Launch of Gerald Melling’s new book, on the Architecture of Disaster.
Personal experiences from the 2006 Aceh tsunami and the attempts to rebuild.
5.30 drinks, 6.00 talk, LT1 School of Architecture

Bus tour and afternoon tea.
Sunday 7th March 2.00pm only
Two Bill Toomath designed homes in Mt Victoria will be open to view.
Catch a bus up to the house for afternoon tea for just $5.
Places are limited to 30 seats RSVP to arch@architecture.org.nz
Starts at the City Gallery

Lecture on Terminal 2, by Grimshaw architect (and kiwi) Julian Watt

Julian Watt, a previous Wellingtonian now residing in London, and working for Grimshaw architects, will be presenting a one-off New Zealand lecture on Tuesday 8 December.

“For the past 3 years I’ve been running a project called Terminal 2 Concourse B at Heathrow. It is a new satellite pier at Heathrow designed to eventually house all of the long haul STAR Alliance carriers. In its finished state it will be connected by an underground tracked transit system back to the new Terminal 2 building. Effectively this will constitute a Terminal and Pier for STAR Alliance to rival the work at T5 for BA. Due to the nature of working at Heathrow, the building has been designed and built in 2 phases. The first phase (160m of an eventual 500m) is due for handover to BAA on 27th November 2009.”

The Terminal 2 project is a massive piece of infrastructure, inserted into one of the world’s busiest airports without shutting down the existing terminal. Grimshaw (of Nicolas Grimshaw fame) is one of London’s great contextual masters and a skilled architect. It should be a great chance to catch up with some cutting edge design and construction of this latest slice of London’s transport architecture.

5.30 for drinks and nibbles, 6pm for the lecture, at Victoria University School of Architecture, on Tuesday 8th December.  Be there!    Yes, for those interested, CPD points will be available.

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We haven’t got a whole week of events for you this year, but we do have 3 events all on one day, so we reckon that’ll do just as well. All events will be held in Rutherford House in the Pipitea campus - starting at 4.00pm with Adrian Leaman, continuing at 5.30 with McBride Charles Ryan, and then finishing up at 6.30 pm with Japanese superstar architect cardboad guru Shigeru Ban.

You will need to book. Don’t miss out. Tickets going fast.