Month: August 2010
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Mark Burry on Sagrada Familia and more
International cutting edge, dual hemisphere architects don’t come any more clever and hard working than Professor Mark Burry. Head of SIAL, the spatial architecture wing of the School of Architecture at RMIT (Melbourne), Prof Burry is also one of the architects working on the Sagrada Familia in Barcelona. He works in Melborne, the other architect…
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Wild Weather
# CommentA mid-1960s Archigram film announced: “When it’s raining in Oxford Street the architecture is no more important that the rain.”
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… the beauty of arcades …
There’s something pretty wonderful about St Kevin’s Arcade on K’ Rd in Auckland. I think the coffee even tastes better because of the intricacy of the architectural space.
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Wine and Architecture
These are more closely related than you might think. Come along to the School of Architecture in Vivian St, and experience both the wine of Spain and the architecture. 5.30 drinks (hopefully better than our usual), 6.15 lecture
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Arquitectura Sin Papel
Architecture without Paper – an exhibition from 15 young Spanish architects, previously exhibited at the Venice Bienalle – available for viewing every day during working hours at the School of Architecture, Vivian St, Wellington
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Just Manners …
Just as Manners Street is being ripped up (with the sort of silliness which means that the sunny side of the street will have the smallest width of footpath) it’s perhaps timely to have a think about the role the road has played in Wellington’s history.
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Re:Housing Practice
Three Wellington based NZIA practices talk about their work from the 2009 NZIA Awards. Jasmax, Novac & Middleton, Athfield Architects. 5.30 Drinks, 6.15 Talk, School of Architecture, Victoria Uni
