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August 2011

Directing traffic from the past…

By Video of the Week

It wasn’t so long ago, really, when the woes  of Wellignton’s traffic congestion could be sorted out by one man with white gloves and thick black eyebrows…

No flyovers here, just good old 8mm retro goodness of traffic congestion ala Wellington 1963 (before traffic lights came to town…)

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The Art of the Contemporary House

By AC EVENTS, Lectures

On Thursday 18 August, the Architecture Centre would like to welcome you along to the School of Architecture for an evening’s presentation on:

The Art of the Contemporary House, featuring 3 works of architecture by acclaimed local architect members of the Architectural Centre. It promises to be an evening of education, erudition and entertainment. Please join us.

Nibbles from 5.40, then presentations from 6.00 till 7.30   CPD points will be sought, for those RAB….

We will be featuring work by Simon Twose, with his (very) Concrete house;
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The Art of the Contemporary House (De Jersey Clere, Concrete, and Humbug)

By AC EVENTS, EVENTS OTHER, Lectures

The Architectural Centre is proud to present a triple-bill lecture, featuring three respected local architects, Sam Kebbell, Judi Keith-Brown, and Simon Twose, reflecting on their recent domestic projects. Conceptual and literal landscapes, the relationship between art and architecture, and contemporary interventions to heritage buildings are just some of the topics that might be evoked during the discussion.

Please join us in the School of Architecture Atrium from 5:40pm, 18th August, for Nibbles and Gossip, before the lecture proper begins at 6pm.