Tag: Zaha Hadid

Wellington Mayoral Candidates Respond

Sep 13, 2016

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

ARCHITECTURAL CENTRE: 2016 questions for Wellington mayoral candidates.
Architects Draw: history

Nov 1, 2014

# Architectural History, Basin Reserve issues, EVENTS OTHER, Exhibition, HISTORY

Drawing has been a staple of an architect’s profession for longer than architecture has been a profession …
Barbie Architecture: yep it’s pink

Jun 18, 2009

# Comment

A casual comment about architect costumes at the last Arch Centre committee meeting made me wonder what the most fashionable fashion victim of all time: Barbie – might be able to offer to the subject of architects and architecture.
Fetish or Fashion: architecture & shoes

May 17, 2009

# Comment

Urban legend perpetrates the idea of an uncontrollable relationship between women and shoes.
Now that’s deconstructivism…

May 12, 2009

# News, Uncategorized

…or has Prince Charles (also, see our other story here), finally developed psychokinetic powers of destruction for contemporary architecture…? Mwahahaha… Click here for the ‘real’ story…
Architectural reasons for dumping the Monarchy…?

Apr 1, 2009

# RANTING

Unfortunately the Guardian article that brings this rather strange contemporary building to our attention is dated 31st of March – so I have to assume that it isn’t some April Fool’s Day prank. This is, according to the article, the Prince of Wales’ first attempt at architectural design – a fire station in that weird…
The architecture of the automobile

Mar 12, 2009

# RANTING

OK, so we have already discussed cars on this site, but that was regarding the ever-expanding girth of both us, and the automotive metal which we wrap around ourselves before hurtling through the landscape at great speed (OK, much less speed through the cityscape…). But what about the relationship between architecture, and the car itself…? Those…