Architectural Centre Inc / October 2016
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.
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RIP: Avis Higgs (1918-2016)
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- One of our former members died last Friday just after her 98th birthday. Her funeral will be at Old St Pauls on Tuesday 1st November at 2pm. Avis Higgs was...
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RIP: Avis Higgs (1918-2016)
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- One of our former members died last Friday just after her 98th birthday. Her funeral will be at Old St Pauls on Tuesday 1st November at 2pm. Avis Higgs was a renowned textile designer, and an active member of the Centre with her husband Jock Beere, and, of course, many of you will know her […]
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My favourite modernist building … Rietveld-Schroder House
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- This small 190m2 two level house (Utercht, 1924) located at the end of a row housing scheme in Utrecht is widely regarded as a masterpiece of early modernist architecture. As an exemplar of poineering modernism, it attained recognition as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. It was designed by the Dutch architect Gerrit Rietveld for Truus […]
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My favourite modernist building … Old Wool House
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- In the late 1950s I had cause to visit Bernard Johns & Whitwell’s office one night, maybe to see his son Chris Johns who was a year ahead of me at Polytech. Perched on a stool was the famous Bernard, and on another Bill Toomath. Memorable for the intense discussion that was going on over […]
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