Bowen House
Bowen House is a 22-storey office building on the corner of Lambton Quay and Bowen Street, Wellington, New Zealand, that was leased by the New Zealand Parliament to house some members of Parliament and government staff.Photo: Ballofstring, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Type: Government office
- Description: office building in Wellington, New Zealand
- Also known as: “Te Iho (formerly Bowen House)”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Beehive and Turnbull House.
Beehive
Government office
Photo: Podzemnik, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Beehive is the common name for the Executive Wing of New Zealand Parliament Buildings, located at the corner of Molesworth Street and Lambton Quay, Wellington. Beehive is situated 100 metres north of Bowen House.
Turnbull House
Historic building
Photo: Ballofstring, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Turnbull House is a historic building in Wellington, New Zealand. It was built in 1915 as the residence of Alexander Turnbull and to house his private library, later bequeathed to New Zealand as the Alexander Turnbull Library.
National Library of New Zealand
Library
Photo: Mike Dickison, CC BY 4.0.
The National Library of New Zealand is charged with the obligation to "enrich the cultural and economic life of New Zealand and its interchanges with other nations". National Library of New Zealand is situated 340 metres northeast of Bowen House.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Wellington Central and Lambton.
Wellington Central
Suburb
Photo: Frozen-Coke-Rocks, Public domain.
Wellington Central is an inner-city suburb of Wellington, and the financial heart of both the city and the Wellington Region. It comprises the northern part of the central business district, with the majority of Wellington's high-rise buildings.
Thorndon
Suburb
Photo: Phillip Capper, CC BY 2.0.
Thorndon is a historic inner suburb of Wellington, the capital city of New Zealand. Because the suburb is relatively level compared to the hilly terrain elsewhere in Wellington it contained Wellington's elite residential area until it changed in the 1960s…
Bowen House
- Categories: office building, building, office, and government building
- Location: Wellington, Greater Wellington, North Island, New Zealand, Oceania
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
-41.27937° or 41° 16′ 46″ southLongitude
174.77659° or 174° 46′ 36″ eastLevels
22Height
90 metres (295 feet)Open location code
4VCPPQCG+7JOpenStreetMap ID
way 62153383OpenStreetMap feature
building=yesOpenStreetMap feature
office=governmentWikidata ID
Q21609081
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In Other Languages
From Japanese to Slovenian—“Bowen House” goes by many names.
- Japanese: “ボーエンハウス”
- Slovenian: “Bowen House”
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