Architecture related newsitems

• • Polychromatic cutie

    • 6 Mar 2010
    • Eye of the Fish
    • Since the one day symposium last year on the architecture of the 1980s, I’ve been paying more attention to buildings from the 1980s.
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    • architecture
    • cuba street
    120 Cuba Street, Wellington
  
  

• • Variation 11

    • 3 Mar 2010
    • Eye of the Fish
    • The Wellington City Council must have known it was going to be picking a hard road to go down when it proposed Variation 11, and sure enough, the District Plan change is due to go to appeal at the Environment Court.
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    • waterfront
  
  

• • Earthquakes and Tsunamis

    • 28 Feb 2010
    • Eye of the Fish
    • One side of the Pacific plate: horrificly large earthquake.
  
  

• • Demolition the theme for Toi Poneke exhibition

    • 24 Feb 2010
    • Wellington City Council
    • It's a tale of a healthy obsession with buildings and their make up, documentary photography, 'green' buildings, birth and renewal and Japanese Shinto temples.
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    • architecture
    • exhibitions
    • Accepted from feed: Wellington City Council Latest News
  
  

• • Toomath Houses

    • 19 Feb 2010
    • Architectural Centre Inc
    • On Sunday 7th March we’re having a Site Visit to visit a couple of special Bill Toomath houses, for the first 30 people to rsvp to arch@architecture.org.nz - we’ll be taking off from the City Gallery at 2.00pm and returning you about 4.00pm. There’s a small $5 cover charge, and afternoon tea will be provided.
  
  

• • Carnivals and Festivals

    • 18 Feb 2010
    • Eye of the Fish
    • Every year, around this time, Wellington comes alive with festivals and carnivals.
  
  

• • Wellington 2040 - our vision

    • 17 Feb 2010
    • Architectural Centre Inc
    • While no one knows for sure, in about 30 years, there are bound to be a few changes. We’ve put together a scenario of what the city might be like then - and included some nice big images for the Council, hoping that they will be as excited by the future possibilities as we are. There is discussion on the Waterfront (like this image of what we think / hope it might be like), as well as discussion on the upcoming Basin Reserve flyover ‘consultation’ and the image that was published by the Capital Times two weeks ago.
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    • architecture
    • basin reserve flyover
    • waterfront
  
  

• • Liberating Everyday Life

    • 14 Feb 2010
    • Eye of the Fish
    • Despite the small space in which it is situated, the retrospective of Bill Toomath’s work is an expansive exhibition.
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    • exhibitions
    • reviews
  
  

• • i

    • 7 Feb 2010
    • Eye of the Fish
    • Last week, was of course, the unveiling of the iPad, Apple’s biennale Next Big Thing. However, on a more local note, last week also featured another product launch: the iLoft, or 85 Waterloo Quay. Normally a property development isn’t pitched as a ‘product’, but in this case the cue comes straight from the developers themselves.
    85 Waterloo Quay, Wellington
  
  

• • Supreme Pacifika

    • 25 Jan 2010
    • Eye of the Fish
    • A short post – featuring the work of one of our readers who prefers to remain uncredited: showcasing the new Supreme Court, but with a more pacific-style wrapping to the ’screen’.
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    • architecture
  
  

• • Basins

    • 25 Jan 2010
    • Eye of the Fish
    • In other news, keep an eye out on this website from NZTA regarding the long-awaited ‘options’ for the flyover in the Basin Reserve.
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    • basin reserve flyover
  
  

• • Primo Surpremo: architectural justice?

    • 24 Jan 2010
    • Architectural Centre Inc
    • Opened this week with princely aplomb, the symbol of New Zealand’s self-sufficient justice system, ironically begins its life with Royal approval. The local architectural opinions though have not been so benevolent towards this Primo Supremo architecture … but - as I heard from one friend the other day - WaM are big enough and ugly enough to take a bit of criticism … so let’s start with the crowning glory of the building - that hulking bit of welded bronze trying hard - but not succeeding - to be a pohutakawa-ish screen.
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    • architecture
    85 Lambton Quay, Wellington
  
  

• • S William Toomath

    • 22 Jan 2010
    • Architectural Centre Inc
    • Opening 28 January at the City Gallery will be an exhibition on the long and distinguished career of Wellington architect S William Toomath. The exhibition, Liberating Everyday Life, will provide an overview of Bill Toomath’s work over the many years he has been around. An early member of the Architectural Centre, still an active member, and [...]
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    • architecture
    • exhibitions
  
  

• • Scaffold’s Off

    • 22 Jan 2010
    • Eye of the Fish
    • Hooray, the Dominion Post is finally taking an interest in architecture! Well Done to their photographer Kent Blechynden with his page 3 photo, a full frontal spread of the boys from PyraDeck striking the scaffolding on part of the Sodo apartments.
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    • architecture
  
  

• • Is it Supreme?

