Architecture and Places
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Architecture and Design Film Festival
- Wellington Film Society
- by Michael Donn The Resene Architecture & Design Film Festival breaks ground at the Embassy Theatre and Lighthouse Cinema (Cuba & Petone) from 16 May.
- Accepted from wellingtonfilms.nz feed by feedreader
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- petone
- architecture
- theatre
Petone, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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Khandallah’s new mega-development
- Eye of the Fish
- 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...
- Accepted from Eye of the Fish feed by feedreader
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Khandallah, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6035, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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Is a Prime Minster Entitled to a Nice House?
- Eye of the Fish
- 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:
- Accepted from Eye of the Fish feed by feedreader
- Tagged as:
- heritage-buildings
- thorndon
Premier House, 260, Tinakori Road, Paekākā, Thorndon, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6011, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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The Berhampore home with a Swiss twist
- Capital Magazine
- From native wood floorboards to hidden craftsmanship, Orane and Olivier got lucky when they renovated their weatherboard cottage. We take a look around. The post The Berhampore home with a Swiss twist appeared first on Capital Magazine.
- Accepted from Capital Magazine by tonytw1
- Tagged as:
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- architecture
Berhampore, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6242, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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Seeing the potential in a damp house with a wonky floor
- Capital Magazine
- Calling this house a "doer-upper" is a bit of an understatement. Find out how one couple took on this intense DIY project and came out the other side. The post Seeing the potential in a damp house with a wonky floor appeared first on Capital Magazine.
- Accepted from Capital Magazine by tonytw1
- Tagged as:
- architecture
- newtown
Newtown, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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Dense Hutt
- Eye of the Fish
- 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).
- Accepted from Eye of the Fish feed by feedreader
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Lower Hutt, Wellington, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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Solar power inspiring the next generation of architects and designers
- Victoria University of Wellington
- Over 400 new solar panels are now generating electricity for Te Wānanga Waihanga-Hoahoa Wellington Faculty of Architecture and Design Innovation, at Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington’s campus on Vivian St.
- Accepted from VUW News feed by feedreader
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Kapiti Densiti
- Eye of the Fish
- 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...
- Accepted from Eye of the Fish feed by feedreader
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Nursery Rhymes
- Capital Magazine
- New parents Nicola and Reuben have used their combined knowledge of art and design to style their Miramar home, and give their spare room a dream jungle makeover. The post Nursery Rhymes appeared first on Capital Magazine.
- Accepted from Capital Magazine by tonytw1
- Tagged as:
- miramar
- art
- architecture
Miramar, Wellington, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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Brooklyn Hill cycleway
- Eye of the Fish
- I’m all in favour of cycleways – they are a great addition to the city, and may even allow me one day to ride a...
- Accepted from Eye of the Fish feed by feedreader
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- brooklyn
- island-bay-cycle-way
- consultation
Brooklyn Road, Fitchettown, Mount Cook, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6021, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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Loafer’s Lodge fire
- Eye of the Fish
- It is a pretty sad day to be writing – and we all know what about. Just over 36 hours ago, a building in Newtown...
- Accepted from Eye of the Fish feed by feedreader
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- newtown
- loafers-lodge
Loafers Lodge, 160, Adelaide Road, Newtown, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6021, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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St Gerard’s new owners
- Eye of the Fish
- Great news this week that at long last the venerable St Gerard’s monastery has been sold. Long seen as one of the true icons of Wellington architecture and the focus of many tourist snaps, St Gerard’s church was started first way back in 1908 by the catholic Redemptorists (Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer) to a design by John Swan and then added to in 1932 by an almost twin structure of monastery, poised on the flanks of Mount Victoria. It is a symbiotic pairing of the architecture of two of New Zealand’s greatest ecclesiastical architects – both John Swan and Frederick de Jersey Clere. Swan and Clere worked together, but it is rare to see their work side by side like this. More recently it has been owned by the Institute for World Evangelisation – the ICPE Mission.
- Accepted from Eye of the Fish feed by feedreader
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St Gerard's monastery, Hawker Street, Mount Victoria, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6011, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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newtown, new form
- Thistle Hall Community Venue
- Newtown, New Form is a collection of student works that propose formal relationships between a place, Newtown, and architecture.
- Accepted from Thistle Hall current exhibition by feedreader
- Tagged as:
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- architecture
Thistle Hall, Cuba Street, Mount Cook, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6021, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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How one couple collected their way to a mid-century styled home
- Capital Magazine
- Tandia Molina and Rory Wilson-Cartwright managed to furnish their Brooklyn home with only recycled and refurbished furniture. The post How one couple collected their way to a mid-century styled home appeared first on Capital Magazine.
