PROJECTS
HISTORY

Engaged by the school “post earthquake” to prepare a detailed report on the damage to Te Koraha House’s leaded windows. Following this report, the process of repair began as we endeavored to work through the issues which faced many of our city’s schools. Keeping them going was for The Glass Room our first priority.

Favoured for all of the Hobbit movies, we were delighted to be able to continue our relationship with the last of these bigger-than-life movies

Approached to provide exclusive crystal glass screens for the executive suites, we were asked to echo the quality and opulence which this pinnacle of the New Zealand hospitality industry is renown for.

Restoration of historic Acland House, Lead light glass panels restored after earthquake damages over 90% of the historic building’s windows.

2011 Revamp of reception area using Ozone Slumped Glass

Extensive fire damage suffered in 2009 with futher damage resulting from the 2010 earthquake, which hit Christchurch and surrounding districts.

Restoration included the extraction of full panels of glass, which survived both of these extreme circumstances. The panels were to be rehoused back into the steel frames after the frames had been properly restored.

To the delight of all interested parties the Heritage Architect, the Historic Places Trust, and Council our teams successfully removed over 600 original glass panels from the steel sashes, most of which were less than 1.5mm thick.

Christchurch city was again hit by a massive earthquake in February of 2011 which closed the chapter on Saint Pauls Trinity Church.

Gentleman’s Club situated in Christchurch, Art Glass employed in all bedroom areas.
Slumped Ozone Glass , Whisper Imaging Glass, and Leading edge glass designed and produced at The Glass Room was used to best effect to give a point of difference and style

Ozone glass provides a textural glass composition with the impression of ancient Tahitian art work

Following years of dedication and skilled craftmanship, we were very humbled to be a part of a very difficult restoration process which for Dorothy meant the faithful reproduction of 100 year old glass lamps and producing historic heritage glass which had not been seen in New Zealand since the beginning of the previous century.

The Supreme Court building has been a significant addition to Wellington’s and New Zealand’s public buildings and will be a heritage site for the future. Buildings such as the old Government building and Parliament buildings help develop a strong sense of national identity, and so too does the new Supreme Court building.
The new building is surrounded by a bronze and glass screen depicting the strength, durability and stature of the Pohutukawa and Rata tree. The Glass Room produced over 2,500 individual sections of heat treated glass for this gigantic sculpture. The building environment has a refreshingly unique New Zealand atmosphere.
The Glass Room also produced the glass wall panels which are used to line the two sets of elevators

This new eco-hotel was constructed in 2009.
The hotel incorporates many sustainable design principles and is a soft timbered building designed to melt into and complement the existing native bush.
A quiet and protected rain forest courtyard ensures the 100 guest rooms will have a restful feel and provide the guests with a 100% NZ experience.
The Glass Room was commissioned to produce laminated art glass panels for the Entry Lobby, and front of the hotel. These panels cast soft colours across the atrium floor.
Textured and specially coloured TGR splashbacks are in each of the hundred guest rooms.

Fused and molten cast glass used to effect on this 16 m2 glass mural at iconic surfing location Taylor’s Mistake, Christchurch.
Part 5 of a City meets Shore set of installations completed for the Christchurch City Council. As with other sections around the Christchurch shoreline the glasswork was designed by Richard Wiki with work done in partnership with Dorothy Ratcliff.

Pescatore is The George Hotel’s premier restaurant.
This total refurbishment included three distinct areas; the white anteroom where diners are greeted and their palettes cleansed, the main restaurant area, and the private dining space which is a meeting room by day and a private dining space by night.
The Pescatore refurbishment has been designed to complement Andrew Brown’s innovative food and is one of New Zealand’s leading dining experiences.
The Glass Room was asked to produce the internal glass walls and screens and in so doing capture an elegance that The George could be proud of. It is fair to say that this was achieved.

Inside this exclusive club house are enormous runs of feature mirror/glass panels created at our Christchurch studio.
An extraordinary sense of spaciousness and reflection add yet another magical dimension to this exceptionally well designed building.

Our journey continues, having worked on The Hobbit we were called upon for this Epic Movie, glass procured from around the world and speedily got to Christchurch, worked on in our studio then quickly moved to the workshops of Wellington. A logistical nightmare, absolutely loved it.

Luxury Apartment Complex in Christchurch designed by Warren and Mahoney Architecture.
The Glass Room was favoured with providing professional coating services to this exclusive project. Over a thousand metres of Back coated glass went into this luxurious development.

The Glass Room was selected to provide the specialised colour coating for this project.
The Glass Room was chosen because it had the ability to maintain accuracy in its colour palette over the period that this hotel went through the furbishment stage.
Past experiences had taught the contractor that other coating companies did not necessarily maintain colour consistency over an extrapolated period.
We certainly showed that our inhouse systems were not only effective in terms of consistent colour, but our unmatched 24 hour turnaround gave our partners a very real advantage in meeting deadlines.

A wonderfully exciting introduction to the world of fantasy. The first of a number of Epic Movies which The Glass Room were to be favoured with. As expected big movies, tight time constraints for a few moments of cinemagraphic stardom.

One of a dozen hotels that benefited from architectural art glass produced at The Glass Room. Many a late night was worked to complete orders for hotels located in Invercargill to Whangarei.
Each hotel was given a unique style which creates the mood that these hotels are famous for. Working closely with Steve at The Design Team, the results were very pleasing for all concerned. This hotel collected the Best hotel fitout award for 2002

Stained glass panel restored by restoration specialist Dorothy Ratcliff. Original stained glass window severly damaged due to act of vandalism.

Burnham Military Camp Church became the home for this military stained glass commission, recognising the centenary of the Royal New Zealand Engineers.
Their insignia and badge were faithfully produced in stained glass by Dorothy Ratcliff.

Called in by the General Manager of the Project Management company [The Carson Group] to assure him that the massive Stained Glass commission in the Maori Marae area would be completed in time for the opening of this iconic building.
The Glass Room’s team flew to Wellington and provided the necessary skill and efficiency, and as a result completion on time.

The first of a number of projects with Dalman Architecture.
The Glass Room produced CELTIC cast glass panels for the Restaurant/ bar and bathrooms. Giving the hotel a distinctive and sophisticated New Zealand feel.

Revisiting an old friend.
2010 signalled a huge change in our direction and it was also a chance to revisit the past.
Here in southern England we revisited a piece of work which took Dorothy and David Wasely over a year to painstakingly create.
Featured in many of the world’s journals of stained glass this set of complex windows is an experience of colour and light.

Completed whilst studying in London with David Wasely. A very painterly style which is not commonly employed in New Zealand due to the complexity of the composition.

This iconic art deco style church housed a collection of hand carved and sandblasted panels depicting religious scenes and symbols. Sadly this part of the church has been demolished due to earthquake damage. The panels have been successfully removed, conserved and stored in preparation for rehousing in the new church to be built on this site.

Repair of earthquake damaged stained glass