Archive for the ‘Heritage Buildings’ Category
Thursday, August 25th, 2016
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. (more…)
Tags:Andrew Leach, Bill Alington, Bulls Water Tower, Rangitikei River
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Thursday, August 25th, 2016
Do we care enough about New Zealand’s architectural heritage?
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Tags:Aniwaniwa, Aniwaniwa Visitor Centre, Carlo Scarpa, Department of Conservation, Futuna Chapel, Gerald Blunt, Hamish Keith, John Scott, Lake Waikaremoana, Maori Architecture, Modernism, Urewera National Park Visitor Centre
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Wednesday, August 24th, 2016
So why modernism is important? (more…)
Tags:A.R.D. Fairburn, Auckland, Bill Toomath, Bill Wilson, Gordon Wilson, Gordon Wilson Flats, Housing Division, John Scott, mass production, Miles Warren, Ministry of Works, open planning, standardisation, structural grid, Takapuna, the Group, The Terrace
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Wednesday, August 24th, 2016
I grew up with the commissioning, construction and early life of the Cashmere Community Centre (more…)
Tags:Cashmere Community Centre, Chris Cochran, Ernst Plishke, Khandallah, massey House
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Tuesday, August 23rd, 2016
In a culture that favours surface over substance, and visual sensation over bodily sensation, (more…)
Tags:Arne Jacobsen, Benjamin Mountfort, Brutalism, brutalist architecture, Canterbury University, Canterbury University Library building, Canterbury University Registry Building, Canterbury University Student Association building, Hall and McKenzie, Hurst Seager, Ian Athfield, Kenzo Tange, Matariki, Ministry of Works, Peter Beaven, Puaka James Hight, Roger Walker, Tim Nees, University of Canterbury, University of Canterbury Library building, University of Canterbury Registry building, Warren and Mahoney
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Monday, August 22nd, 2016
As I have not had much of a chance to spend time with many of my favourite Modernist projects of all time … (more…)
Tags:Alvar Aalto, Carlo Scarpa, Dansk, Finn Juhl, Georg Jensen, Holmegaard, IM Pei, Janis Kravis, John B Parkin Associates, Jørn Utzon Langelinie Pavillionen, Le Corbusier, Louis Kahn, Marcel Breuer, Michael Milojevic, Mies van der Rohe, Modernism, My favourite modernist building, Orrefors, Rockerfeller Center, Sydney Opera House, Taivo Kapsi, TCH, Toronto City Hall, Toronto City Hall Square, Viljo Revell
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Sunday, August 21st, 2016
I’ve really struggled with this little task (more…)
Tags:Ballance Street, Featherstone Street, habitat, Hannah Playhouse, James Beard and Co., Jim Beard, Michael Dudding, Modernism, My favourite modernist building, New Brutalism, postmodernism, PSA Tower, PSIS Investment House, PSIS Stage II, Public Service Association, Structuralism, The Terrace, Whitmore Strett
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