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    Catholic gilt trip

    • 26 Apr 2025
    • Eye of the Fish
    • Rest in Peace Francis. Rest in Peace Jorge Mario Bergoglio. While I really wanted to call this post “Is the Pope a Catholic (woman)?” that...
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• • Notification of Civic Trust AGM

    • 12 Apr 2025
    • Architectural Centre Inc
    • The Architectural Centre and Civic Trust share corporate membership. Any member of the Architectural Centre can attend Civic Trust meetings. Please be notified that – WELLINGTON CIVIC TRUST: NOTICE OF 2024/25 ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING – WEDNESDAY 16th APRIL The Wellington Civic Trust’s 2024/25 AGM will be held on Wednesday 16th April from 5:30 pm – 7:30 pm NZST. The […]
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    Granny Flats

    • 7 Apr 2025
    • Eye of the Fish
    • I think that I last heard the phrase “Granny Flat” used way back in the 1970s, before the term PC had been invented. But it...
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• • city to sea bridge fundraising t-shirts

    • 4 Apr 2025
    • Architectural Centre Inc
    • place your orders in this form and follow the instructions for payment t-shirt order form
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    City to Sea Bridge, Te Aro, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
  
  
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    Ngā Mokopuna to star in TV show about Māori architecture

    • 3 Apr 2025
    • Victoria University of Wellington
    • Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington Professor of Architecture Derek Kawiti is hosting a TV show examining the influence of Māori design concepts on Aotearoa’s contemporary built environment—and Ngā Mokopuna is set to play a starring role.
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    Lambton Nine-Nine

    • 18 Mar 2025
    • Eye of the Fish
    • Another week, another week of chronic stupidity from the Council. It seems hard to fathom, given the amount of flack that Tory has weathered over...
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    Khandallah Nine-Nine, Aro Nine-Nine, Brooklyn Nine-Nine

    • 12 Mar 2025
    • Eye of the Fish
    • I couldn’t decide what to call the post today, as events seem to cover all the options available to us. Things in the city seem...
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    Begonia House, Serpentine Way, Wellington Central, Wellington, Wellington Region, 6012, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
  
  
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    Camouflage cladding

    • 28 Feb 2025
    • Eye of the Fish
    • There is a movement that is growing rapidly, for reasons unknown, that is slowly colouring our urban outlook. It reminds me of the old adage...
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    Tunnels not helping

    • 10 Feb 2025
    • Eye of the Fish
    • I must confess that yesterday I laughed considerably and quite loudly, at the report that Simpleton Brown received, informing him that spending a billion or...
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    ‘A relentlessly dull world’—the case for adding more colour to NZ’s grey prisons

    • 9 Feb 2025
    • Victoria University of Wellington
    • There are good reasons why prisoners shouldn't be housed in a dreary architecture of grey walls and grey furniture with people in grey jumpsuits, writes Christine McCarthy.
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    Tākina named runner-up in international architecture awards

    • 4 Feb 2025
    • Wellington City Council
    • Tākina Wellington Convention & Exhibition Centre has been internationally recognised with a highly respectable runner-up spot in the World-Architects ‘Building of the Year’ awards.
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    Tākina - Wellington Convention and Exhibition Centre, Cable Street, Te Aro, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6011, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
  
  
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    Can I speak to the Architect?

    • 3 Feb 2025
    • Eye of the Fish
    • The world is a silly place at the moment, with an over-inflated orange sock puppet stealing the airwaves far too much at present, so I...
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    Brutalist vs Brutalism

    • 26 Jan 2025
    • Eye of the Fish
    • Like the rest of the Wellington Architectural Cognoscenti, I went to a special Architectural Centre showing of The Brutalist in the weekend, because I do...
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    A focus on architecture and vulnerability

    • 22 Jan 2025
    • Wellington Scoop
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    American Carnage

    • 20 Jan 2025
    • Eye of the Fish
    • Carnage. American Carnage, to be specific. That’s what DJ Rump announced eight years ago to the day, and what he will deliver in buckets over...
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• • Arch Centre Event : ‘The Brutalist’ – Jan 26, 2025

