Category: Architectural History
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My favourite modernist building … the Rotherham House
My favourite modernist building (albeit one I haven’t visited) is the Rotherham House
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My favourite modernist building … state houses
The state houses of the First Labour Government (1935-1949) are justly famous
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My favourite modernist building … College House
A mature work by what was at the time a young practice.
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My favourite modernist building … Nordic Pavilion
Sverre Fehn’s 1962 Nordic Pavilion at the Venice Biennale is a building that transfers Nordic light to Venice.
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My favourite modernist building … Whanganui War Memorial Hall
My favourite Modernist architecture is the Whanganui War Memorial Hall.
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My favourite modernist building … the Farnsworth House
The Farnsworth House in Southern Illinois by architect Ludwig Mies van der Rohe is for me a clear, quiet statement of Modernist architecture.
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My favourite modernist building … Civic Administration Building
“Ugly,” “monstrosity,” “sticking out like a sore toe,” “heavy and sombre,” “stark,” “awfully severe,” “Elwood’s erection” –
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Aniwaniwa: “Who should decide?”
The news that the Department of Conservation will demolish John Scott’s Aniwaniwa
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My favourite modernist building … Villa Savoye
Modern Memories by MM My earliest memory of modern architecture was watching a reel-to-reel movie in an old pre-fab at intermediate.