- Accepted from Capital Magazine by tonytw1
- Tagged as:
- brooklyn
- architecture
Brooklyn, Wellington, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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Bright lights of the big city: Thorndon’s Park Lane-esque apartment
- Capital Magazine
- Annie Patterson's home offers some of the best views in Thorndon, and they only get better at night. The post Bright lights of the big city: Thorndon’s Park Lane-esque apartment appeared first on Capital Magazine.
- Accepted from Capital Magazine by tonytw1
- Tagged as:
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- architecture
Thorndon, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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Rangihaeata’s big adventure
- 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...
- Accepted from Eye of the Fish feed by tonytw1
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- cannons-creek
Cannons Creek, Porirua, Porirua City, Wellington, 5025, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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A Celebration of Wellington Architecture
- 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 by feedreader
- Tagged as:
- exhibitions
- architecture
Thistle Hall, Cuba Street, Mount Cook, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6021, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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Density in Island Bay
- 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...
- Accepted from Eye of the Fish feed by tonytw1
- Tagged as:
- island-bay
- draft-district-plan
Island Bay, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, New Zealand/Aotearoa (OpenStreetMap)
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Three
- 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
- Accepted from Eye of the Fish feed by tonytw1
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Upper Hutt, Upper Hutt City, Wellington, 5218, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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Fale Malae
- Eye of the Fish
- Wellington’s Waterfront is going to be quite full, or so it seems. Yesterday the WCC agreed in principle to the proposed Fale Malae being proposed for the waterfront, or at least for them to go forward to the next phase of planning. This is the same Fale that was proposed for a site up near Parliament (on Bunny St, between the Victoria School of Law in the old Government Buildings, and the VUW Business School in Rutherford House). Evidently someone has ruled that the parliamentary site was unsuitable, and so Frank Kitts Park has been proposed instead.
- Accepted from Eye of the Fish feed by tonytw1
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Frank Kitts Park, Lambton, Wellington Central, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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Reflecting Lockdown
- Eye of the Fish
- Lockdown’s first couple of days with cold rain and drizzle were a bit miserable, but then on Saturday we had possibly the most perfect weather I’ve ever seen in Wellington.
- Accepted from Eye of the Fish feed by tonytw1
- Tagged as:
- covid-19
- photography
- waterfront
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Build a Bridge over Cobham Drive
- Eye of the Fish
- OK: so my last post was trying to be all neutral, but I can’t take it any longer.
- Accepted from Eye of the Fish feed by tonytw1
- Tagged as:
- kilbirnie
- transport
- cobham-drive-crossing
Cobham Drive, Kilbirnie, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6021, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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Appropriate height limits
- Eye of the Fish
- While it was vaguely entertaining / terrifying / gratifying / intimidating to listen to some of the 10-hour debate on the Spatial Plan the other day (pick your own adjective according to your political persuasions), what became very clear is that NO ONE – not the Mayor, not the Council Officers, Not Liam Hodgetts the City Planner, and certainly not the rabid band of Councillors – have any idea about height limits that is bounded by any semblance of the actual factual truthiness of the situation.
- Accepted from Eye of the Fish feed by tonytw1
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- berhampore
- draft-spatial-plan
Berhampore, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6242, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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St Gerard
- Eye of the Fish
- Monasteries have always been freeloaders on society – for the last 2000 years or more.
- Accepted from Eye of the Fish feed by tonytw1
- Tagged as:
- heritage-buildings
- mount-victoria
Mt. Victoria, Wellington, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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The Art of the Architect
- Thistle Hall Community Venue
- Iconic Wellington Architect Roger Walker is well known for his quirky design and love of colour. Now, after finding himself with a bit of spare time and nowhere to go during the COVID 19 lockdowns, he has turned his distinctive creative style to joyful and colourful creations on canvas.
- Accepted from Thistle Hall current exhibition by feedreader
- Tagged as:
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Thistle Hall, Cuba Street, Mount Cook, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6021, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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Lyall Bay
- Wellington Steps
- Accepted from Wellington Steps by feedreader
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Lyall Bay, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, New Zealand/Aotearoa (OpenStreetMap)
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Warwick Wilton Churchill Steps
- Wellington Steps
- FIND THESE STEPS – From Warwick at
- Accepted from Wellington Steps by feedreader
- Tagged as:
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Swan Lane and Garrett Street
- Eye of the Fish
- 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).
- Accepted from Eye of the Fish feed by tonytw1
- Tagged as:
- consultation
- cuba-street
- wellington-city-council
Cuba Street, Te Aro, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6011, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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Wilton
- Wellington Steps
- Accepted from Wellington Steps by feedreader
- Tagged as:
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Wilton
- Wellington Steps
- Accepted from Wellington Steps by feedreader
- Tagged as:
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