Global InformationQT Wellington Hotel information
| QT Wellington | |
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| Former names | Museum Art Hotel, Museum Hotel de Wheels, Museum Hotel, Michael Fowler Hotel |
| General information | |
| Address | 90 Cable Street, Wellington 6011 |
| Coordinates | 41°17′30″S 174°46′58″E / 41.2918°S 174.7827°E |
| Opened | 1987 |
| Relocated | 1993 |
| Design and construction | |
| Architect(s) | Geoff Richards |
| Main contractor | Downer and Co Ltd |
| Website | |
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The QT Wellington Hotel (previously the Museum Art Hotel, Museum Hotel de Wheels, and originally called the Michael Fowler Hotel) is located in Wellington, New Zealand. It is one of the largest buildings to have been moved from one site to another.
The building was designed by architect Geoff Richards and completed in 1987. Originally known as the Michael Fowler Hotel, it had 38 guest rooms and two penthouse suites. Sir Michael Fowler lived in a residential apartment on the top floor.[1] The Government bought the building in 1990 as it wanted the land for the proposed Museum of New Zealand.[2] Entrepreneur Chris Parkin took over management of the hotel in October 1990 and bought the building from the Government in 1992.[2] By that time it was known as the Museum Hotel. After the building was relocated, its name changed to the Museum Hotel de Wheels, then the Museum Art Hotel. In 2015 Parkin sold the hotel to Amalgamated Holdings,[3] and in 2017 the hotel's name was changed to QT Wellington.[4][5] Parkin's collection of around 200 artworks is housed in and leased to the hotel.[6] The hotel expanded into a neighbouring property in 2004, adding 94 hotel rooms and 127 apartments,[7] and as of 2020 had 180 rooms, including 25 art-inspired Gallery Rooms and 99 self-contained apartments.[8]
- ^ Kernohan, David (1989). Wellington's New Buildings. Wellington, New Zealand: Victoria University Press. p. 134. ISBN 0 86473 085 3.
- ^ a b "Training all eyes on shifting a hotel". Stuff. 17 August 2013. Retrieved 27 August 2021.
- ^ "Chris Parkin sells Wellington's Museum Hotel to ASX-listed Amalgamated Holdings for $28.5M". NZ Herald. Retrieved 27 August 2021.
- ^ "The Heavy History behind QT Wellington". QT Wellington. Retrieved 27 August 2021.
- ^ "Six essential Wellington food experiences". Stuff. 8 February 2017. Retrieved 27 August 2021.
- ^ "'I love attention' - Chris Parkin, art collector, grafter and egotist". Stuff. 21 February 2020. Retrieved 27 August 2021.
- ^ Patterson, Colin (2 April 2008). "Put Wheels in Motion and Buy the Hotel". Dominion Post. p. A7 – via Proquest Australia & New Zealand Newsstream.
- ^ Stephenson, Sharon (6 September 2020). "I know a place . . . the QT Wellington". Sunday Star-Times. p. 28 – via Proquest Australia & New Zealand Newsstream.