At 119 Great North Road (119 GNR as the building has come to be known), the luxury cars sparkle like jewels in the windows of the showroom, and the angles of the concrete structure in the building’s interior are also a head turner.
Designed by Warren and Mahoney in collaboration with Giltrap and the car brands it showcases, the new building is made up of a 1,500m2 street-level showroom, with three commercial office floors above and four basement levels, where the workshop, staff-training areas and car parking is located. Project architect Barrington Gohns says the overall aim was to allow the cars to take centre stage.