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Tag: Modernism

  • That other New Zealand city of some little significance…

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    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…

  • On Fish, bridges, Boris, Jonathan, and pack-donkeys

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    Maximus may have been all fish-out-of-water proposing an inhabited viaduct over Wellington’s the Basin Reserve over at Eye of the Fish, but it seems that somebody is reading that blog over in our good old Mother Country… Boris Johnson, Lord Mayor of London no less…

  • “Something Awful being built” – or not as the case may be.

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    Astute venue of architectural criticism, the Capital Times (8-14th April 2009) came up trumps recently via comic strip “Jitterati”‘s social commentary. With one foul swoop (or more accurately four comic strip frames) local building, the recession, class politics, and architectural disillusionments ensued. One cultural giant was pitted against the merits of another, as the comic…

  • Video of the Week IX: Le Corbusier’s Mediterranean cabanon comes to London

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    The blurb says:  Le Corbusier’s summer cabin – a tiny bolthole built in the south of France for his wife – has been reconstructed at the Royal Institute of British Architects in London. Jonathan Glancey steps inside to discover what it tells us about the architect’s other monumental buildings It’s kind of mind-blowing that it is in this space…

  • Video of the Week VIII: Mister Glasses (episode 1)

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    This is actually the first episode of 6 short stylishly noir Mister Glasses film clips (although for some reason episode 5 is missing). Never before has the relationship between love, sex, patricide, and Modernist architecture been so clearly expressed – it’s enough to make contemporary Modernist revivalism look hollow and superficial in comparison to the seriousness with…

  • Recent & future Arch Centre site visits – what say you?

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    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…

  • Site Visit: Einhorn & Toomath houses

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    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. …

  • Video of the Week V: Los Angeles Plays Itself

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    Ok – enough of the sordid student activities (for now at least). How ’bout something a little more cerebral, in the form of a discussion of the role of Modernist houses in Hollywood movies. The somewhat droll announcer explores the association of villainy with Modernism – something to keep in mind when you pen the design for your next…

  • Black House site visit

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  • Book Launch : Long Live the Modern

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    When: 5.30pm on Tuesday 21 October 2008 Where: School of Architecture, VUW, 139 Vivian St This is a book about New Zealand Modern architecture, edited by Julia Gatley: and we have invited authors, architects, builders, clients, owners and occupants of buildings featured to this book launch, as well as other individuals who are interested in…