Freyberg Pool

Freyberg Pool
Freyberg Pool from the boat harbour
General information
Architectural style Modernist
Town or city Wellington
Country New Zealand
Coordinates 41°17′28″S 174°47′24″E / 41.291011°S 174.790056°E / -41.291011; 174.790056
Completed 1963
Design and construction
Architect Jason Smith
Awards and prizes NZIA National Award Winner 2011

Freyberg Pool is a public swimming pool on Wellington Harbour, New Zealand. The main pool is 33 metres (108 ft) long.[1] It is named after the New Zealand Governor General Bernard Freyberg.[2]

Bernard Freyberg c. 1904. at Te Aro Baths now the site of The Freyberg Pool

A strong swimmer, he won the New Zealand 100-yards championship in 1906 and 1910.[3]

The building is classified as a "Category I" ("places of 'special or outstanding historical or cultural heritage significance or value'") historic place by the New Zealand Historic Places Trust.

In 2011, along with the Michael Fowler Centre, it won an NZIA Enduring Architecture Award.[4]

References

  1. ↑ "Get active indoors – Freyberg Pool & Fitness Centre – Wellington City Council". wellington.govt.nz. Retrieved 30 June 2017.
  2. ↑ "Search the List | Freyberg Pool | Heritage New Zealand". www.heritage.org.nz. Retrieved 30 June 2017.
  3. ↑ McLintock, A.H., ed. (1966). "Swimming – national championships". An Encyclopaedia of New Zealand. Wellington: Ministry for Culture and Heritage. Retrieved 10 June 2017.
  4. ↑ (www.nzia.co.nz), NZ Institute of Architects. "2011 New Zealand Architecture Awards celebrate the best work by New Zealand's Architects". www.nzia.co.nz. Retrieved 30 June 2017.


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