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• • Portals

    • 16 May 2022
    • Eye of the Fish
    • At the risk of raising the hackles of the designers of the revised Library design, who appear to have positioned an overly-large bedside table next to the beloved crinkly face of the Wellington Library, Te Matapihi, I’d like to explore the concept of “The Portal” a little further. I hope that you don’t mind. I used to call it the Portico, but I’ve been very firmly told that I am mistaken.
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    • central-library

    Wellington Central Library, Civic Square, Te Aro, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6011, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
  
  

• • Te Matapihi

    • 3 May 2022
    • Eye of the Fish
    • The unveiling of the scheme for the revised central Wellington Library has had an interesting effect. Some people have been shocked at the price, of...
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    Wellington Central Library, Civic Square, Te Aro, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6011, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
  
  

• • Te Matapihi

    • 1 May 2022
    • Eye of the Fish
    • The unveiling of the scheme for the revised central Wellington Library has had an interesting effect. Some people have been shocked at the price, of...
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• • Wellington Architecture book

    • 25 Apr 2022
    • Eye of the Fish
    • Hello again, and welcome back to the Eye of the Fish. I had quite a bit of work to do, and then I needed a holiday. And what did I do on holiday? Well, I read books, of course! Yes, I am one of those old-school types that still prefers a written book to an online presence, and so I’ve been really pleased recently to see the publication of “Wellington Architecture – a Walking Guide“, a new guide book to the architecture of the capital. It’s great! I love it! And I’ve read every word and looked at every picture, from cover to cover.
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    • books
  
  

• • Rangihaeata’s big adventure

    • 29 Mar 2022
    • Eye of the Fish
    • So today Transmission Gully was opened – blessed, ribbon cut, journos let through, and a few selected souls have had access. Tomorrow, it opens to...
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    • cannons-creek

    Cannons Creek, Porirua, Porirua City, Wellington, 5025, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
  
  

• • Gordon Wilson Flats Turn Ten

    • 6 Mar 2022
    • Salient
    • The year 2022 marks ten years of the infamous Gordon Wilson flats sitting empty at 320 The Terrace.
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    • architecture
    • heritagebuildings

    Gordon Wilson Flats Structural Exclusion Area, The Terrace, Aro Valley, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6040, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
  
  

• • Inevitable

    • 2 Mar 2022
    • Eye of the Fish
    • So…. that was interesting. No real surprise there, that it would end in violence, given the people involved and the poor attitudes towards common sense...
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• • If you want to Fight for Freedom, go to Ukraine

    • 27 Feb 2022
    • Eye of the Fish
    • The numpty-heads down at Parliament continue to protest and cause disruption, crying out for Freedom, when they honestly do not know what real “fighting for...
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    • covid-19
  
  

• • A Celebration of Wellington Architecture

    • 21 Feb 2022
    • Thistle Hall Community Venue
    • New Zealand architecture has been at the center of my creative practice for the past year. The kaupapa behind this exhibition is to highlight the small and beautiful features our buildings have to offer, some of which are situated a stone’s throw away from Thistle Hall Gallery. 
    • Accepted from Thistle Hall current exhibition 2 months ago by feedreader
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    • exhibitions
    • architecture

    Thistle Hall, Cuba Street, Mount Cook, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6021, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
  
  

• • Scaffold city

    • 17 Feb 2022
    • Eye of the Fish
    • Just a quick question to the architectural / urban world out there – what the heck is happening to this building? I thought it was...
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• • Drongos Go Home!

    • 13 Feb 2022
    • Eye of the Fish
    • Urban protest has a long history in New Zealand and especially in Wellington, being the capital and all that. I’ve been on a few myself...
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• • Paddington

    • 6 Feb 2022
    • Eye of the Fish
    • MR AND MRS Brown first met Paddington on a housing development platform. In fact, that was how he came to have such an unusual name for a...
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    The Paddington, Te Aro, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
  
  

• • Ika Rere

    • 16 Jan 2022
    • Eye of the Fish
    • It’s wonderful to see that the dreams of East by West Ferries have come true, with the launching of the Ika Rere, the brand new electric ferry that will ply its way from Wellington to Eastbourne and back. It is a striking design, with the twin prows of the catamaran almost vertical for chopping through the waves of the harbour, and a vibrant acqua / turquoise colour scheme all over, tying in with the branding of Meridian, electric company / weather forecast sponsor.
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    • electric-vehicles
    • ferry

    Zealandia, Lake Road, Highbury, Wellington, Wellington Region, 6011, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
  
  

• • Zzzzzz

    • 1 Jan 2022
    • Eye of the Fish
    • I can’t believe how nice this weather is right now – just beautiful, as if to make up for the rubbish weather we had immediately...
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• • Density in Island Bay

    • 19 Dec 2021
    • Eye of the Fish
    • Having taken the chance to venture south of the city, to deepest darkest Island Bay, home of the Empire, the old Terminus, the Parade, and...
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    • draft-district-plan

    Island Bay, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, New Zealand/Aotearoa (OpenStreetMap)
  
  

