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WellUrban / September 2006

Personal reflections on urbanism, urban life and sustainable urban design in Wellington, New Zealand.

October 2006 | August 2006
    • From WOW to WAW
      • s the World of WearableArt awards wrap up on Friday with the delayed parade, it's time to shift our attention from wearable art to inhabitable art. Wellington Architecture Week kicks off next Monday, and while there's a huge range of talks, open projects, debates, competitions and exhibitions, there are two very topical themes that come through: heritage issues, and the parliamentary precinct.
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      • wow

    • Chews life
      • The first major demolition stage of the massive Chews Lane project is starting as I write. Thus far, work has been limited to removing the "temporary" tin shed on Victoria St and refurbishing the heritage buildings, with generally excellent results.
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      • heritage-buildings

    • Dude, where's my carpark?
      • Every time that I feel proud of Wellingtonians for being less car-dependent than their counterparts in other New Zealand cities, along comes a reminder that the hard-core vehicle addicts are still with us.
      • Tagged as:
      • parking

    • Speed architecture
      • Tomorrow evening at 5:30, this year's 20under40 architecture competition kicks off at the Architecture School in Vivian St. Competitors get their secret brief at 6pm, and then have 24 hours to come up with a scheme dazzling enough to win a share of the $2000 prizes.
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      • blogs

    • Supersize my Caketin
      • As Auckland faffs around about how and where to build a half-decent stadium in time for the 2011 Rugby World Cup, our acting mayor has jumped in with a classic piece of opportunism. Why not upgrade the capacity of our Stadium instead?
      • Tagged as:
      • rugby

    • Building rumours 3: round-up
      • I was going to bring you some more building rumours, but I've just started looking at 35 pages of district plan change (293kB PDF) that could have a big impact on future development in the central city after they go to the council's Strategy & Policy meeting tomorrow.
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      • blogs

    • Waterfront update
      • Last night, I once again forced myself to sit through a Waterfront Development Subcommittee meeting. Here's an update on progress and plans, mainly based upon reports from the meeting, but with a few other tidbits.
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      • blogs

    • Desperate measures
      • The gas outage has turned into a real crisis! Not only are thousands of people stuck with cold showers and forced to eat salad (the horror!), but the Wellington Brewing Company had to dump 8000 litres of wheat beer: enough to keep thirsty Wellingtonians satisified for several minutes.
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      • blogs

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