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  • Morals of the Modern

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    Morals of the Modern: Changing Values of Modern Architecture 6pm, Thu 28 January 2010 Adam Auditorium at City Gallery, Civic Square, Wellington Sam Kebbell will chair a roundtable panel featuring Julia Gatley, Bill Toomath, and Gerald Melling. This discussion considers the changes in moral outlook throughout Bill Toomath’s career. Have the moral pursuits of post…

  • One Day event: Kiwi Prefab

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    ‘Kiwi Prefab’ Workshop: Prefabricated Housing in New Zealand for more details, refer to http://architecture.org.nz/2010/01/18/kiwi-prefab-workshop/ Thursday 25 February 2010 School of Architecture and Design Victoria University of Wellington 139 Vivian Street, Wellington Please RSVP by February 1st 2010 Pamela Bell pam_bell at xtra.co.nz

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    ‘Kiwi Prefab’ Workshop: Prefabricated Housing in New Zealand Thursday 25 February 2010 School of Architecture and Design – Victoria University of Wellington The prefabricated housing industry in New Zealand consists of businesses designing, manufacturing and distributing a range of housing product types, including components, panels, modules and complete buildings. There is great potential for businesses…

  • V&A Symposium in March : Creating better quality neighbourhoods, buildings and public spaces

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    In March this year the Architecture Centre Network is hosting a one day international symposium at the Victoria and Albert Museum. The symposium will discuss: ·        The role of the regional, city and local leaders in improving design quality ·        Spatial planning and improving public spaces in complex areas ·        Design excellence ·        Built environment…

  • Summertime architectural gems

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    Rough, cut or cooked …

  • ONZM

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    Hooray!  At last there has been some recognition of Architects in the New Years Honours list.  Today, it was announced, that two men were to be recognised for their services to Architecture: John David Sutherland, of Auckland, and also of the S in Jasmax and a former adjunct Professor of Unitec – and also Friedrich…

  • Video of the Week XXXVII: Christmas time

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    There’s a paucity of architectural Christmas videos on the web – surprise surprise … but here’s a little nostalgia, good-will, and the trauma of reality – yes watch until the very end … Merry Christmas everyone …

  • Architecture of the Basin

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    The Architectural Centre, having just put in a submission on the future of Wellington in the year 2040, where we had the pleasure of looking at the city as a whole, are of the opinion that in 30 years time the city will be very different from what we have now. Traffic needs of the…

  • Grumpy old bloggers

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    If you thought that sometimes the writers at the Architectural Centre get grumpy about Architecture, then its time to show you that we aren’t nearly as harsh as some others around the world. First up there is a site called Bad British Architecture, in which the critic certainly pulls no punches. Sample diatribe: “one of…

  • More roads? Less pollution – I don’t think so.

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    It’s no irony that at the moment when John Key is supposedly at a Climate Change Summit in Copenhagen: City of Cyclists, that the government is poised to increase road building – a 4-lane road from Levin to Wellington – via Transmission Gully or otherwise.  While Key is fluffing around on the other side of…

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