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Last-ditch bid to save fantastic Modernist building
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- A group fighting to keep the Gordon Wilson Flats from being demolished, despite the building having sat empty for years, has come up with a...
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Gordon Wilson Flats, Maurice Terrace, Aro Valley, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6040, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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Brown = sheer stupidity
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- I honestly did think this was a belated April Fools prank, yes indeed. I mean, a long tunnel, under Wellington, going from the Terrace tunnel...
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Winston: Exterminate! Exterminate!
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- I’d love to have a real life conversation with Luxo right now – to see if he is regretting his decision to get into bed...
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Khandallah’s new mega-development
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- Wellington has long been nicknamed the “mini-Manhattan” for its shimmering high-rises sitting on the edge of the harbour. Recent changes to the District Plan will...
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Khandallah, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6035, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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Ngakau Nui
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- So, finally today we had the news that we all knew was going to happen one day – that the Pink Council building (WCC’s CAB)...
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Wellington Housing
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- So, a decision has been made by the Councillors of the WCC – let’s hope it was the right call. I’m not jumping for joy,...
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Is a Prime Minster Entitled to a Nice House?
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- There’s been a lot about this house in the news recently – both the paper kind of news, and the TV kind of news. May as well get my news from proper news sources while they exist, seeing as it sounds like soon nothing is going to exist in the news world. What will we do when 3News and OneNews are ditched, and Stuff has gone bust again? Its hard enough to even buy a paper these days, as increasingly nowhere sells them. What do we do in the future – just make up our own news as we go? Seems to be working fine for some people! Anyway, THIS is the house in question:
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Premier House, 260, Tinakori Road, Paekākā, Thorndon, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6011, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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Advertising ruins everything
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- With the announcement of TV3 killing off Newshub, it makes transparent the sad fact that we have all known for some time, namely that advertising...
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We live in a Utopia
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- Utopia !!! What’s not to like? It’s clearly not a Dystopia – it’s a YOU topia. Cool. Just thought that I might leave this here:
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Independent Commissioner Panel Report Debacle
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- The time is ripe – the end is near. Gradually, slowly, the Independent Commissioners are releasing their Reports onto the interwebbies, and very slowly, a...
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War for Wellington
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- A quick link in here for anyone that is interested but as yet have not seen: The SpinOff has announced a War for Wellington, which...
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Courtenay Precinct ‘Plan’
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- Hi there – and welcome to 2024, albeit I’m a month late. Reasons: sunshine, weather, fishing, aged parents, and a complete inability to get anything...
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Joy to the World
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- Watching TV with aged relatives over the last few days, as that is what they still do, it became obvious to me what a miserable...
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The Rise of Vernacular Architecture in Wellington
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- The 1960s and 1970s saw the rise of a unique style of New Zealand architecture. Two of the best known… Continue reading The Rise of Vernacular Architecture in Wellington →
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Let’s Get Something Something
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- It’s been a curious start to a new Government and a curious end to an old year. 2023 – don’t want to see that one...
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Garage building
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- Enough of politics – let’s get back to building. Although building is itself a political act (read Henri Lefebvre for explanation) and our attitude towards...
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Ministers for Relevance
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- At last we have a Government, and some clearly defined roles. To me / to the Construction industry, the big story is not the purile...
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Negotiations of Excellence
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- Far be it from me to say that negotiations are dragging on, but things are slow !
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Toomath’s Building
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- Farewell to the Toomath’s Buildings then. Designed by architect William Crichton, completed by 1901. Survived years of neglect – did not survive a group of...
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Toomath’s Buildings, Ghuznee Street, Te Aro, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6040, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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More Town Hall
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- Thanks to Greenwelly for alerting me to the substantial report on the WCC website, which is both exhausting, and fascinating. There will be a book...
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Rule of Thumb
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- I have no idea why, but we appear to have elected someone who likes to use his thumb. Perhaps over-use his thumb. So, i think...
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Election Day
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- As I write, and possibly while you read, we are still on Voting Day, although this awful weather will probably keep many people away from...
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Dense Hutt
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- In all the fun and fuss over things like the Election, the country’s love affair / hatred of Winston (there is something very 1984 about Winston being the BiG Brother watching over us / controlling our every move), we (well, me) may have taken our eye off the ball. Well, not the ball, but the Hutt. It seems that the Hutt has fully adopted the MDRS changes proposed by the Government, to the extent that all the following things, which were proposed, have now been implemented, and are now operative. This includes some revisions to the Proposed District Plan, and there are many pages that look like this (only usually more words and less diagrams).
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Lower Hutt, Wellington, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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Town Hall rebuild costs go sky high
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- As far as cost blowouts go, this is a big one, and heads should roll. We here at the Fish have written about the old...
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Wellington Town Hall, 109, Wakefield Street, Te Aro, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6011, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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Vote Housing
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- You may have noticed that there is a general election coming up, and the amount of hot air increasing from all sides. Billed as the...
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Shells, not Shelly!
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- Talk about a NewsFlash ! Wow – the Shelly Bay development, that no-one seemed to like or want, has just been cancelled. Not postponed, or...
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Shelly Bay, Shelly Bay Road, Maupuia, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6011, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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Jazz to the Maxx
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- In a recent news story on The Post, which may not have appeared on the Stuff, there was an article on a proposed new building...
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Architectural Centre – a Study in Teamwork
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- The Architectural Centre was founded in Wellington in 1946 and set off at a cracking pace – starting architecture and town planning schools, mounting the...
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Kapiti Densiti
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- In the news today, the Post reports that Kapiti Council have agreed on new Density rules for their larger urban areas. That will mean that...
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Friedrich Eisenhofer
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- Sad news, but not entirely unexpected. Friedrich (Fritz) Eisenhofer has passed away, at the splendid ripe old age of 96. NZIA has sent out a...
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