Month: September 2016

My favourite modernist building … Alington House

Sep 29, 2016

# AC History, Architectural History, Heritage, Heritage Buildings, HISTORY

I last went to the Alington house (Karori, 1962) 20 years ago as part of the Architectural Centre’s 50th Anniversary.
Demolition by ignorance?

Sep 27, 2016

# HOUSING

On Saturday morning (10 September 2016) on The Nation, the Social Housing Minister, Paula Bennett, claimed that she was doing everything “humanly possible”
My favourite modernist building … Gordon Drake’s houses

Sep 20, 2016

# Architectural History, Heritage, Heritage Buildings, HISTORY

When did “modernist” work start and finish?
My favourite modernist building … the Rotherham House

Sep 18, 2016

# Architectural History, Heritage, Heritage Buildings, HISTORY

My favourite modernist building (albeit one I haven’t visited) is the Rotherham House
Architecture Week Event: Thursday 22 September

Sep 18, 2016

# HOUSING

NEW DREAMLAND: A panel discussion Mark Southcombe (VUW) and Ian Shearer, chaired by Christine McCarthy (President, Architectural Centre)
Cars have never made good houses

Sep 18, 2016

# HOUSING, Transport

Ten years ago there were no beggars on the streets of Wellington.
Rapid Light Rail in Wellington

Sep 14, 2016

# Transport

Britomart in Auckland changed everything,
Wellington Mayoral Candidates Respond

Sep 13, 2016

# Heritage, Heritage Buildings, HOUSING, Transport, urban design

ARCHITECTURAL CENTRE: 2016 questions for Wellington mayoral candidates.
Affordable (cost-effective sustainable) housing

Sep 9, 2016

# HOUSING

Unaffordable dwellings do not have the following characteristics:
My favourite modernist building … state houses

Sep 7, 2016

# Architectural History, Heritage, Heritage Buildings, HISTORY

The state houses of the First Labour Government (1935-1949) are justly famous