Author: AC Admin
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Chris Laidlaw response to our letter re: the trolley buses
On 13 February we wrote to the Sustainable Transport Committee restating our concern regarding the GWRC decision to replace trolley buses with diesel-hybrid buses. Our letter can be found here. Below is Chris Laidlaw’s response …
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My favourite modernist building … BNZ, Victoria St, Hamilton
In February 1996 I arrived in Hamilton to take up a lecturing position at the University of Waikato. At pretty much the same time the Bank of New Zealand (Leigh, de Lisle & Fraser, 1965) in Victoria Street was demolished (1996).
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ICI House: 61 Molesworth Street
Stephenson and Turner‘s elegant Imperial Chemical Industries (I.C.I.) House now stands in doubt,
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Planners’ Screw-ups
Ever wondered why the terminal is on the wrong side of the runway?
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RIP: Avis Higgs (1918-2016)
One of our former members died last Friday just after her 98th birthday.
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My favourite modernist building … Rietveld-Schroder House
This small 190m2 two level house (Utercht, 1924) located at the end of a row housing scheme in Utrecht is widely regarded as a masterpiece of early modernist architecture.
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My favourite modernist building … Old Wool House
In the late 1950s I had cause to visit Bernard Johns & Whitwell’s office one night,
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My favourite modernist building … Alington House
I last went to the Alington house (Karori, 1962) 20 years ago as part of the Architectural Centre’s 50th Anniversary.
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My favourite modernist building … Gordon Drake’s houses
When did “modernist” work start and finish?