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  • Trafalgar Square

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    Trafalgar Square – one of the most famous public arenas in the western world. It is one of those names, like the Spanish Steps, the Champs Elysee, St Mark’s Piazza, Piccadilly Circus, Times Square and Central Park, that world travelers knowingly nod their heads at the mere mention, and even non-travelers have heard of. They’re…

  • another quake …

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    We all sympathise with the ongoing trauma of Christchurch.

  • Architects… who…?

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    Last Friday I happened to catch part of the Radio New Zealand Checkpoint show, within which was a story that began thus: Provincial Local Bodies could be stripped of their ability to issue building Consents. The Government is considering changes to the Building Act so that consents are issued from just a few main centres or…

  • Aniwaniwa

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    If you have ever visited the Urewera National Park, chances are that you will have been through the DoC visitor centre and museum, known as Aniwaniwa. Designed by architect John Scott in 1973 when he was at Hoogerbrug Scott Architects, construction began in 1974 and the building was opened in 1976. It has been repeatedly…

  • When is a building “Over” height?

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    In a rare move recently, Wellington City Council publicly notified a building, and exposed it to public comment. While the Architectural Centre did not enter a submission (although we often have done so in the past), it seems that a number of people and organisations did, most of whom seem to have come out against…

  • Basin Reserve proposals “now two”

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    The front page of the Dominion Post recently announced that there are now just two possible options being worked on by the NZTA, regarding possible routes that the proposed Basin Reserve bypass could take. Both of these options have been proposed before – so there is nothing much new here – and as yet, the…

  • Deep water

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    The WCC Draft Annual Plan 2011/12 was out for public consultation recently. In these tight financial times the plan was generally about maintaining affordable rates through prioritising spending and reducing costs by $6 million, through reducing some services, improving the efficiency of other services and deferring non-urgent work. Although it’s not all cost cutting, there…

  • architectural ABCs

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    Recently the Guardian reported on the idea of introducing architectural education at schools.

  • The slow crawl up

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    Errol Haarhoff’s recent report on the gender in architectural education, reveals the staggering progress that women have made in the architectural profession.

  • Thinking Whare

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    One of the latest offerings from Maori television is arguably the most significant contribution to the discussion of Maori architecture,

promoting good design in the built environment since 1946