A bus tour of Modernist buildings in the Hutt Valley (Saturday 13 March) with Julia Gatley (curator of the Long Live the Modern show at the New Dowse).
Visit www.newdowse.org.nz for further details.

A bus tour of Modernist buildings in Wellington (Sunday 14 March). On Sunday Architect Bill Toomath will also be aboard, and will speak briefly about his design for the Wellington Teacher’s College in Karori.
Julia Gatley is the bus tour guide and also the curator of Long Live the Modern, showing at TheNewDowse from 31 January to 4 April 2010.
Visit www.newdowse.org.nz for further details.

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

EARTHQUAKE PRONE BUILDINGS: HOW READY ARE WE?
New Zealand Society for Earthquake Engineering
Technical Conference and AGM
MARCH 26 – 28, 2010 | WELLINGTON

Conference Website

Conference Location: Te Papa Tongarewa
Architects: 80 CPD points

Presentation topics
- Pathways to Earthquake Resilience
- Lessons from Earthquakes through Time
- Mitigating the Social and Economic Impacts of Earthquakes
- Advances in Hazards Definition
- Advances in Earthquake Engineering Practice
- Planning for Earthquake Response and Recovery
- Recent Practical Projects