A+ for D

North Shore based Westlake Girls High School opened in 1958 as a co-ed institution, before being separated in 1962 into a single sex girls’ school, with the boys’ school moving up the road. Today over 2000 girls are enrolled at Westlake making it one of the largest single sex schools in the country.

Recent years has seen the high school surrounded by building activity, with the Northern busway flanking the longest side of the school grounds and the cows once grazing in Smales Farm replaced by a new business hub.

Increasing school rolls and demands on scarce land has necessitated new building work and more recently the refurbishment of the well worn D block.

Exterior cement panels are finished in custom coloured Environmental Choice approved Resene Sonyx 101 waterborne semi-gloss complemented by Resene Super Gloss tinted to Resene Titania (grey off white).

Inside the walls are covered in the softly toned Resene Quarter Surrender (cool silver grey) in Environmental Choice approved Resene Zylone Sheen waterborne low sheen and ceilings in Resene Ceiling Paint tinted to Resene Alabaster (blackened white). The natural beauty of the timber panels has been enhanced with Resene semi-gloss polyurethane. And as a contrast to the neutral palette, doors and frames are striking in Resene Nero (blue black).

With the block complete to A grade standard, it’s back to the books for students.

Building Contractor: Alliance Construction
Painting Contractor: Sean Taylor, Taylor Painting Services
Resene: Bryce McDermott, West Auckland Branch Manager
From the Resene News – issue 2/2010

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