New and different Air Traffic Control Tower, Wellington, NZ

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- December 28, 2021 at 11:05 pm #489859
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  First time that we had seen this building, but we love it. Apparently it was built on a lean for two reasons – 1) as a nod to Wellington’s notorious wind. 2) To withstand potential tsunamis. Taken on my cellphone. Was just about to put it into David’s cellphone competition, but then realised that I had edited in Affinity Photo, so not allowed. However, I may well edit in cellphone and submit there too!
- December 29, 2021 at 2:01 pm #489892
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  Interesting building and information Jim. The horizontals in the background are tilted, not sure why. Other than that, I cannot see anything that can be changed in this image 🙂
- December 29, 2021 at 8:07 pm #489906
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  Thanks Dahlia, I have corrected to match the shoreline, which gives it even more of a lean. Of course some of that is because I am so close. Also shown is a pic of just the front of the building taken from a distance.
  - December 30, 2021 at 11:41 am #489926
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    Thank you Jim. The building looks better in the wide shot 🙂
- December 30, 2021 at 11:36 am #489923
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  Whoa, the last one made me feel dizzy! jajajaja
- December 30, 2021 at 6:31 pm #489955
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  Built to meet 100 per cent of the building code for a structure of its importance level, the tower is one of New Zealand’s safest buildings. Thirteen base isolators have been installed within its foundations to provide a high level of resilience against earthquakes.
  - January 1, 2022 at 11:45 am #490004
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    That’s awesome Jim 🙂
- January 1, 2022 at 3:35 pm #490031
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  Fascinating building Jim! I like the corrected shot, especially with the reflections. I like the wider shot just for reference.
- January 27, 2022 at 3:51 pm #491860
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  You did well to isolate the building Jim. We missed this on when we were there. Those protrusions on the side are very interesting. Are they there to breakup the force of the wind?
- February 2, 2022 at 5:38 pm #492271
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  Sorry, Rob, in being so long in responding. I haven’t been able to find out the answer to your question yet. When you were in New Zealand, I did not know that this even existed. I only found out by chance after we had moved house to down here.
  
  Here is an online video which talks about the tower, including the fact that it leans far more than the Leaning Tower of Pisa – https://tinyurl.com/5kz4exkc
  - February 13, 2022 at 11:18 am #493107
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    Thanks Jim. Interesting news report.
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