Month: September 2009
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“Is it because rich people own yachts?”
Sometimes riding my bike into work I bemoan the fact that the laws of the sea aren’t replicated in the laws of the road.
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Video of the Week XXXII: site specific mini-series III
This last look at Ernesto Neto presents his well-known “Léviathan Thot” Panthéon, Paris (2006).
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Architectural Photography exhibition – Simon Devitt
SIMON DEVITT – ‘I see you there’ February 5 – 26 2010 I see I see you I see you there We trust our eyes too much. The picture is not always what they insist it must be. The other senses are profoundly important in how we view the scene. In truth, the camera is…
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Capital Precinct
We’re pleased to note that Her Worship the Mayor Kerry Prendergast, and the Prime Minister, the Right Honourable John Key, have been getting together to launch “Our Extraordinary Democracy – The Capital City Initiative“. It seems that it is not often that architecture, design, and especially urban design get discussed at such high level –…
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A Review on ‘Shaping Our Places’: The NZIA manifesto for New Zealand’s built environment
# CommentAfter leaving the launch for the New Zealand Institute of Architects manifesto for New Zealand’s built environment ‘Shaping Our Places’, which took place on 2nd September at Parliament’s Grand Hall, I had a surprisingly positive feeling about the newly formed document mostly because of the fact that such a document exists now, more so than…
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Queens Wharf
After waiting many years, Wellington Waterfront finally held the long awaited Competition for the Outer Tee. We’ve been holding our breath, waiting to hear what the results of the competition were. How many entries? Any good ideas? Was there an outright winner? Could the judges make up their minds? But since the entry period closed,…
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Video of the Week XXXI: site specific mini-series II
To continue this mini-film festival on Brazilian artist Ernesto Neto is a film of a recent work in New York.
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The Elephant in the Room
Phil Jones‘ talk on last Wednesday (9 Sept 09) presented the idea of shared spaces (also known as naked streets) in the context of the council’s proposal to convert lower Cuba St into a shared space.
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Video of the Week XXX: site specific mini-series I
This week’s video is the first of a series of three on Ernesto Neto (1964-), one of Brazil’s best known contemporary artists. Much of his work is site specific and architecturally innovative. They are increasingly large, immersive, biomorphic and at times spatially hungry works which encourage audience engagement.
