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My favourite modernist building …
2 April: Wanganui War Memorial Hall (Gordon Smith, Whanganui, NZ, 1960) – Paul Walker
5 March: Bank of New Zealand (Claude Megson, Remuera, NZ, 1974) – Giles Reid
9 February: Bank of New Zealand (Leigh, de Lisle & Fraser, Hamilton, NZ, 1965) – Ann McEwan
20 October: Reitveld-Schroder House (Gerrit Reitveld & Truss Schroder-Schrader, Utrecht, 1923) – Peter Parkes
16 October: Old Wool House (Bill Toomath, Wellington, 1955) – Daryl Cockburn
29 September: Alington House (Bill Alington, Karori, 1962) – Marguerite Beere
20 September: Gordon Drake’s houses (San Francisco Bay area) – James Beard
18 September: The Rotherham House (Bruce Rotherham, Devonport, 1951) – Sally Ogle
7 September: The State House (First Labour Government, 1935-49) – Bill McKay
6 September: College House, Christchurch (Warren and Mahoney, 1964-70) – Stuart Gardyne
5 September: Nordic Pavilion, Venice (Sverre Fehn, 1962) – Simon Twose
4 September: Whanganui War Memorial Hall, Whanganui (Newman, Smith and Greenhough, 1955-1960) – Mark Southcombe
3 September: Farnsworth House, Southern Illinois (Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, 1945-51) – Bill Alington
2 September: Civic Administration Building, Palmerston North (Maurice and John Patience, c1969-73) – Tyson Schmidt
1 September: Villa Savoye (Le Corbusier, 1929) – Michael Melville
31 August: Computer Centre (Stage One), University of Canterbury, (Hall & MacKenzie, 1965-66) – Laura Dunham
30 August: Symonds St Flats, Auckland (Fredrich Neumann/Frederick Newman, 1942-47) – Ken Davis
29 August: Seddon Street Cooperative Shops, Naenae (1946) – Peter Wood
28 August: Ohakuri Hydro Power Station (Chris Valenduuk, Power Design, MoW, 1961) – Allan Morse
27 August: Kiddle Bach, Waimarama, Hawkes Bay (John Scott, 1970s) – Rebecca Kiddle
26 August: The National Theatre, London (Denys Lasdun, 1970) – Dale Fincham
25 August: Bulls Water Tower (Bill Alington, 1956) – Andrew Leach
24 August: Cashmere Community Centre (Ernst Plischke, 1952) – Chris Cochran
23 August: Puaka-James Hight (MoW, 1969-73) and Matariki (Hall and McKenzie, 1972-74) – Tim Nees
22 August: Toronto City Hall (Viljo Revell, 1965) – Michael Milojevic
21 August: PSA Tower (Jim Beard, unbuilt, design c1972-76) – Michael Dudding
20 August: NZ Racing Conference Building (Ron Muston/Keith Cooper, Structon Group Architects, 1959) – Judith Graykowski
19 August: Freyberg Pool, Wellington (Jason Smith, King & Dawson, 1963) – Duncan Harding
18 August: Massey House (Plischke and Firth, 1957) – Linda Tyler
17 August: Ost House (Frederick Ost, 1949) – Mary Daish
16 August: State Insurance Building (former) (William Gummer, 1940) – Michael Kelly
15 August: Bowen State Building (Ministry of Works: Jock Beere and Ian Reynolds, 1962) – Ben Schrader
14 August: Centre Point, London (Seifert and Partners, 1963-66) – Guy Marriage
13 August: Freyberg Pool, Wellington (Jason Smith, King & Dawson, 1963) – Daniele Abreu e Lima
12 August: Lyttelton Tunnel Authority Administration Building, Christchurch (Peter Beaven, 1962-64, demolished 2013) – Ian Lochhead
11 August: Gordon Wilson Flats, Wellington (Gordon Wilson, Ministry of Works, 1959) – Roger Walker
10 August: Cricketers’ Arms Tavern, Wellington (D.C. Gunter, 1962-68; 1968-70) – Kate Linzey
9 August: French Communist Party Headquarters, Paris (Oscar Niemeyer, 1970) – Victoria Willocks
8 August: Arts Tower, Sheffield (Gollins, Melvin and Ward, 1965) – Tim Asby
7 August: Jellicoe Towers, Wellington (Allan Wild, 1966) – Angus Hodgson
6 August: The Barbican, London (Chamberlin, Powell and Bon, 1969-76) – Christine McCarthy
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