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  • Video of the Week IV: Studio Slasher – Death by Architecture

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    More student studio madness – this time created by  5th year honours students in Architecture (WITS University) as a response to last week’s video… I hope this doesn’t bring back too many memories… m-d

  • Dancing With Architecture

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    For those stumbling over how to promote that new iconic design maybe these links will provide some inspiration…    Battersea Power Station Empire State Building Petronas Towers   I’m sure that they are on to something…enjoy

  • Electric Cars – are they better than Petrol?

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    The car has arguably been both the best and the worst invention of the last 100 or so years. While it has allowed our cities to expand, our countries to patrol far off frontiers, and granting untold personal freedom to people around the world, it has also mostly ruined all those said cities with traffic…

  • Riding on Air

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    I’ve never understood why so many buses are air-conditioned, especially in this rather temperate country of ours. The commuter buses it seems a no brainer – openable windows and customers dressed for outside conditions must be a winning formula. On long trips – there’s nothing quite as pleasant as sitting next to an open window…

  • 2009 Open Architecture Challenge: Classroom

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    This looks rather cool – it’s an open design competition (you don’t even need to be a registered architect), run by Architecture for Humanity, in which you work as a partnership with a local school to develop a classroom design ‘for the future’. Architecture for Humanity is a “A volunteer non-profit organization set up to…

  • Lara Almarcegui Relocated Houses, Brittons Yard, 2009

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    Location : Brittons Yard, Haywards Hill Road, Wellington and insert in Friday’s Dominion Post newspaper, Wellington Friday 13 February 2009, 6.30-8.30pm As part of the One Day Sculpture programme Lara Almarcegui critiques the practice of house moving from the perspective of sculpture, inviting questions on how the built environment is valued and manipulated.

  • Bedwyr Williams Le ‘Welsh’ Man’s 24hour

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    Location : Around Wellington, beginning and ending at the carpark next to Enjoy, Swan Lane, off Cuba St Thursday 12 February 2009, 00.00-24.00 As part of the One Day Sculpture Project Bedwyr Williams will be painting Wellington.

  • Building with a zero height: Great idea or Waterfront Ridiculous-ness?

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    Early December 2008 the Wellington City Council examined draft documents for Variation 11 (the long title being: District Plan Variation 11: Amendments to Proposed District Plan Change 48 (Central Area Review) – Wellington Waterfront.) The relevant documents are: Report 1, Appendix 1, The Section 32 Report, and Attachment 1 At the time of the meeting…

  • A Bit of Culture Never Hurt Anyone?

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    Waitangi Day is our country’s most important architectural space. Time, space and performance translate into drama, politics, and good kai, and this weekend there are numerous ways to enjoy our nation’s peculiar cultural identities. Going to the beach, mowing the lawn, and shopping are all solid staple holiday fare – but why not go the…

  • The Women’s Weekly is our Friend!

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    Ok so it’s only the Word Search puzzle – but it’s good to know that architecture gets even a small lookin in our popular press.  The puzzle is below and the words to find are: arch, casement, cornice, cross-beam, design, domed, facade, garret, girders, grouting, louvre window, newel, obelisk, partition, paving, posts, renovation, roof, sash,…

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