Famous Swiss architect Hundertwasser’s final building takes shape in New Zealand

A model of the Hundertwasser Art Centre, the last authentic project from the late Swiss architect, currently under construction in New Zealand. Photo: dpa

The last gift of artist, painter and architect Friedensreich Hundertwasser to his adopted homeland, New Zealand, is being built, three decades after its inception.

He was invited by the mayor of the small New Zealand city of Whangarei, some 160km north of Auckland, to create an art centre in 1993 and came up with the multi-functional building.