Posts Tagged ‘Karori’
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
Posted in AC History, Architectural History, Heritage, Heritage Buildings, HISTORY | Comments Closed
Thursday, November 17th, 2016
Stephenson and Turner‘s elegant Imperial Chemical Industries (I.C.I.) House now stands in doubt, (more…)
Tags:61 Molesworth St, Bates Smart McCutcheon, Deloitte House, Futuna Trust, ICI House, Jim Allen, Karori, Rankine & Hill, Stephenson & Turner, Wellington City Council
Posted in Architectural History, Heritage Buildings | 1 Comment »
Thursday, September 29th, 2016
I last went to the Alington house (Karori, 1962) 20 years ago as part of the Architectural Centre’s 50th Anniversary. (more…)
Tags:Alington House, Bill Alington, golden mean, Karori, Le Corbusier, Marguerite Beere, Mies van der Rohe, Ministry of Works, Parthenon, University of Illinois
Posted in AC History, Architectural History, Heritage, Heritage Buildings, HISTORY | Comments Closed
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 »
Thursday, May 14th, 2009
Those of you with sharp eyes, or even sharp ears, will have seen, or heard, of Deidre Brown’s new book Maori Architecture. (more…)
Tags:Anthony Hoete, Apirana Ngata, Architecture New Zealand, Deidre Brown, Futuna Chapel, Hackney Nursey School, Hakari stage, Hiona, Karori, Maori Architecture, Maori Battalion Memorial Building, Maori Battalion Memorial Centre, Maori churches, Maungapohatu, Palmerston North, Peter Shaw, Rangiatea, Rata Vine development, Ratana, Ratana Temple, Rewi Thompson, Rua Kenana, Te Hau ki Turanga, Turangawaewae, Turongo, whare, wharenui, Wiri
Posted in Heritage, HISTORY, News, Uncategorized | 7 Comments »
Tuesday, March 3rd, 2009
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. Ditch your villa/bungalow pretensions and (for a night at least) come and check out ‘design for living’ at the Einhorn and Renwick Houses … see you there!! (more…)
Tags:Bill Toomath, Helmut Einhorn, house, Karori, Modernism, Modernist, real estate, S. William Toomath, Site Visit, Wadestown
Posted in AC EVENTS, Site visits | 2 Comments »