    • 10 Jan 2025
    • Architectural Centre Inc
    • “When visionary architect László Toth (Brody) and his wife Erzsébet (Felicity Jones) flee post-war Europe in 1947 to rebuild their legacy and witness the birth of modern America, their lives are changed forever by a mysterious and wealthy client (Guy Pearce).” What: AC hosting screening of A24 movie The Brutalist When: 26th January, 2025. 16.30 (upstairs mezzanine) with movie starting […]
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    Reading

    • 7 Jan 2025
    • Eye of the Fish
    • What a great way to start off 2025, with the sale of Reading cinema to Prime Property. That’s the best news Wellington could have, outside...
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    Courtenay Central (abandoned), Clock Park, Te Aro, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
  
  
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    Bus stops with gardens on top or fixing the pipes?

    • 16 Dec 2024
    • Eye of the Fish
    • So, this is the way we are going to end the year then, is it? Not talking about Jesus or Santa, but talking about whether...
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• • Submission : City to Sea Bridge

    • 14 Dec 2024
    • Architectural Centre Inc
    • 13th November 2024 ~ Submission to the Te Ngākau Precinct Public Consultation The following is extracted from the Centre’s submission on this consultation. We requested to present to the Council. The full submission is available here. Transcript of the oral presentation is here (Nov 25th). The Centre strongly opposes what appears to be the driving premiss […]
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    City to Sea Bridge, Te Aro, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
  
  
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    Redevelop Karori

    • 10 Dec 2024
    • Eye of the Fish
    • Today, the Eye of the Fish goes West, to the deepest darkest reaches of known civilisation within the burgh of Welly, to visit the Kapital...
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    Karori, Wellington, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
  
  

• • WCC voted on Dec 5 to demolish the City to Sea Bridge

    • 9 Dec 2024
    • Architectural Centre Inc
    • Supporting the Wellington Civic Trust, the Architectural Centre will be opposing this decision through whatever means we can. We believe the Council’s advice to Councillors was not provided with reasonable consideration of the range of development options, particularly considering physical and cultural amenity value of the bridge. The demolition of the Bridge will return the […]
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    City to Sea Bridge, Te Aro, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
  
  
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    Mounting up on Victoria

    • 5 Dec 2024
    • Eye of the Fish
    • And so it starts. Fears of the Mt Victoria Residents Association, much bandied about as the end of the world, have now actually been put...
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    Westbourne House, Westbourne Grove, Mount Victoria, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6011, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
  
  
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    Tōitu te Tiriti hikoi

    • 19 Nov 2024
    • Eye of the Fish
    • That was energising – and deeply moving. I’ve just come back from the Hikoi – and I feel more Māori than ever before. Yes, I’m...
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    Saving Whanau

    • 5 Nov 2024
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    • Statement from Wellington Mayor Tory WhanauToday I met with Councillors to further discuss our Long-Term Plan amendment in the lead up to official deliberations on...
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    Bridge to Nowhere

    • 22 Oct 2024
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    • I’m probably going to lose a few friends over this, but I don’t think the City to Sea Bridge is worth trying to save. As...
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    City to Sea Bridge, Te Aro, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
  
  
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    On the Books

    • 9 Oct 2024
    • Eye of the Fish
    • Everybody likes an award. Oscars, Turners, Pritzkers, Bookers, Emmys, Tonys, Baftas, Goftas, Tuis and Taites. The Guardian has just reported on one many of you...
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    The Mystery of the Vibrating Apartment Building

    • 7 Oct 2024
    • Eye of the Fish
    • Oh dear. That’s awkward. Twas a weekend of weird events and catastrophes. First we had one fifth of our Navy hit a snag – searching...
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    Fast Track Bishop

    • 6 Oct 2024
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    • Say what you like about Bishop (and I do), but he is fast. Very fast in fact, and not really caring about the ethics or...
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    A celebration of architecture

    • 30 Sep 2024
    • Wellington Scoop
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    The Life and Death of Great New Zealand Cities

    • 24 Sep 2024
    • Eye of the Fish
    • There’s been a lot of talk about the death of Wellington ever since John Key opened his cat-flap back in 2013. “Wellington is dying” he...
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