    • 19 Jan 2010
    • Capital Times
    • SOME say it looks like a prison, while others marvel at its architectural finesse. Whatever they think, you can now check out the inside of the just-opened Supreme Court in Wellington for yourself, and hopefully not for the wrong reasons.
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    • architecture
  
  

• • Big Willy in Town

    • 18 Jan 2010
    • Eye of the Fish
    • We’re back in business. How could we not be – today of all days. There are so many things that we could discuss – a Whale on the loose, a Dolphin run amok, a Basset feeding kittens, horrific tales of woe from the mess that is Haiti, a right royal Willy shaking hands, a Cockatoo with a cock or too, and a Fish on the comeback trail. But most of all, a giant bronze Crayfish cage plonked down on Lambton Quay, with a pinecone stuck inside. Oh, there is too much irony in the world to waste time with platitudes – knives and forks ready – let’s get stuck in.
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    • prince william visit
  
  

• • Architecture of the Basin

    • 17 Dec 2009
    • Architectural Centre Inc
    • The Architectural Centre, having just put in a submission on the future of Wellington in the year 2040, where we had the pleasure of looking at the city as a whole, are of the opinion that in 30 years time the city will be very different from what we have now.
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    • basin reserve flyover
  
  

• • Trannie Gully

    • 15 Dec 2009
    • Eye of the Fish
    • Wonders will never cease. According to the newspaper front headline today, Transmission Gully will go ahead, and will be announced today, along with the so-called “Improvements” around the Basin Reserve.
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    • basin reserve flyover
    • transmission gully
    • transport
  
  

• • Changes to Manners Mall and Cuba St confirmed

    • 11 Dec 2009
    • Eye of the Fish
    • On Thursday, the Council’s Strategy and Policy Committee voted — 9 vs 5— to approve the proposed changes to Manners Mall and Lower Cuba St.
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    • cuba street
    • manners mall bus lane
    • wellington city council
  
  

• • Cobblestone Rex

    • 10 Dec 2009
    • Eye of the Fish
    • A story in the Capital Times has been intriguing us here at Eye of the Fish world headquarters, and I’m surprised no one else has picked it up. The Cap Times (with a nicely renovated website - good work guys!) interviews a “local businessman” who is unhappy with the Council spending over a million bucks on ripping apart the old Cobblestone Park outside the big red building of Arch and Design.
  
  

• • Where’s my Jetpack?

    • 29 Nov 2009
    • Eye of the Fish
    • Seeing as today is the day that the WCC wants to get your feedback on what Wellington will look like in 2040, it got me thinking.
  
  

• • Wellywood

    • 26 Nov 2009
    • Eye of the Fish
    • What Wellington needs now, in these troubled times, is a giant Wellywood sign.
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    • film and video
    • wellywood sign
  
  

• • Bob’s back

    • 18 Nov 2009
    • Eye of the Fish
    • You may well have noticed already, but an interesting little spat is brewing to enliven the local body elections next year. Apparently, the Mayor Her Worship Kerry Prendergast is being persuaded to run again, as no valid alternatives are coming forward. I find that hard to believe, and note with interest that Bob Jones, as part of Vibrant Wellington, is making moves.
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    • elections 2010
    • wellington city council
  
  

• • NZIA Wellington Awards

    • 14 Nov 2009
    • Architectural Centre Inc
    • The NZIA Wellington branch outperformed themselves last night, at the Awards ceremony held at the City Gallery. A large swathe of awards were given out, the full list of which is available at the NZIA’s website complete with pictures, and also a list available on the DominionPost website.
  
  

• • Surf’s Up Too

    • 12 Nov 2009
    • Eye of the Fish
    • People power rules. Or so it seems today - if the paper is right, then the Maranui may be about to be saved. We discussed the 5th Scenario here, with some reasonably heated dialogue, but it sounds as though a sensible agreement has been reached.
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    • maranui
  
  

• • Variation 11 to go ahead?

    • 9 Nov 2009
    • Eye of the Fish
    • In a possibly controversial move, the City Council variation 11 has been recommended to proceed, by the independent commissioners. The Council itself will make a decision on whether or not to accept the commissioners decision on Wednesday.
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    • waterfront
  
  

• • Tee Free

    • 3 Nov 2009
    • Architectural Centre Inc
    • The results of the competition for the Outer Tee were announced today - this morning, over a very tasty breakfast, with most of the architectural and creative people in Wellington in attendance. The results are that 6 schemes were picked as first place, ie with ideas worth exploring and worth taking further. They are:
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    • waterfront
  
  

• • Living gallery to be a New Zealand first

    • 30 Oct 2009
    • Hutt City Council
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    • architecture
    • museums and galleries
  
  

• • Moore Wilson

    • 28 Oct 2009
    • Eye of the Fish
    • It seems like an absolute age since it was started, and who knows really if it has actually been finished, and who knows why they didn’t take the opportunity to go up another 10 floors with some rinky-dinky inner-city flats while they were there but I’m glad they didn’t, and all that aside: the Moore Wilson’s shop / empire that we all love to shop at seems to have reached a state of equilibrium at long last.
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    • architecture