Author: AC Admin

  • Learning from Christchurch – or not.

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    Cr Andy Foster’s comment over on EyeoftheFish regarding issues of eq preparedness in Wellington highlight, for me at least, something of the difficulties of this particular discussion

  • Prefab to the Rescue

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    Attending the latest PrefabNZ event last week, we were treated to the sight of a school project being completed in what must surely be record time, for the replacement of a school teaching block. This has strong ramifications for Wellington, where just this week a number of government buildings, such as Courthouses in the provinces,…

  • Dealing with Wgtn traffic on a wing and a prayer

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    I’ve been re-thinking. What if, concerning the whole Basin/Option X thing, we went right back to the fundamentals of the situation and began from there? Forget flyovers and tunnels, Options A, B, X, X+, and KY(!); forget Sussex Street, Memorial Park, and even the Basin itself. What are the fundamental issues?

  • Russell Walden’s “Triumphs of Change”

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      INVITATION TO BOOK LAUNCH.                    Triumphs of Change: architecture reconsidered School of Architecture, Vivian Street @ 4.30pm, Friday 16th December.   Launch by Professor Michael OSTWALD, Dean of Architecture, NEWCASTLE University, Australia.

  • Russell Walden: Triumphs of Change (book launch)

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      INVITATION TO BOOK LAUNCH.                    Triumphs of Change: architecture reconsidered School of Architecture, Vivian Street @ 4.30pm, Friday 16th December.   Launch by Professor Michael OSTWALD, Dean of Architecture, NEWCASTLE University, Australia. Caroline Schopfer, book editor from Peter Lang AG, Bern, Switzerland will also be present. Book will be on sale discounted 30% for the…

  • Apple strudel

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    A small post, updating the one we posted last year – Apple have just unveiled the revised glass cube on 5th Avenue, the world’s most prolific retail spot. The architecture, such as it is, has been reduced even further: from 90 panes of glass down to just 15, or so we are told. As the…

  • A Bach on the Mall

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    So the competition is now over, with the 19 solar-powered houses removed from site and packed away. West Potomac Park goes back to it’s former life as a place for quiet riverside baseball diamonds, with squirrels scampering happily across the grass. By all accounts, the team from New Zealand did very well indeed. Victoria University’s…

  • Basin voting

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      Well, the Council have voted on the city’s official position with respect to central government’s proposed traffic improvements near the Basin Reserve.

  • Basin flyover: Live council decision blog

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    Here’s the link to the Live Blog for this morning’s WCC Coucillor’s meeting to decide upon the official WCC position with respect to the NZTA proposed Basin flyovers – courtesy of

  • Design Incarnations

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    idw: Istanbul Design Week almost literally spans the width of the Golden Horn, occupying the faded green structure of the Old Galata Bridge at  Eyup, the last port of call of the Golden Horn ferry.