Posts Tagged ‘Brutalism’
Sunday, March 5th, 2017
Tomorrow night (Monday 6 March) is another public meeting about the fate of the VUW Karori Campus. (more…)
Tags:Bill Alington, Bill Toomath, Brutalism, brutalist architecture, Chris Brooke White, CIT Campus, Donald Street, Heritage New Zealand, Heritage NZ, Karori, Karori Teachers' College, Ministry of Education, NZHPT, NZIA, S. William Toomath, Victoria University, VUW, WCC, Wellington City Council, Wellington High School, Wellington Teachers College, William Toomath
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Saturday, September 3rd, 2016
This question responds to the idea that ugliness (more…)
Tags:Alana Schetzer, Architectural Centre, Art Now and Then, beton brut, Boston, Boston City Hall, Brutal and Beautiful, Brutalism, Bryan Jefferson, Carbuncle Cup, Central Institute of Technology, Chris Brooke White, CIT, Dominion Post, Donald Tellalian, Edwardian, English Heritage, Felicity Lewis, Gordon Wilson Flats, Heretaunga, Jefferson Sheard, John P. Robarts Research Library, Kallman, Leslie Horn, Llewellyn Hinkes-Jones, Marcel Breuer, Mathers & Haldenby Architects, McKinnall & Knowles, MEA House, Melbourne, Ministry of Works, Molesworth Street, Moore St, Moore Street electricity substation, MoW, National Library, Newcastle, Pirelli Building, Pirelli Tire Building, Robarts Library, Sheffield, Simon Thurley, Terrace Flats, The Telegraph, ugliness, University of Toronto, Victorian, Wellington
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Wednesday, August 31st, 2016
Stage One of the University’s Computer Centre (now known as Angus Tait, Hall & McKenzie, 1965-66) is a building that I have long enjoyed (more…)
Tags:Angus Tait, Avon River, Brutalism, butteryfly-roof, Canterbury University, Christchurch, Hall & Mackenzie, Hall and Mackenzie, Ilam Campus, Laura Dunham, My favourite modernist building, Notre Dame du Haut
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Tuesday, August 23rd, 2016
In a culture that favours surface over substance, and visual sensation over bodily sensation, (more…)
Tags:Arne Jacobsen, Benjamin Mountfort, Brutalism, brutalist architecture, Canterbury University, Canterbury University Library building, Canterbury University Registry Building, Canterbury University Student Association building, Hall and McKenzie, Hurst Seager, Ian Athfield, Kenzo Tange, Matariki, Ministry of Works, Peter Beaven, Puaka James Hight, Roger Walker, Tim Nees, University of Canterbury, University of Canterbury Library building, University of Canterbury Registry building, Warren and Mahoney
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Sunday, August 14th, 2016
Most visitors to London will have come across Centre Point in their travels (more…)
Tags:Brutalism, Centre Point, Concrete Society, Guy Marriage, Harry Hyams, Modernism, My favourite modernist building, Pell Frischmann, Seifert and Partners, Wimpey Construction
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Wednesday, August 10th, 2016
Cricketer’s Arms Tavern, cnr Tory & Vivian Streets (1962-68/1968-70) (more…)
Tags:Adolf Loos, Alison and Peter Smithson, Brutalism, CIAM, Cricketer's Arms, Gunter, Kate Linzey, Modernism, My favourite modernist building, New Zealand Breweries, Richard Hamilton, Upper Hutt
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Saturday, August 6th, 2016
Naming a favourite building is always a tricky question to answer, (more…)
Tags:Barbican, Barbican Arts Centre, Bill Toomath, Brutalism, Chamberlin Powell and Bon, Christine McCarthy, Cripplegate, Karori Teachers' College, London, Modernism, My favourite modernist building, Queen Elizabeth, S. William Toomath, St Giles, Stanley William Toomath
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My favourite modernist building … The Barbican
Saturday, August 6th, 2016Naming a favourite building is always a tricky question to answer, (more…)
Tags:Barbican, Barbican Arts Centre, Bill Toomath, Brutalism, Chamberlin Powell and Bon, Christine McCarthy, Cripplegate, Karori Teachers' College, London, Modernism, My favourite modernist building, Queen Elizabeth, S. William Toomath, St Giles, Stanley William Toomath
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