Month: April 2010
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That other New Zealand city of some little significance…
Just to show that we are not completely parochial here at the Arch Centre, from time to time it is necessary to cast our eyes south of the Strait and north of the Tararua Ranges and acknolwedge that building activity does take place in various regional centres… such as, say, Auckland – the City of…
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Video of the Week XL: Top 10 things you’ll never hear an architect say
From the “How to architect” series. The guy seems a little weird (well, quite a lot actually), but I thought this might be a nice bit of Friday afternoon edification… …not to be taken too seriously of course…
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AGM tonight !
# AGMArch Centre AGM is tonight – Tuesday 20 April 2010. To be held at the School of Architecture, 5.30 food and drink, for 6.00 meeting To be discussed: Manners Mall, and the Basin Reserve. See you there! Also added: new poll – under “Your Opinion” below right. The Sept 11 discussion, it seems, goes on…
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Pecha Kucha rocks
# LectureLast night’s Pecha Kucha was just as much fun as the last one – maybe even more so. The line up I have is as per the following, but I think there is one more person missing. Which is a pity, because he was arguably the best…
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Is housing really an issue for architects?
# RANTINGLife in the outer suburbs has never been so tight.
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Video of the Week XXXIX: LIGHT*HOUSE
3XN, UN Studio and Jan Gehl (advisors) waterfront development – “a new urban quarter” – no, not here in Wellington, unfortunately(?), but in Aarhus, Denmark… . . What do you think…?
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Green Building – boston styles
I promised these some time ago, so here they are – a wee photo essay on green building in Boston – back when it was so much easier to be green (so to speak)… Sorry I can’t get my hands on more heritage info (for those that are interested) – it appears that there is…
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Pecha Kucha Night
A Pecha Kucha Night is happening on 19 April. Doors open at 6.30 for a 7.30 start. Downstage, 12 Cambridge Terrace, Wellington tickets: $9 // door sales // cash only // come early seats are limited // Starring: Peter Wilson // artistic director // capital e national theatre for children // www.capitale.org Fifi Colston //…
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Charles Renfro lecture – wednesday 14th april
6pm, Wednesday 14 April Adam Auditorium, City Gallery HOME New Zealand and First Windows & Doors present New York architect Charles Renfro on his first visit to New Zealand. Charles Renfro, of the New York architecture firm Diller, Scofidio + Renfro, is behind some of the world’s most talked-about projects of the moment, including…
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On “How ‘smart growth’ made NZ section prices and housing unaffordable”
It has been a while since property developers and their supporters last came out publicly against contemporary urban planning practices, but yes, it is time to roll your eyes and mutter: “here we go again”. Rodney Dickens, posting on the popular interest.co.nz blog, takes aim at “government-imposed town planning regulations, often dubbed the ‘smart growth’…
