https://wellington.gen.nz/architecture+government Items tagged with Architecture and Government. https://eyeofthefish.org/cold-shell-and-te-ngakau/ Because I am a glutton for punishment, I sat down and watched the entire WCC Council sub-committee meeting recently, on the discussion around Te Ngakau... wcc government architecture blogs Thu, 29 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://eyeofthefish.org/cold-shell-and-te-ngakau/ Eye of the Fish 2026-01-29T00:00:00Z https://architecture.org.nz/2024/12/10/wcc-voted-on-dec-5-to-demolish-the-city-to-sea-bridge/ 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 […] city-to-sea-bridge wcc government architecture communitygroups Mon, 09 Dec 2024 00:00:00 GMT https://architecture.org.nz/2024/12/10/wcc-voted-on-dec-5-to-demolish-the-city-to-sea-bridge/ Architectural Centre Inc 2024-12-09T00:00:00Z -41.28871245 174.77854018809037 City to Sea Bridge, Te Aro, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, New Zealand https://eyeofthefish.org/wellington-housing/ 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,... wcc housing government issues architecture blogs Fri, 15 Mar 2024 00:00:00 GMT https://eyeofthefish.org/wellington-housing/ Eye of the Fish 2024-03-15T00:00:00Z https://eyeofthefish.org/more-town-hall/ 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... wcc earthquake-strengthening town-hall-restroration government architecture blogs Tue, 24 Oct 2023 00:00:00 GMT https://eyeofthefish.org/more-town-hall/ Eye of the Fish 2023-10-24T00:00:00Z https://eyeofthefish.org/green-and-blue/ 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... wcc government architecture blogs Mon, 25 Oct 2021 00:00:00 GMT https://eyeofthefish.org/green-and-blue/ Eye of the Fish 2021-10-25T00:00:00Z https://eyeofthefish.org/new-district-plan/ A new (proposed / draft / actual – who knows, really?) District Plan has dropped and it fills me with dread. Horror. Revulsion. They’ve only gone and screwed it up again, haven’t they? I’m not going to mince my words about this – what is being proposed in terms of height limits in the Central Area is a crime against humanity. wcc government architecture blogs Wed, 13 Oct 2021 00:00:00 GMT https://eyeofthefish.org/new-district-plan/ Eye of the Fish 2021-10-13T00:00:00Z https://eyeofthefish.org/swan-lane-and-garrett-street-2/ A missive has arrived from Wellington City Council, outlining that they have a plan for some changes around Garrett St (just off Cuba St) and Swan Lane (opposite Garrett St). consultation cubastreet wcc places government architecture blogs Tue, 08 Dec 2020 00:00:00 GMT https://eyeofthefish.org/swan-lane-and-garrett-street-2/ Eye of the Fish 2020-12-08T00:00:00Z -41.2937917 174.7754336 Cuba Street, Te Aro, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6011, New Zealand http://eyeofthefish.org/te-ara-tupua/ One of Wellington’s long-desired and much awaited projects is apparently to get underway as part of the Government’s shovel-ready infrastructure projects: Te Ara Tupua, aka the Ngauranga to Petone Cycleway. government petone wellington art cycleway places cycle-lanes transport architecture blogs Thu, 18 Jun 2020 21:48:26 GMT http://eyeofthefish.org/te-ara-tupua/ Eye of the Fish 2020-06-18T21:48:26Z -41.2249675 174.8790351 Petone, New Zealand http://eyeofthefish.org/ceci-nest-pas-une-logo/ These are not the logos you are looking for… wcc government architecture blogs Wed, 30 Apr 2014 00:00:00 GMT http://eyeofthefish.org/ceci-nest-pas-une-logo/ Eye of the Fish 2014-04-30T00:00:00Z http://eyeofthefish.org/congestion-choking/ The DomPost today reported that an Opus report on possible future road congestion, was completed in December (now 9 months ago), but has “not yet reached the Regional Council table” ie Greater Wellington. Despite having been produced by Opus, who are completely independent of GWRC, and despite it having somehow been sat on or mysteriously [...] regional-council transport government architecture blogs Mon, 02 Sep 2013 00:00:00 GMT http://eyeofthefish.org/congestion-choking/ Eye of the Fish 2013-09-02T00:00:00Z http://eyeofthefish.org/flyover-vote/ Later today the Council will vote on their support of the flyover. Related to this, an interesting tidbit came out yesterday and almost slipped me by: “Steps to move state highway traffic off Vivian St are among measures needed to ease the impact of a Basin Reserve flyover, Wellington City Council says.” Holy-moly. That’s new. Up until now some Councilors have been willing to admit privately that the way the Ngauranga to Airport “strategy” completely ignores Vivien Street is absurd. But the Council in an official capacity has, as far as I know, never said anything to this effect before. basinreserve wcc transport government architecture blogs Wed, 20 Mar 2013 00:00:00 GMT http://eyeofthefish.org/flyover-vote/ Eye of the Fish 2013-03-20T00:00:00Z -41.30037055 174.7802503270504 Basin Reserve, Dufferin Street, Mount Victoria, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6021, New Zealand http://architecture.org.nz/2013/03/19/response-to-wcc-evaluation/ The WCC has issued a report which evaluates Alternatives to the NZTA’s proposal for a flyover at the Basin. Download a PDF to read our response to the WCC report. Arch-Centre_Response to WCC report wcc basinreserve government transport architecture communitygroups Mon, 18 Mar 2013 00:00:00 GMT http://architecture.org.nz/2013/03/19/response-to-wcc-evaluation/ Architectural Centre Inc 2013-03-18T00:00:00Z -41.30037055 174.7802503270504 Basin Reserve, Dufferin Street, Mount Victoria, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6021, New Zealand http://architecture.org.nz/2013/03/06/mitigation/ In the case of the Basin Reserve flyover, the Wellington City Council has asked for further “mitigation” of the proposed Flyover (concrete bridge / Option A). For its part, NZTA has also promised some “mitigation” of the effects of the flyover, and says that they will focus on “mitigation” to ensure that the flyover is “integrated”. Trouble is, I’m not really sure that they are talking about the same thing. wcc basinreserve government transport architecture communitygroups Tue, 05 Mar 2013 00:00:00 GMT http://architecture.org.nz/2013/03/06/mitigation/ Architectural Centre Inc 2013-03-05T00:00:00Z -41.30037055 174.7802503270504 Basin Reserve, Dufferin Street, Mount Victoria, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6021, New Zealand http://eyeofthefish.org/new-wcc-website/ Well blow me down – the Council has a new website. Well done! I was just looking at the old one yesterday, thinking how tawdry it was looking – and today a brand spanking new website has popped up – colourful and more interactive. wcc reviews government architecture blogs Wed, 20 Feb 2013 00:00:00 GMT http://eyeofthefish.org/new-wcc-website/ Eye of the Fish 2013-02-20T00:00:00Z http://eyeofthefish.org/square/ Submissions are due to the WCC on Monday 5 November 2012, regarding proposals for the Design Brief for North Kumutoto (sites 8, 9, 10). Please DO make a submission – otherwise the NIMBYs may stall further work on these sites. wcc planning waterfront consultation government issues places architecture blogs Sat, 03 Nov 2012 00:00:00 GMT http://eyeofthefish.org/square/ Eye of the Fish 2012-11-03T00:00:00Z http://architecture.org.nz/2012/03/21/light-rail-could-be-cheap-as-chips/ Following stunning news today from the GWRC study into the cost of a possible Light Rail system in Wellington – results have come back that the cost COULD be as LOW as $14m per km. light-rail regional-council trains transport government architecture communitygroups Wed, 21 Mar 2012 00:00:00 GMT http://architecture.org.nz/2012/03/21/light-rail-could-be-cheap-as-chips/ Architectural Centre Inc 2012-03-21T00:00:00Z http://architecture.org.nz/2012/01/17/city-barriers/ Timber posts with nautical rope strung between them are being proposed for segments of the Manners Mall in Wellington, in an effort to stop people crossing the road ‘illegally’. The proposal is by a WCC Councilor, Leonie Gill, who appears shocked and