Category: Architectural History
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My favourite modernist building … Computer Centre (Stage One), University of Canterbury
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
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My favourite modernist building … Symonds St Flats, Auckland
I first discovered the elegant curve of the Symonds St Flats in the early 1980s
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My favourite modernist building … Seddon Street Cooperative Shops, Naenae, 1946
Their faces responded to the projected image of ‘my favourite local building’ all too predictably:
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My favourite modernist building … Ohakuri Hydro Power Station
The modernist building that stands out for me is the Ohakuri hydro power station
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My favourite modernist building … Kiddle bach
Kiddle Bach, Waimarama, Hawkes Bay (John Scott, 1970s) In the early 1970s my grandparents bought a beachfront section in Waimarama
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My favourite modernist building … Bulls Water Tower
It’s not my favourite structure, not by a long shot, but I have some affection for it as my first long-term encounter with modern architecture.
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Te Urewera National Park Visitor Centre – Aniwaniwa
Do we care enough about New Zealand’s architectural heritage?
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So why is modernism so important?
So why modernism is important?