It seems very restrictive to be limited to one favourite modernist building, (more…)
Archive for the ‘Architectural History’ Category
My favourite modernist building … Wanganui War Memorial Hall
Sunday, April 2nd, 2017Karori Teachers College: VUW public meeting
Sunday, March 5th, 2017
Tomorrow night (Monday 6 March) is another public meeting about the fate of the VUW Karori Campus. (more…)
My favourite modernist building … Rees Townhouses
Sunday, March 5th, 2017 
In New Zealand, there is a tradition of conserving ‘old’ buildings made of timber and stone. There is also a more recent ‘tradition,’ of owners and their architects who scrub their buildings so white, they look surgically enhanced, erasing all character and grace. (more…)
My favourite modernist building … INDEX
Thursday, March 2nd, 2017Here’s an index to the various entries of “My favourite modernist building …” and related posts (more…)
My favourite modernist building … BNZ, Victoria St, Hamilton
Thursday, February 9th, 2017
In February 1996 I arrived in Hamilton to take up a lecturing position at the University of Waikato. At pretty much the same time the Bank of New Zealand (Leigh, de Lisle & Fraser, 1965) in Victoria Street was demolished (1996). (more…)
ICI House: 61 Molesworth Street
Thursday, November 17th, 2016
Stephenson and Turner‘s elegant Imperial Chemical Industries (I.C.I.) House now stands in doubt, (more…)
My favourite modernist building … Rietveld-Schroder House
Thursday, October 20th, 2016
This small 190m2 two level house (Utercht, 1924) located at the end of a row housing scheme in Utrecht is widely regarded as a masterpiece of early modernist architecture. (more…)