Posts Tagged ‘Auckland’
Tuesday, September 13th, 2016
ARCHITECTURAL CENTRE: 2016 questions for Wellington mayoral candidates. (more…)
Tags:"Breaker Bay Beans", Adelaide, Adelaide Rd, Andy Foster, Antoni Gaudi, Aotea Centre, Auckland, Barcelona, Beehive, Berlin, BizDojo, Bob Fantl, Century City, Chinese Garden, Chris Kelly, City Gallery, City to Sea Bridge, Civic Square, Copenhagen, cuba street, Cycle Aware Wellington, Defence House, Dixon Street, Edwin Lutyens, Ernst Plischke, Erskine College, Festival Centre, Floriditas Cafe, Frank Kitts Park, Frank Lloyd Wright, Frederick De Jersey Clere, Freyberg, Friedensreich Hundertwasser, Futuna Chapel, Glen Hooker, Gordon Moller, Gordon Wilson Flats, Helene Ritchie, Historic Places Wellington, Ian Athfield, Jan Rotman, Jason Smith, Jonathan Custance, Joshua Charlesworth, Justin Lester, Karaka, Karori, Keith Johnson, Kent Terrace, Liverpool, London, Lyall Bay, Majoribanks Street, Manchester, Manners Street, Maranui Cafe, massey House, Maurice Clark, Maurice Tebbs, mayoral candidates, Michael Fowler Centre, Midland Park, Nelson, Nicola Young, Nikau, Oriental Bay, Oscar Niemeyer, Patrick Street, Peter Ritchie, prefab, Ralph Roberts, Rata, Richard Meier, Roger Walker, Royal Festival Hall, Sanctum, St Johns, St Mary of the Angels, Steffanie McIntyre, Sushi al fresco, Sydney Opera House, Taranaki Street, Te Papa, Thomas Turnbull, Tory Street, Wagamama, Waitangi Park, Warren and Mahoney, WBC, Wellington Central Library, Wellington Chamber of Commerce, Wellington Civic Square, Wellington mayor, Wellington Town Hall, Wellington waterfront, William Turnbull, Wilton Road, Zaha Hadid
Posted in Heritage, Heritage Buildings, HOUSING, Transport, urban design | 3 Comments »
Wednesday, September 7th, 2016
The state houses of the First Labour Government (1935-1949) are justly famous (more…)
Tags:Auckland, Bill McKay, Gordon Wilson Flats, Grey's Avenue Flats, kiwiana, My favourite modernist building, state house, state housing, Symonds St Flats, Victoria University, Wellington
Posted in Architectural History, Heritage, Heritage Buildings, HISTORY | Comments Closed
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
Posted in Architectural History, Heritage, Heritage Buildings, HISTORY | 2 Comments »
Monday, August 23rd, 2010
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. (more…)
Tags:1920s architecture, arcades, Auckland, inner-city parks, K' Rd, Karangahape Rd, Karangahape Road, Myers Park, pink icing, Saint Kevin's Arcade, st Kevin's Arcade, urban parks, Walter Arthur Cumming
Posted in Architectural History, Comment, Heritage Buildings, HISTORY, urban design | 3 Comments »
Friday, April 30th, 2010
Just to show that we are not completely parochial here at the Arch Centre, from time to time it is necessary to cast our eyes south of the Strait and north of the Tararua Ranges and acknolwedge that building activity does take place in various regional centres… such as, say, Auckland – the City of Sales (no typo there, just the impression I get every time I visit downtown Queen Street)…
No – not a post addressing the super-amalgamated-councils and the super’men’ behind it all – just a little something that caught my eye recently – some artist’s impressions of a new ASB headquarters for the ex-Tank Farm (now more elegantly(?) renamed Wynyard Quarter).
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Tags:ASB, Auckland, Brutalism, Elephant House, Modernism, Neo-modernism, neo-New Brutalism, New Brutalism, Sea+City, Sir Hugh Casson, Tank Farm, Waterfront, Wynyard Quarter
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Sunday, February 22nd, 2009
Yes I know we’re all meant to say “Radio NZ: National” but National Radio rolls off the tongue so much easier. Anyway this weekend has had a number of interviews etc. which will be of interest to members.
On Saturday Kim Hill interviewed Reid Ewing, Professor of City and Metropolitian Planning at the University of Utah, about smart urban growth. Today’s “Insight” programme was on tagging, following after the “Arts on Sunday’s” programme last week on Street Art.
Also today, Chris Laidlaw spend some time discussing issues around the viability of KiwiRail on the “Sunday Group,” and this afternoon Ngahuia Te Awekotuku talked about Maori heritage arts. Finally, there was a piece on the Peace Wall at the corner of Ponsonby and K Roads in Auckland.
Tags:Auckland, Karangahape Rd, KiwiRail, Maori Arts, Maori Heritage Arts, National Radio, Ngahuia Te Awekotuku, Peace Wall, Ponsonby Rd, Radio NZ, Reid Ewing, smart urban growth, street art, tagging, urban design
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… the beauty of arcades …
Monday, August 23rd, 2010There’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. (more…)
Tags:1920s architecture, arcades, Auckland, inner-city parks, K' Rd, Karangahape Rd, Karangahape Road, Myers Park, pink icing, Saint Kevin's Arcade, st Kevin's Arcade, urban parks, Walter Arthur Cumming
Posted in Architectural History, Comment, Heritage Buildings, HISTORY, urban design | 3 Comments »