Category: HISTORY
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My favourite modernist building … Alington House
I last went to the Alington house (Karori, 1962) 20 years ago as part of the Architectural Centre’s 50th Anniversary.
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My favourite modernist building … Gordon Drake’s houses
When did “modernist” work start and finish?
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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.
