Tag: London
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My favourite modernist building … Massey House
If you look up as you march down the west side of Lambton Quay, keeping left with the obedient public servants, you will notice twenty circular lights underneath the awning for Massey House (Plishke and Firth, 126-132 Lambton Quay, Wellington).
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Using school to give kids driving licences is a good idea – Really?
On Saturday morning (7 November 2015) on The Nation, Grant Roberton (MP for Wellington Central and Opposition Finance Spokesperson), announced “we’re seriously looking at the idea that the curriculum needs to include driver licensing.”
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Home Sweet Home
Mid September (18-22 September 2014 to be exact) saw four small gabled forms inhabiting the uncompromisingly urban space of Trafalgar Square in London.
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The Elephant in the Room
Phil Jones‘ talk on last Wednesday (9 Sept 09) presented the idea of shared spaces (also known as naked streets) in the context of the council’s proposal to convert lower Cuba St into a shared space.
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The Flickr Travelogues – architectural eye-candy from the Jubilee Line Extension (London) Pt1
One of my favourite architectural memories from my time living in London was stumbling across the architecture of the Jubilee Line Extension (JLE) of the London Underground system – there is nothing quite like having an architectural experience without any form of warning whatsoever. Visiting the well-photographed Barcelona Pavilion, for example, had no such sharp edge…