Butterfly

A well-known art deco building in Wellington undergoes an internal metamorphosis in order to house global skincare brand Antipodes’ headquarters and retail space.

Sharon Stephenson

Buildings, like cats and the Dalai Lama, can have many lives. Take, for example, this art deco building in the far reaches of Ghuznee Street, the Wellington thoroughfare named, somewhat randomly, after the 1839 battle of Ghuznee (Ghazni) in Afghanistan. Built in 1936, the four-storeyed structure was, for many years, the HQ for Nestlé chocolate. Later, it became an RSA and, in the ’80s, restaurant Brasserie Flipp. Later still, it was the iconic music venue Bar Bodega and home to a youth support group. In its day, the 1070m2 building must have been something. Sadly, that day had long since passed by the time Elizabeth Barbalich saw it. But the founder of global skincare brand Antipodes Nature wasn’t deterred by the dingy, dark rooms, the low ceilings (on the admin…

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Interior (Digital) - 1 Issue, March / May 2020

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