Category: AC EVENTS

  • Deidre Brown to talk on Maori Architecture

    Come along to hear Deidre talk about her research on Maori Architecture. Thursday 18th June from 5.45 (mihi, 6pm lecture, 7ish food & drinks) is the time and day.  There’ll be books on hand if you’d like a copy and an author to sign them if that suits  … and of course plenty of people…

  • Yamamoto architecture

    Victoria University School of Architecture & Design extends an invitation to hear award winning Japanese architect Riken Yamamoto speak on a selection of his work for one day only: Saturday 4 July, LT1, 1.30-2.30, $10 – cheap at twice the price!!

  • Lecture: Chris Kelly – Ancestors of the Mind

    impressions from a 2008 trip to europe when: 6:00pm friday, 1st may 2009 (drinks/nibbles from 5:30pm) where: LT1, school of architecture & design, 139 vivian street

  • Annual General Meeting

    Our AGM is  TODAY at 6pm – Thursday, 23rd April, and it is really important that we get as many of our members there as we have some pretty important business to discuss. If you are a current member, we want you there. You will have received the mailout of the newsletter and the email…

  • Recent & future Arch Centre site visits – what say you?

    We have been pleased by the positive feedback that we have received from members who took advantage of our recent house visits, and would like to take this opportunity to acknowledge the efforts and hospitality of Jane Black (Black House visit), Jule Einhorn and Di Austin (Einhorn House visit) and Bob White (Renwick House visit).      Viewing…

  • Site Visit: Einhorn & Toomath houses

    Click on the invitation for a larger image. Just when the Modernist house becomes cool again (in terms of contemporary retro-modernist design at least), owners of the actual Modernist houses can’t wait to get out of theirs (actually, its not quite that simple) – giving us all a chance to view and perhaps make a purchase of authentic architecturally-designed heritage. …

  • James Shaw and Squint Opera

    Our apologies: this event has been cancelled. We hope to be able to reschedule it for another time in the future.  This Thursday 29th January: a coming event that I’m sure you’ll be keen to come along to.  James Shaw, formerly of Wellington and now working with Squint Opera in London, is in town long…

  • Welcome to the new Website

    One of our hard-working members, Thanh Nguyen, has rebuilt our website. Our old site was up and running for over 3 years – we’re hoping that this website will be easier to administer and update. We’re doing some ‘running in’ of the website to start, so please bear with us while we experiment.

  • Book Launch : Long Live the Modern

    When: 5.30pm on Tuesday 21 October 2008 Where: School of Architecture, VUW, 139 Vivian St This is a book about New Zealand Modern architecture, edited by Julia Gatley: and we have invited authors, architects, builders, clients, owners and occupants of buildings featured to this book launch, as well as other individuals who are interested in…