Quite alot happens at the edges of our roads. Read the rest of this entry »

International cutting edge, dual hemisphere architects don’t come any more clever and hard working than Professor Mark Burry. Head of SIAL, the spatial architecture wing of the School of Architecture at RMIT (Melbourne), Prof Burry is also one of the architects working on the Sagrada Familia in Barcelona. He works in Melborne, the other architect works in Barcelona. The two work on computer files that are shared between the two countries – and the building of the Sagrada Familia continues on. Come along to share in this Spanish marvel – 5.30 drinks, 6.15pm Lecture, LT1 at the School of Architecture, Vivian St

He might not be well-known, but if he was it would be for the design of the Freyberg Pool (1963). Read the rest of this entry »

A mid-1960s Archigram film announced: “When it’s raining in Oxford Street the architecture is no more important that the rain.” Read the rest of this entry »

There’s something pretty wonderful about St Kevin’s Arcade on K’ Rd in Auckland.  I think the coffee even tastes better because of the intricacy of the architectural space.  Read the rest of this entry »

Almost every time I catch a bus the thing that strikes me (other than the almost always lateness of Wellington buses), is how inadequate bus stops are  in their design for shelter.  It seems that I’m not the only one thinking this way …. Read the rest of this entry »

These are more closely related than you might think. Come along to the School of Architecture in Vivian St, and experience both the wine of Spain and the architecture. 5.30 drinks (hopefully better than our usual), 6.15 lecture