Long live the Queen

PROJECT: 125 Queen Street–Queen’s Rise and lobby café (Middleton)

CLIENT: Winton Partners

DESIGN: Alexander &CO.

PROJECT TYPE: Hospitality

FLOOR AREA: 225m (lobby café) and 1,500m (Queen’s Rise)

“When you can take it wherever you want to, you need to create your own ‘story’ for each area to inform the design process…” Charlene Cong

there’s no suggestion of smoke and mirrors with the substantial overhaul of the 28-floor building at 125 Queen Street, a first glimpse could be deceiving. A life-sized image projected on New Zealand’s largest LED screen alongside it continues the heritage façade seamlessly to the corner, in a digital that makes passers-by do a double take. It’s not the only surprise in store for the uninitiated. Beyond the property’s Tasmanian sandstone