“Ugly,” “monstrosity,” “sticking out like a sore toe,” “heavy and sombre,” “stark,” “awfully severe,” “Elwood’s erection” – Read More
Modern Memories by MM
My earliest memory of modern architecture was watching a reel-to-reel movie in an old pre-fab at intermediate. Read More
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 Read More
I first discovered the elegant curve of the Symonds St Flats in the early 1980s Read More
Their faces responded to the projected image of ‘my favourite local building’ all too predictably: Read More
The modernist building that stands out for me is the Ohakuri hydro power station Read More
Kiddle Bach, Waimarama, Hawkes Bay (John Scott, 1970s)
In the early 1970s my grandparents bought a beachfront section in Waimarama Read More