Bowen House, Parliament office building in Wellington, New Zealand.
Bowen House is a modern office building in central Wellington located at the intersection of Lambton Quay and Bowen Street, standing 22 stories tall. It serves as a workplace for parliamentary staff and government employees who work on legislation and policy.
The building was completed in 1990 to expand New Zealand's Parliament complex. It marked an important step in modernizing the country's government infrastructure.
The building is part of Wellington's government district, where officials and staff work on policy matters that affect the country. It reflects how modern administration operates and how New Zealand's institutions are organized.
The building connects to other parliamentary offices through an underground passage that includes a moving walkway. This makes it easy for staff to move between the different government buildings without going outside.
Engineers discovered in 2023 that the building had significant structural weaknesses that did not meet modern safety standards. The discovery led to reinforcement work to bring it up to current building code requirements.
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