Category: Uncategorized
-
Shout the Arch Centre a cuppa
Welcome to the next series for our Basin Appeal fundraising campaign.
-
Launch Pad 5: City to Sea bridge
The WCC Long Term Plan has proposed a re-design of the 1992-designed Civc Square; part of a project to Revitalise the Civic Square precinct which includes a national music hub, and an earthquake strengthened Town Hall. The plan describes a re-thinking of the squares connections to the CBD: “Upgrading Civic Square and improving links…
-
RIP Ath’
It’s been a tough couple of years for Wellington architecture with the significant losses of architectural giants such as Gerald Melling and Bill Toomath, and now today Ian Athfield.
-
Henry Russell Walden (1934-2013)
Russell died last week. His funeral is tomorrow (Tues 30th, 3pm Old St Pauls). He was born in Timaru, studied architecture at the University of Auckland, and was awarded the first MArch in New Zealand in 1964 with his thesis: “New Zealand Anglican church architecture, 1814-1963” – all nine volumes of it. Another first he…
