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V&A Symposium in March : Creating better quality neighbourhoods, buildings and public spaces
In March this year the Architecture Centre Network is hosting a one day international symposium at the Victoria and Albert Museum. The symposium will discuss: · The role of the regional, city and local leaders in improving design quality · Spatial planning and improving public spaces in complex areas · Design excellence · Built environment…
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There is no Architecture in New Zealand
No, no, don’t get upset with me, apparently it’s true. You see, I’ve got one of those new-fangled iPhone things, and downloaded an application – Architecture – by two Dutch blokes Bas Berck and Vincent Verwell, at a software company called Makayama. Yes, I know, sounds Japanese, even if it is all just double dutch.…
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Post Modernism is marvelous!
This Friday is the Centre for Building Research (VUW) symposium on 1980’s architecture. Robert Venturi is the designated Godfather of Po-Mo architecture because the publication of ‘Learning From Las Vegas’ (2nd ed. 1977). But I prefer his earlier treatise, Complexity and Contradiction, where Venturi cites Paul Rudolf’s critique of Mies: All problems can never be…
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Registered Charity
Recently, the Architectural Centre gained registration as a Charity, dedicated to undertaking education and promoting architecture as a key concern. We’ve always been a non-profit organisation since day 1 – but now, having confirmed our Charitable status, we can confirm that any money donated to us will allow you, the donor, to claim back tax…
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Wellington Balconies
While you’re waiting for your next newsletter to appear, we thought that you might like to have a go at a small quiz, on the subject of balconies. They’re that appendage to a building that often gets little consideration, little forethought as to what it is going to be used as or how it is…
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Architects get Lippy
No – not a new shade of Luscious Pink. We’re talking the RIBA getting rude to the Prince of Wales – and not before time. Reported in NZ as “Architects tell Prince Charles to ‘butt out’ “, the story involves the current RIBA President Sunand Prasad saying publicly: “The intervention in individual projects by somebody…
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Visual Acoustics: The Modernism of Julius Shulman
This documentary is a treasure trove of modernist architectural eyecandy, like a Taschen coffee table book come to life. ‘Visual acoustics’ is a coinage of photographer Julius Shulman, and the film is a celebration of his decades of work shooting architecture. Shulman was so intimately connected and concerned with promoting the homes created by the…
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2009 New Zealand International Film Festival
When : Wellington July 17th – August 2nd Architecture related film : Visual Acoustics – explores the work of architecture photographer Julius Shulman Through photography, Julius Shulman documented the work of prominent architects including Richard Neutra, Rudolph Schindler and Pierre Koenig. This film, narrated by Dustin Hoffman, explores Shulman’s long career. Combining “the organic with…