Month: January 2012

  • City Barriers

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    Timber posts with nautical rope strung between them are being proposed for segments of the Manners Mall in Wellington, in an effort to stop people crossing the road ‘illegally’. The proposal is by a WCC Councilor, Leonie Gill, who appears shocked and horrified that Wellingtonians have such a care-free attitude to crossing the road. Several…

  • NZIA Conference South & East

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    NZIA Conference 2012 – South and East: Our Place in a New World Start: 11:00 a.m., Thu 16 February 2012 End: 11:30 a.m., Sat 18 February 2012 Provider: New Zealand Institute of Architects Where: Viaduct Events Centre, 161 Halsey Street, Auckland Presenters: Yung Ho Chang – China Yung Ho Chang is principal of the Beijing…

  • BRANZ Earthquake Fire Protection seminar 1-4pm

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    Amora Hotel, 170 Wakefield Street Central city, Wellington Presenters: Greg Baker Fire and Structural Engineering Manager BRANZ Peter Collier Senior Fire Engineer BRANZ Dr Anthony Abu NZ Fire Service Commission Lecturer in Fire Engineering at the University of Canterbury Charles Fleischmann Associate Professor at the University of Canterbury Brent Houston Consultant Cost NZIA Member: $87.00…

  • Designing Comfortable Homes 1-5pm VUW Arch School

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    Cement and Concrete Association of New Zealand Where: Victoria University of Wellington, School of Architecture, 139 Vivian Street, Wellington Presenters: Ralf Kessel, Registered European Architect, Project Manager for Cement & Concrete Association of New Zealand (CCANZ) Dr. Larry Bellamy, Civil Engineer Associate Professor at RMIT University, Melbourne. Research specialties include thermal performance of buildings. Roger…

  • HOME: Lecture by Brian MacKay Lyons – 6pm VUW Student Union

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    Brian MacKay-Lyons is a sheep farmer and sea kayaker who also happens to be a world-renowned architect. Born and raised in Arcadia, Nova Scotia, Brian studied in Halifax, Nova Scotia, and at the University of Southern California in Los Angeles. He has worked and studied in China, Japan and Italy, returning to Nova Scotia in…

  • The Death of Post-Modernism

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    They say that you never forget where you were, or what you were doing, when a major event happens – Man Walking on the Moon, John F Kennedy’s assassination, the destruction of the Twin Towers, or the All Blacks winning the World Cup (in the case of myself, and I suspect many of us, it…

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