Tag: My favourite modernist building
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My favourite modernist building … INDEX
Here’s an index to the various entries of “My favourite modernist building …” and related posts
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My favourite modernist building … Gordon Drake’s houses
When did “modernist” work start and finish?
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My favourite modernist building … state houses
The state houses of the First Labour Government (1935-1949) are justly famous
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My favourite modernist building … College House
A mature work by what was at the time a young practice.
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My favourite modernist building … Nordic Pavilion
Sverre Fehn’s 1962 Nordic Pavilion at the Venice Biennale is a building that transfers Nordic light to Venice.
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My favourite modernist building … Whanganui War Memorial Hall
My favourite Modernist architecture is the Whanganui War Memorial Hall.
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My favourite modernist building … the Farnsworth House
The Farnsworth House in Southern Illinois by architect Ludwig Mies van der Rohe is for me a clear, quiet statement of Modernist architecture.
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My favourite modernist building … Civic Administration Building
“Ugly,” “monstrosity,” “sticking out like a sore toe,” “heavy and sombre,” “stark,” “awfully severe,” “Elwood’s erection” –
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My favourite modernist building … Villa Savoye
Modern Memories by MM My earliest memory of modern architecture was watching a reel-to-reel movie in an old pre-fab at intermediate.
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My favourite modernist building … Computer Centre (Stage One), University of Canterbury
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