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April 2010

That other New Zealand city of some little significance…

By Comment, RANTING

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 Sales (no typo there, just the impression I get every time I visit downtown Queen Street)…

No – not a post addressing the super-amalgamated-councils and the super’men’ behind it all – just a little something that caught my eye recently – some artist’s impressions of a new ASB headquarters for the ex-Tank Farm (now more elegantly(?) renamed Wynyard Quarter).

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AGM tonight !

By AGM

Arch 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…

Green Building – boston styles

By Architectural History, Heritage Buildings

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 so much heritage in Boston that gems such most of these below go completely unrecognised… Read More