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Architectural Centre Inc / September 2009

The Architectural Centre Inc is a multi-disciplinary, independent, voluntary organisation of architects, artists, designers and others with an active interest in architecture, the arts, the built environment and Wellington City.

October 2009 | July 2009
    • Capital Precinct
      • We’re pleased to note that Her Worship the Mayor Kerry Prendergast, and the Prime Minister, the Right Honourable John Key, have been getting together to launch “Our Extraordinary Democracy – The Capital City Initiative“. It seems that it is not often that architecture, design, and especially urban design get discussed at such high level.
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      • Tagged as:
      • architecture

    • Queens Wharf
      • After waiting many years, Wellington Waterfront finally held the long awaited Competition for the Outer Tee. We’ve been holding our breath, waiting to hear what the results of the competition were. How many entries? Any good ideas? Was there an outright winner? Could the judges make up their minds? But since the entry period closed, nothing but Silence.
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      • Tagged as:
      • waterfront
      • architecture

    • The Elephant in the Room
      • Phil Jones‘ talk on last Wednesday (9 Sept 09) presented the idea of shared spaces (also known as naked streets) in the context of the council’s proposal to convert lower Cuba St into a shared space. This is in compensation for depriving pedestrians of Manners Mall - which is intended to become a giant bus lane in illustration of the transport evolutionary pecking order cars: then buses: then pedestrians.
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      • manners-mall-bus-lane
      • cuba-street
      • transport
      • Cuba Street, Te Aro, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6011, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)


    • Wednesday 16th September - Architecture Day
      • We haven’t got a whole week of events for you this year, but we do have 3 events all on one day, so we reckon that’ll do just as well. All events will be held in Rutherford House in the Pipitea campus - starting at 4.00pm with Adrian Leaman, continuing at 5.30 with McBride Charles Ryan, and then finishing up at 6.30 pm with Japanese superstar architect cardboad guru Shigeru Ban.
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      • Tagged as:
      • architecture
      • events