Month: June 2011
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Architects… who…?
Last Friday I happened to catch part of the Radio New Zealand Checkpoint show, within which was a story that began thus: Provincial Local Bodies could be stripped of their ability to issue building Consents. The Government is considering changes to the Building Act so that consents are issued from just a few main centres or…
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Aniwaniwa
# CommentIf you have ever visited the Urewera National Park, chances are that you will have been through the DoC visitor centre and museum, known as Aniwaniwa. Designed by architect John Scott in 1973 when he was at Hoogerbrug Scott Architects, construction began in 1974 and the building was opened in 1976. It has been repeatedly…
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When is a building “Over” height?
# CommentIn a rare move recently, Wellington City Council publicly notified a building, and exposed it to public comment. While the Architectural Centre did not enter a submission (although we often have done so in the past), it seems that a number of people and organisations did, most of whom seem to have come out against…
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Basin Reserve proposals “now two”
# CommentThe front page of the Dominion Post recently announced that there are now just two possible options being worked on by the NZTA, regarding possible routes that the proposed Basin Reserve bypass could take. Both of these options have been proposed before – so there is nothing much new here – and as yet, the…