• • Three

    • 14 Dec 2021
    • Eye of the Fish
    • So the Bill of Three Houses, Three Storeys, has passed. Parliament gave it the most unsexy title of all: Resource Management (Enabling Housing Supply and Other Matters) Amendment Bill. But I think the title of Three 3 Bill would have been more interesting. Certainly, the aftermath of this extraordinarily rushed legislation will be interesting. I
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    • upper-hutt

    Upper Hutt, Upper Hutt City, Wellington, 5218, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
  
  

• • 42m is TOO Tall

    • 9 Dec 2021
    • Eye of the Fish
    • While there is a need for good commentary on the Draft District Plan, expecting us ordinary citizens to go about our everyday jobs and still have the coherence to comment authoritatively on several hundred pages of new District Plan is asking a little too much of this particular Fish and their day job. So unless I get particularly creative and energetic over the next weekend, I think that on the whole the DP is going to go uncommented on. With the exception of just one area: Height.
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• • Light Rail and Fresh Tunnels

    • 29 Nov 2021
    • Eye of the Fish
    • Let’s not pussyfoot around – Wellington needs a Rapid Transit system and that simply cannot be more buses. And it needs to be Rapid (like the name suggests) so it needs some new direct routes – that means new tunnels. Yes, plural: Tunnels.
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    • light-rail
  
  

• • Cycling Network

    • 28 Nov 2021
    • Eye of the Fish
    • What is the Cycling network based upon? It’s a bit of a quandary to me, because while in the online discussion form the WCC the other day, the designers were claiming that they had been studying the situation for years, looking which areas to link to which other areas, and this was the first time that they had gone to the step of actually showing Roads linking them.
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• • Four upcoming submittals

    • 27 Nov 2021
    • Eye of the Fish
    • We are being asked to submit comments on four completely separate but highly important matters at the same time. If you thought that the run up to Christmas was getting tight for time this year, then get ready for it to be even more tight in terms of your time. Firstly, one you may not have been aware of: the proposal by KiwiRail and InterIslander to build new terminus stations in both Picton and Wellington, in order to tie in with the arrival of two new ferries due here in three years time. You can find out more about this proposal here. I’m not sure when they want the feedback by, but I’m sure that they want some feedback!
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    • cycle-lanes
    • kings-wharf
    • lgwm

    Kaiwharawhara Point, Kaiwharawhara, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6035, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
  
  

• • LGWM: 3 Big Flaws

    • 21 Nov 2021
    • Eye of the Fish
    • Hi all. It’s been a long time since I’ve posted (feels like it could be ten years). But I’m back to raise some major flaws with the LGWM plans because this has been a near and dear subject to me over the past 20 years. None of these flaws appear to be necessary compromises forced by cost or other constraints. And it appears we could fix them without additional cost. If we do fix them, we’ll have a much better transit network for Wellington. We won’t get a shot to do this over, so we should do it right.
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• • This Bill should NOT Pass

    • 20 Nov 2021
    • Eye of the Fish
    • At least, that seems to be the view of the vast majority of people commenting on the Resource Management (Enabling Housing Supply and Other Matters) Amendment Bill, (RMEHSOM), which is being rammed through Parliament with indecent haste. Haste so hasty in fact that the Environment Select Committee was sitting on Saturday, which also happened to be the most glorious hot Saturday of the summer so far. Most people and organisations said a version of the following:
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• • Medium Density Residential Zone

    • 18 Nov 2021
    • Eye of the Fish
    • The Draft District Plan is up online and is calling for submissions. Consultation closes on 14 December. Many people will not have viewed it online,...
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• • The house that grew

    • 15 Nov 2021
    • Capital Magazine
    • Visit the iconic hilltop home that consumed architect Ian AthfieldThe post The house that grew appeared first on Capital Magazine.
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    • architecture

    Amritsar Street, Khandallah, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6035, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
  
  

• • The only way is UP

    • 14 Nov 2021
    • Eye of the Fish
    • The only way is UP, baby, for you and me now… So sang Yaz and the Plastic Population back in the 80s, and it’s what...
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• • Look Blue, Go Purple

    • 1 Nov 2021
    • Eye of the Fish
    • After many long years, LGWM have finally offered us 4 shiny new options for us Wellingtonians to savour and think about, bedecked in shiny new colours to match the LGWM logo. Its almost like they have been planning this event for years… So…. What this means is….
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• • Plan for Wellington

    • 28 Oct 2021
    • Eye of the Fish
    • In the great tradition of the founders of this site, who tried to help and cajole the LGWM team into coming up with a plan...
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• • Green and Blue

    • 25 Oct 2021
    • Eye of the Fish
    • The WCC sub-committees are going flat out at the moment, consulting wildly on this and that and approving all manner of things – I can...
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• • Three Storeys

    • 19 Oct 2021
    • Eye of the Fish
    • Interesting news drop today with regards to a sudden bi-partisan agreement to densify our cities, announced with a decent amount of fanfare and ensuing excitement...
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    • housing
  
  

• • City Outcomes Contribution

    • 18 Oct 2021
    • Eye of the Fish
    • I have no idea how this thing works – perhaps you do? If you have any idea what is going on in the new draft District Plan, please reply in the comments below. On p32 of the new DP (Design Guide Centres & Mixed Use – DRAFT FOR CONSULTATION), it says:
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