For those of you who have been asleep under a rock for a while, you may not have heard about the Meridian Firstlight House that is being assembled on Frank Kitts Park this week.

If you’ve managed to escape the Read the rest of this entry »

This year our Arch Centre AGM will have as a special guest speaker the well-known and highly respected Christchurch architect Peter Beaven. Following the destruction of much of Christchurch’s heritage architecture, both ancient and modern, we thought that an informed voice from the south would be a welcome change from all the bluster of politicians and orange-coated mayors.

Please join us in our AGM (members only) when we throw open the LT1 doors to all (not just members, but everyone, including students, and public) to listen to Beaven talk: he never fails to inform and amuse.
AGM is at the School of Architecture, on May 4, from 5.30 (drinks), AGM (6.00) and Beaven (6.30) – tentative schedule – check back here in case of updates.

School of Architecture, 5.30 drinks and nibbles, 6.00pm AGM with special guest speaker – Christchurch architect Peter Beavan

I guess the first thing I should say is that – I know very little about cars. Read the rest of this entry »

National Radio is running their design competition for Kiwi radios again – this time with the added pressure of 2011 being the 100 year anniversary of New Zealand first emitting radio waves across the nation.  Details are at: http://www.soundslikeus.co.nz/home.  Entries are due in a month on Sat 14th May.

The post about cycling road marks got me thinking – especially the dooring-prevention margin of one of the cycle lanes. Read the rest of this entry »

Professor Robin Spence, Emeritus Professor of Architectural Engineering at Cambridge, will be presenting a talk on Disaster risk assessment – at the School of Architecture, 6.00pm on Tuesday 19th April 2011. (pre-talk drinks at 5.30). This is an IPENZ Wellington event – so expect lots of Engineers – but architects and students welcome too.