Posts Tagged ‘Wellington’
Thursday, November 17th, 2016
Ever wondered why the terminal is on the wrong side of the runway? (more…)
Tags:Aro Valley, Arras Tunnel, Bill Rowling, BRPs, building recession planes, car-parking, Charles Hardy, Chris Laidlaw, Civic Square, Courtenay Place, Daryl Cockburn, De Leuw Cather, Donald Best, Environment Court, Fran Wilde, Frank Kitts Park, Gray Young, Ian Athfield, Ibis Hotel, Jim Belich, John Key, Lambton Harbour, Lambton Quay, Len Brown, Leonardo da Vinci, Michael Fowler Centre, NML Insurance building, NZIA, Ray Ahipene Mercer, Ron Stroud, sunlight rules, Te Papa, The Terrace, Town and Country Planning Act, Vulcan Lane, Wakefield Centre, Wellington, Willis St
Posted in HOUSING, RANTING, Transport | 1 Comment »
Sunday, October 16th, 2016
In the late 1950s I had cause to visit Bernard Johns & Whitwell’s office one night, (more…)
Tags:Bernard Johns, Bill Toomath, Chris Johns, Daryl Cockburn, Johns & Whitwell, Old Wool House, Wellington
Posted in Architectural History, Heritage, Heritage Buildings | Comments Closed
Tuesday, September 27th, 2016
On Saturday morning (10 September 2016) on The Nation, the Social Housing Minister, Paula Bennett, claimed that she was doing everything “humanly possible” (more…)
Tags:Alan Johnson, Canterbury earthquake, Crown limousines, Drug Foundation, earthquake prone, Environment Court, Golden Mile, Gordon Wilson Flats, Hamilton East Community Trust v Hamilton City Council, HNZC, homelessness, Hometown Boomtown, Housing New Zealand, Housing NZ, IEP, Initial Evaluation Procedure, methamphetamine, Michael Fowler, NBS, New Building Standard, New Zealand Society for Engineering, NZ Society for Engineering, NZSEE, Paula Bennett, road toll, Ross Bell, Salvation Army, Social Housing Minister, Terrace Flats, The Nation, Victoria University, VUW, WCC, Wellington, Wellington City Council, Wellington Urban Motorway
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Wednesday, September 7th, 2016
The state houses of the First Labour Government (1935-1949) are justly famous (more…)
Tags:Auckland, Bill McKay, Gordon Wilson Flats, Grey's Avenue Flats, kiwiana, My favourite modernist building, state house, state housing, Symonds St Flats, Victoria University, Wellington
Posted in Architectural History, Heritage, Heritage Buildings, HISTORY | Comments Closed
Saturday, September 3rd, 2016
This question responds to the idea that ugliness (more…)
Tags:Alana Schetzer, Architectural Centre, Art Now and Then, beton brut, Boston, Boston City Hall, Brutal and Beautiful, Brutalism, Bryan Jefferson, Carbuncle Cup, Central Institute of Technology, Chris Brooke White, CIT, Dominion Post, Donald Tellalian, Edwardian, English Heritage, Felicity Lewis, Gordon Wilson Flats, Heretaunga, Jefferson Sheard, John P. Robarts Research Library, Kallman, Leslie Horn, Llewellyn Hinkes-Jones, Marcel Breuer, Mathers & Haldenby Architects, McKinnall & Knowles, MEA House, Melbourne, Ministry of Works, Molesworth Street, Moore St, Moore Street electricity substation, MoW, National Library, Newcastle, Pirelli Building, Pirelli Tire Building, Robarts Library, Sheffield, Simon Thurley, Terrace Flats, The Telegraph, ugliness, University of Toronto, Victorian, Wellington
Posted in Architectural History, Heritage, Heritage Buildings, HISTORY | 1 Comment »
Tuesday, November 10th, 2015
Is this Armistice anniversary the time to ask “Should Pukeahu be formally declared a heritage area?”
The opening of Pukeahu during ANZAC celebrations this year was an acknowledgement of the past but also of the ability of heritage to contribute to the future. (more…)
Tags:1913 Great Strike, ANZAC, Armed Constabulary, Armistice Day, Arras Tunnel, art deco, Basin Reserve, Dominion Post, Edwardian, Former Home of Compassion Creche, General Headquarters Building, Government House, Gummer and Ford, Heritage, HMNZS Olphert, Ian Bowman, Jerry Mateparae, John Campbell, John Swan, Mount Cook, Mt Cook, Mt Cook Police Station, National War Memorial and Carillon, National War Memorial Park, Parihaka, Peter Cooke, Public Trust building, Pukeahu, Rangitane pa, Tudor-Gothic, Wairau incident, Wellington
Posted in Architectural History, Heritage, Heritage Buildings, HISTORY | 3 Comments »
Sunday, July 12th, 2015
In the last week or so, shiny, colourful and new street accessories have been appearing on the streets of Wellington. (more…)
Tags:Anthony Lau, Camden council, Car Bike Port, Copenhagenize Bar, Cycle hoop, Guardian, Nottingham University, Public Bike Pump, street furniture, University College London, University of Westminister, Wellington
Posted in Transport, Uncategorized | 1 Comment »
