Tag: Te Papa

Planners’ Screw-ups

Nov 17, 2016

# HOUSING, RANTING, Transport

Ever wondered why the terminal is on the wrong side of the runway?
Wellington Mayoral Candidates Respond

Sep 13, 2016

# Heritage, Heritage Buildings, HOUSING, Transport, urban design

ARCHITECTURAL CENTRE: 2016 questions for Wellington mayoral candidates.
Launch Pad 2: Earthquake House

May 21, 2015

# Givealittle

The mundune-looking Earthquake House has been with us since Te Papa opened in 1998. It simulates an aftershock of the 1987 Edgecumbe earthquake; the original quake being a magnitude 6.6. No doubt most parents (uncles, aunts and grandparents, babysitters …) have been dragged to the Earthquake House by shorter people. It’s now proposed that it…
Video of the Week XIV: Free Avone

May 5, 2009

# Video of the Week

Here is a concept, as presented by Graffiti Research Lab, that I quite enjoy. Of course, it isn’t exactly original, and Wellington architecture has seen its fair share of projected imagery, from the poppies on parliament by our own RSA to body moving at Te Papa. Thus, I guess it must be the ever so slight frisson…