Tag: Bill Toomath
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Karori Teachers College: VUW public meeting
Tomorrow night (Monday 6 March) is another public meeting about the fate of the VUW Karori Campus.
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My favourite modernist building … Old Wool House
In the late 1950s I had cause to visit Bernard Johns & Whitwell’s office one night,
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So why is modernism so important?
So why modernism is important?
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Toomath Two Houses
Bus tour and afternoon tea.Sunday 7th March 2.00pm onlyTwo Bill Toomath designed homes in Mt Victoria will be open to view.Catch a bus up to the house for afternoon tea for just $5.Places are limited to 30 seats RSVP to arch@architecture.org.nzStarts at the City Gallery
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S William Toomath
Opening 28 January at the City Gallery will be an exhibition on the long and distinguished career of Wellington architect S William Toomath. The exhibition, Liberating Everyday Life, will provide an overview of Bill Toomath’s work over the many years he has been around. An early member of the Architectural Centre, still an active member,…
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Hot Rod Heritage: Are we too precious about architecture?
# RANTINGSuch a question will no doubt be met with cries of “What is this woman on about?” And justifiably so. New Zealand’s current stock of architectural heritage is thinly spread, under-researched, under-resourced, largely uncared for and still struggling under the weight of a nineteenth-century bias. It survives, it could be argued, from recession to recession;…
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Recent & future Arch Centre site visits – what say you?
We have been pleased by the positive feedback that we have received from members who took advantage of our recent house visits, and would like to take this opportunity to acknowledge the efforts and hospitality of Jane Black (Black House visit), Jule Einhorn and Di Austin (Einhorn House visit) and Bob White (Renwick House visit). Viewing…
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Site Visit: Einhorn & Toomath houses
Click on the invitation for a larger image. Just when the Modernist house becomes cool again (in terms of contemporary retro-modernist design at least), owners of the actual Modernist houses can’t wait to get out of theirs (actually, its not quite that simple) – giving us all a chance to view and perhaps make a purchase of authentic architecturally-designed heritage. …
