Author: AC Admin
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Hurrah for National Radio
Yes I know we’re all meant to say “Radio NZ: National” but National Radio rolls off the tongue so much easier. Anyway this weekend has had a number of interviews etc. which will be of interest to members. On Saturday Kim Hill interviewed Reid Ewing, Professor of City and Metropolitian Planning at the University of…
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Aren’t Street Closures Fantastic?
At this very moment Courtney Place is under “Road Closure” while things are being set up for the glories of the Cuba St Carnival culminating in one of the best Wellington events of our calendar – the Cuba St Carnival Parade. But this is not only evidence of impending celebration but also a sample of…
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Try pasting the following feed address into your feed reader subscriptions: http://architecture.org.nz/feed/ m-d
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Arch Centre member lights up the world…
“A challenging job” is how Arch Centre member and doctoral candidate at the VUW School of Architecture, Amardeep Dugar, describes his recent appointment as Lighting Consultant to the Global Vipassana Pagoda in Mumbai, India. The Global Vipassana Pagoda, which aspires to pay homage to Buddha and his teachings,is currently in the final stages of construction. It will be…
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The Flickr Travelogues – architectural eye-candy from the Jubilee Line Extension (London) Pt1
One of my favourite architectural memories from my time living in London was stumbling across the architecture of the Jubilee Line Extension (JLE) of the London Underground system – there is nothing quite like having an architectural experience without any form of warning whatsoever. Visiting the well-photographed Barcelona Pavilion, for example, had no such sharp edge…
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Transport Priorities
Kerry Williamson today revealed in the Dom Post the regional councils transport priorities. That is to say those which they are petitioning the Government for assistance with. The top Items, with budgets, are as follows: TOP TRANSPORT PRIORITIES: Western Link Road stage 1 (Waikanae to Paraparaumu), $82 million. State Highway 1 Basin Reserve upgrade and bus lanes improvement,…
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Video of the Week V: Los Angeles Plays Itself
Ok – enough of the sordid student activities (for now at least). How ’bout something a little more cerebral, in the form of a discussion of the role of Modernist houses in Hollywood movies. The somewhat droll announcer explores the association of villainy with Modernism – something to keep in mind when you pen the design for your next…
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Defining who we are, and what we do…
The Urban Dictionary seems to be the only way to keep up with the rapidly evolving vernacularisms of our urban teen culture – so, just how do today’s yoofs see the practice of architecture: Architect: An overworked and underpaid employee – of a pretentious registered practitioner of the arts (a prat). Many years in tertiary education have left the ‘architect’…
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Redesign L.A. – or it’s transport
Feeling a little short of work at the moment? Like to have a try at solving the transport woes of one of the world’s most snarled up, congested cities? Hear those voices calling you from on high? No, its not Christmas carols coming super early for ’09: The City of the Angels is calling for…
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Council website
There’s a curious new website that the WCC appear to have launched, which it appears not many people are visiting. Click here and lodge your vote on what the Council should be spending your money on in the long term community plan.
