The design was by the government architect, George Temple-Poole, and features a bold combination of styles.

In 1932, it was ranked as one of the ten top buildings in the country in a poll of federal government architects.

Cooch settled in Wellington and gained employment as a government architect.

It was designed by the government architect, Walter Liberty Vernon.

After graduating he worked as a government architect (assessor) in the public works department.

Although his family was not wealthy, they were allowed these respites because his father, being a government architect, helped to build many structures at the university.

As chief government architect he was responsible for many of the federal buildings constructed in this period.

Young was one of the architects invited to work with the government architect designing the prototype state house.

But the $77 million center, designed by a committee of government architects, has no windows.

The government architect, Charles Pasley, subsequently came up with a design of his own.