horrified that Wellingtonians have such a care-free attitude to crossing the road. manners-mall-bus-lane transport wcc bus-lanes government architecture communitygroups Mon, 16 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMT http://architecture.org.nz/2012/01/17/city-barriers/ Architectural Centre Inc 2012-01-16T00:00:00Z http://architecture.org.nz/2011/06/27/wgtn-2040/ The Wellington City Council has at last started the process of telling you about WGTN 2040, the proposed Vision for the future – 29 years in the future to be exact. It has been a long time coming – a couple of years at least, but this is one of the most important consultations that the Council has ever asked the Wellington public for their opinion on. We would encourage all Wellingtonians to have some input on this – and we would also like to hear your views, so that we can also table a submission from the Architectural Centre. wcc consultation planning government issues architecture communitygroups Sun, 26 Jun 2011 00:00:00 GMT http://architecture.org.nz/2011/06/27/wgtn-2040/ Architectural Centre Inc 2011-06-26T00:00:00Z http://eyeofthefish.org/triangular-parks/ With a brief flurry of media attention last week, and typical fluffy media attention more on Miley Cyrus than the ideas inside, the Wellington 2040 vision was confirmed by a Council meeting. Today, there will be the opening of two container consultation stations (one in Te Aro Park and one on the Waterfront?) which will unveil some of the report. And finally, next week, the public may get a chance to really see what has been proposed. consultation waterfront wcc places government architecture blogs Wed, 22 Jun 2011 00:00:00 GMT http://eyeofthefish.org/triangular-parks/ Eye of the Fish 2011-06-22T00:00:00Z http://architecture.org.nz/2011/06/21/skyline-reservations/ Last week news of a proposed hotel development on the site of the Skyline Restaurant at the top of the cable car appeared on the front page of the Dominion Post. The article had salacious details of ‘clandestine dealings’, ‘contractual agreements’, the public and media banned from meetings behind closed doors at WCC and a proposal to revoke the reserve status of an area of the Botanic Gardens to allow for a hotel on the site. wcc kelburn skyline-hotel government places architecture communitygroups Mon, 20 Jun 2011 00:00:00 GMT http://architecture.org.nz/2011/06/21/skyline-reservations/ Architectural Centre Inc 2011-06-20T00:00:00Z -41.289205 174.7623927 Kelburn, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, New Zealand/Aotearoa http://architecture.org.nz/2011/05/29/deep-water/ The WCC Draft Annual Plan 2011/12 was out for public consultation recently. In these tight financial times the plan was generally about maintaining affordable rates through prioritising spending and reducing costs by $6 million, through reducing some services, improving the efficiency of other services and deferring non-urgent work. Although it’s not all cost cutting, there is an allowance to spend $650,000 on a feasibility study for a new deep-water pool in Kilbirnie. kilbirnie consultation wcc swimming places government sport architecture communitygroups Sun, 29 May 2011 00:00:00 GMT http://architecture.org.nz/2011/05/29/deep-water/ Architectural Centre Inc 2011-05-29T00:00:00Z -41.3166456 174.7980932 Kilbirnie, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, New Zealand/Aotearoa http://architecture.org.nz/2011/01/27/on-your-books/ In the mean time - here’s a round up on projects completing, underway, or even just starting off, as there a couple of new cranes that have appeared over Christmas. The big push around Wellington at the moment is of course the Housing Upgrade Project. A number of well-respected practices around town have got a project or two in there - with a total of about 20 WCC housing projects to upgrade, we’re guessing there is some work in there to last for a few years architecture wcc housing government issues communitygroups Thu, 27 Jan 2011 00:00:00 GMT http://architecture.org.nz/2011/01/27/on-your-books/ Architectural Centre Inc 2011-01-27T00:00:00Z http://eyeofthefish.org/helene-ritchie-writes/ Johnsonville Neglected by Council. johnsonville wcc places government architecture blogs Thu, 26 Aug 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://eyeofthefish.org/helene-ritchie-writes/ Eye of the Fish 2010-08-26T00:00:00Z http://eyeofthefish.org/andy-foster-writes/ “There’s been a lot of angst from some people in Johnsonville about Plan Changes 72 and 73. johnsonville wcc places government architecture blogs Wed, 25 Aug 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://eyeofthefish.org/andy-foster-writes/ Eye of the Fish 2010-08-25T00:00:00Z http://eyeofthefish.org/mayor-kerry-speaks/ In response to a recent posting here on Eye of the Fish, and possibly in response to my slightly provocative comment that …. “It is increasingly difficult to write about design in a city which pays only lip service to it,” I’m pleasantly surprised that Mayor Kerry Prendergast has taken the time to add a comment to the posting. In case people have missed it, and because it is, after all, from the Mayor, I think it deserves a little more prominence and so, here it is: wcc architecture government blogs Thu, 05 Aug 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://eyeofthefish.org/mayor-kerry-speaks/ Eye of the Fish 2010-08-05T00:00:00Z http://eyeofthefish.org/new-city-architect-appointed/ The folk here at the Fish have been following the reshuffling down at the City Council with interest, as they restructure the Urban Strategy Group yet again and find new positions for expired urban designers and heritage advisors. wcc government architecture blogs Wed, 31 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://eyeofthefish.org/new-city-architect-appointed/ Eye of the Fish 2010-03-31T00:00:00Z http://architecture.org.nz/2010/03/19/another-restructure-should-we-care/ It’s inevitable, given their political nature, that governments (local and central) are subject to “restructuring” more than most institutions. Anyone involved in architecture and urban design in Wellington will have known, for a little while now, that the urban design bits of our city council have been, and are in the middle of, such [...] wcc government architecture communitygroups Fri, 19 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://architecture.org.nz/2010/03/19/another-restructure-should-we-care/ Architectural Centre Inc 2010-03-19T00:00:00Z http://eyeofthefish.org/changes-to-manners-mall-and-cuba-st-confirmed/ On Thursday, the Council’s Strategy and Policy Committee voted — 9 vs 5— to approve the proposed changes to Manners Mall and Lower Cuba St. cubastreet wcc manners-mall-bus-lane places government bus-lanes transport architecture blogs Fri, 11 Dec 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://eyeofthefish.org/changes-to-manners-mall-and-cuba-st-confirmed/ Eye of the Fish 2009-12-11T00:00:00Z -41.2937917 174.7754336 Cuba Street, Te Aro, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6011, New Zealand http://eyeofthefish.org/bobs-back/?utm_source=feedburner You may well have noticed already, but an interesting little spat is brewing to enliven the local body elections next year. Apparently, the Mayor Her Worship Kerry Prendergast is being persuaded to run again, as no valid alternatives are coming forward. I find that hard to believe, and note with interest that Bob Jones, as part of Vibrant Wellington, is making moves. wcc elections2010 government local-body-elections architecture blogs Wed, 18 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://eyeofthefish.org/bobs-back/?utm_source=feedburner Eye of the Fish 2009-11-18T00:00:00Z http://eyeofthefish.org/fush-and-chup/ Thanks to a very helpful chap at the Council, we’ve got some more images to show and tell regarding works to the Council Housing Upgrade Project. architecture housing wcc issues government blogs Wed, 29 Jul 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://eyeofthefish.org/fush-and-chup/ Eye of the Fish 2009-07-29T00:00:00Z