Reflections on Christchurch
I never really understood what Post-Traumatic Shock Disorder was until I began to visit Christchurch a couple of months back.
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Will Cesar Pelli Kill the World Heritage of Seville?
About 200 years ago Rossini’s comic opera “The Barber of Seville” entered the stage.
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Facelift for a Wellington Heritage Building
In challenging economic times New Zealanders are, more than ever, acknowledging the economic and sustainability benefits of renovation versus building new.
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Keywords:
Heritage
Showcasing the New Urban Edge of Christchurch
On Friday I visited the University of Auckland's School of Architecture to critique the work of the architectural design class of Camia Young and Derek Kapiti.
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1972 – The Best of German Architecture
Sometimes I get asked what my favourite piece of German architecture is.
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Façadism along the Forgotten World Highway
As it was my birthday last week, I took a week of leave to console myself.
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Keywords:
Architecture
Heritage
Christchurch Cathedral, spiritual need or historical delight?
Often witnesses to a large degree of devastation (be it natural or man-made) need to step back and create our own point of reference in order to make it “thinkable” at all.
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Christchurch Temporary Cathedral
We are, by now, all familiar with the image of the torn and broken Christ Church Cathedral following the earthquakes of February 22nd and June 13th June this year.
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Reality TV
Mostly television these days is a carnival parade of the fattest families and 5-year old chefs.
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Conserving Christchurch’s Heritage Buildings
An often undervalued area of architecture, the Christchurch earthquakes have recently brought built heritage conservation back into the spotlight.
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Keywords:
Heritage
1970’s Building Wins Enduring Award
A Wellington building designed by S&T in the early 1970s has earned an Enduring Architecture Award in the New Zealand Institute of Architects’ 2009 Wellington Local Architecture Awards.
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