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Thursday, September 1st, 2016
Modern Memories by MM
My earliest memory of modern architecture was watching a reel-to-reel movie in an old pre-fab at intermediate. (more…)
Tags:Aldo Rossi, Futuna Chapel, Gordon Wilson Flats, Le Corbusier, Michael Melville, My favourite modernist building, Villa Savoye
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Wednesday, August 31st, 2016
Stage One of the University’s Computer Centre (now known as Angus Tait, Hall & McKenzie, 1965-66) is a building that I have long enjoyed (more…)
Tags:Angus Tait, Avon River, Brutalism, butteryfly-roof, Canterbury University, Christchurch, Hall & Mackenzie, Hall and Mackenzie, Ilam Campus, Laura Dunham, My favourite modernist building, Notre Dame du Haut
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Tuesday, August 30th, 2016
I first discovered the elegant curve of the Symonds St Flats in the early 1980s (more…)
Tags:Architectural Centre, Auckland School of Architecture, Auckland University, Bates Smart McCutcheon, Berhampore Flats, Boyd, Cedric Firth, Centennial Flats, Department of Housing Construction, Dixon St Flats, Frederick Newman, Fredrich Neumann, Gordon Wilson, Gordon Wilson Flats, government architect, Grey's Avenue Flats, Greys Ave Flats, Grounds, Harry Seidler, Haywards Substation, Housing New Zealand, Housing NZ, Hutt Valley, Imi Porsolt, Ken Davis, Labour government, McIntyre, McLean Flats, Modernism, Mount Eden, My favourite modernist building, Otago University, Post-Modernism, Romberg, School of Dentistry, state housing, State Housing in New Zealand, Stephenson & Turner, Symonds Street Flats, Symons St Flats, the Group, University of Auckland, University of Otago, Upper Grays Avenue Flats, Victoria University
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Monday, August 29th, 2016
Their faces responded to the projected image of ‘my favourite local building’ all too predictably: (more…)
Tags:Futuna Chapel, Golden Bay, Ian Reynolds, Lower Hutt, Melling Station, My favourite modernist building, Naeane, Peter Wood, Seddon Street, Seddon Street Cooperative Shops, Walter Nash, William Robertson
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Sunday, August 28th, 2016
The modernist building that stands out for me is the Ohakuri hydro power station (more…)
Tags:Allan Morse, Chris Valenduuk, Gordon Wilson Flats, Ministry of Works, MoW, My favourite modernist building, Ohakuri Hydro Power Station, Power Design, Shell House, Stephenson and Turner, Transpower House
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Saturday, August 27th, 2016
The current story of the Gordon Wilson Flats is perhaps not too different from that of the Hunter Building in the 1970s and 80s, (more…)
Tags:"Hunter ideas" competition, Central Terrace, Friends of Hunter, Gordon Moller, Grahame Anderson, Helen Tippett, historic places trust, Hunter Building, Ian Athfield, Ian Mune, Jeff Hunt, Jim McMillan, Labour government, Leone Harkness, Margaret Neilsen, Michael Fowler, Patrick MacNee, Rachel Barrowman, Rakine Brown courtyard, Ray Bradbury Theatre, Robert Muldoon, Victoria University, Victoria University of Wellington, Von Zedlitz Building, Von Zedlitz rockets, VUW, WCC, Wellington City Council
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