Category: Architectural History
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Empire State Building vs Bhurj Khalifa: World’s Greatest Building
For years, when asked to name the greatest building in the world, most people would have said the Empire State Building. But has that mantle now passed to the Bhurj Khalifa (formerly the Bhurj Dubai)? For 40 years, the Empire State Building stood as the tallest building in the world and a symbol of…
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… the beauty of arcades …
There’s something pretty wonderful about St Kevin’s Arcade on K’ Rd in Auckland. I think the coffee even tastes better because of the intricacy of the architectural space.
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Just Manners …
Just as Manners Street is being ripped up (with the sort of silliness which means that the sunny side of the street will have the smallest width of footpath) it’s perhaps timely to have a think about the role the road has played in Wellington’s history.
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Green Building – boston styles
I promised these some time ago, so here they are – a wee photo essay on green building in Boston – back when it was so much easier to be green (so to speak)… Sorry I can’t get my hands on more heritage info (for those that are interested) – it appears that there is…
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Architecture as punishment
It’s a bit of an old chesnut but here we go again – lock ’em up and throw away the keys. This week it seems that Act and National are convinced that humanity can’t do what architecture is so good at – incarceration. Their addition to the Sentencing and Parole Reform Bill, if enacted, will…
