamentary offices
inaugurationDate 1922
locatedIn New Zealand Parliament complex NERFINISHED
Parliament Grounds, Wellington NERFINISHED
Wellington NERFINISHED
Wellington Central NERFINISHED
materialUsed Oamaru stone cladding
concrete
granite base
openedForUse 1918
operatedBy Office of the Clerk of the House of Representatives NERFINISHED
ownedBy New Zealand Government NERFINISHED
partOf New Zealand Parliament Buildings NERFINISHED
New Zealand Parliament complex NERFINISHED
region Wellington Region NERFINISHED
replaced Old wooden Parliament House, Wellington NERFINISHED
usedBy New Zealand House of Representatives NERFINISHED
usedFor official state events
parliamentary debates
select committee meetings

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Wellington hasLandmark Parliament House, Wellington
this entity surface form: Parliament House
New Zealand Parliament meetsIn Parliament House, Wellington
New Zealand Legislative Council metInBuilding Parliament House, Wellington