Te Pātaka Toi Adam Art Gallery

The Adam Art Gallery (in Māori: Te Pātaka Toi) is a purpose-built arts gallery located in the Kelburn Campus of Victoria University of Wellington in Wellington, New Zealand. History The back of the gallery On 15 July 1997, Jenny Harper and Tina Barton started the proceedings to establish the gallery. The building was formally opened 21 September 1999, by Sir Michael Hardie Boys, Governor General of New Zealand. The gallery's benefactors include Victoria University of Wellington Foundation, as well as Denis and Verna Adam (who the gallery was subsequently named after following their donation of NZ$1 million in 1998. The gallery was designed by Ian Athfield. It was built between the three university buildings the Old Kirk Building, the Hunter Building. Building awards In 1999 the architectural firm Athfield Architects was two awards for the building, the NZIA Resene Branch Architecture Award: Community & Cultural, and the NZIA Resene Colour Architecture Award: Community & Cultural. In 2000 it revcieved a regional award, the NZIA Resene Central Regional Architecture Award: Community & Cultural. In 2025 it won the Enduring Architecture Award at the Wellington Architecture Awards (NZIA).