https://wellington.gen.nz/earthquake-strengthening+architecture Items tagged with Earthquake strengthening and Architecture. https://eyeofthefish.org/youve-got-to-be-bloody-kidding-me/ RNZ News headline today: “Govt spends $10m to fix national war memorial bells, fires only person who can play” The government spent over $10 million... earthquake-strengthening architecture blogs Fri, 29 Aug 2025 00:00:00 GMT https://eyeofthefish.org/youve-got-to-be-bloody-kidding-me/ Eye of the Fish 2025-08-29T00:00:00Z https://www.thistlehall.org.nz/andy-spain-athfield-architects-te-kahui-whaihanga-nzia-wellington-branch/common-ground This event is part of the Aotearoa Festival of Architecture, by Te Kāhui Whaihanga New Zealand Institute of Architects. When Kaikoura shook, photographer Andy Spain got Wellington's list of earthquake prone buildings and started photographing them. The idea of fixing time became appealing, as many of the buildings were demolished. When asked to exhibit them together however, Andy began to ask what these remnants meant. He visited the petals saved from Athfield's church of First Church of Christ Scientist and saw their fragility. He talked to architects about remedial work which never saw the light of day. What were the consequences of all these traces existing in a time when the fates of many Wellington buildings are so contested? Where heritage competes with social housing, which competes with sustainable reuse, and so on. So, this exhibition is not about the photographs that have been taken, or the drawings drawn, or the artworks saved. It is about how we decide to use these remnants, and what stories we want them to tell. architecture earthquake-strengthening heritagebuildings localhistory cubastreet places wcnhosted art exhibitions Mon, 23 Sep 2024 00:00:00 GMT https://www.thistlehall.org.nz/andy-spain-athfield-architects-te-kahui-whaihanga-nzia-wellington-branch/common-ground Thistle Hall Community Venue 2024-09-23T00:00:00Z -41.29736355 174.77365784691114 Thistle Hall, Cuba Street, Mount Cook, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6021, New Zealand 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/town-hall-rebuild-costs-go-sky-high/ 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... earthquake-strengthening architecture blogs Tue, 03 Oct 2023 00:00:00 GMT https://eyeofthefish.org/town-hall-rebuild-costs-go-sky-high/ Eye of the Fish 2023-10-03T00:00:00Z -41.28936125 174.77740714388227 Wellington Town Hall, 109, Wakefield Street, Te Aro, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6011, New Zealand https://eyeofthefish.org/dixon-street-flats/ But the big news this week has to be the somewhat silly news that the Dixon Street flats are being emptied out and there is not a clear story of what happens to the building next. This is not a sob storey like the Gordon Wilson Flats just around the corner – well, at least, it hasn’t started off the same. earthquake-strengthening heritagebuildings localhistory architecture blogs Tue, 06 Dec 2022 00:00:00 GMT https://eyeofthefish.org/dixon-street-flats/ Eye of the Fish 2022-12-06T00:00:00Z -41.2901576 174.77307353759144 Dixon Street Flats, 134, Dixon Street, Te Aro, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6040, New Zealand https://eyeofthefish.org/increased-seismic-rankings/ The news was only out yesterday, and briefly mentioned on the news, but I have a horrible feeling that this is going to have a... earthquake-strengthening architecture blogs Tue, 04 Oct 2022 00:00:00 GMT https://eyeofthefish.org/increased-seismic-rankings/ Eye of the Fish 2022-10-04T00:00:00Z https://eyeofthefish.org/celebration/ In an announcement released quietly on 4th July, by MBIE, there is some massive cause for celebration. “MBIE advises seismically vulnerable buildings can remain occupied”... earthquake-strengthening architecture blogs Mon, 04 Jul 2022 00:00:00 GMT https://eyeofthefish.org/celebration/ Eye of the Fish 2022-07-04T00:00:00Z https://eyeofthefish.org/shaky-ground/ “Standing on shaky ground, ever since you put me down…” sang the Temptations and it resonates deeply with people of Wellington. We all know that our isles are shaky, and our city has the potential to be shaky in the extreme, but what we perhaps don’t know is just how shaky our particular patch of dirt is beneath our own two feet. I’ve been doing a bit more looking into this – starting with this post we blogged on Tsunami and then I found this other study, on Wellington’s rocky substrate. It’s quite an eye-opener. earthquake-strengthening architecture blogs Mon, 14 Jun 2021 00:00:00 GMT https://eyeofthefish.org/shaky-ground/ Eye of the Fish 2021-06-14T00:00:00Z http://eyeofthefish.org/wellington-office-building/ I’m very excited to see that work is really going ahead on the replacement for BP House in Wellington. architecture earthquake-strengthening blogs Tue, 16 Jun 2015 00:00:00 GMT http://eyeofthefish.org/wellington-office-building/ Eye of the Fish 2015-06-16T00:00:00Z http://eyeofthefish.org/dunajtschik-demolition-a-done-deal/ News just in via the Stuff website that Mark Dunajtschik has won his appeal in the High Court against the Environment Court. But it does not mean that Mr D has the right to go out and demolish the building straight away – instead, a rehearing has been ordered. This legal stuff is exhausting, and expensive. With the amount that Mr D has spent on the legal costs so far, you might think that he could quite easily have just strengthened the building instead. harcourts-building heritagebuildings earthquake-strengthening localhistory architecture blogs Fri, 02 May 2014 00:00:00 GMT http://eyeofthefish.org/dunajtschik-demolition-a-done-deal/ Eye of the Fish 2014-05-02T00:00:00Z -41.2845319 174.7756861 Grey Street, Wellington Central, Wellington, 6012, New Zealand/Aotearoa http://architecture.org.nz/2013/08/20/public-trust-building/ There are many buildings that the Architectural Centre has championed the cause of over the years, but for me there are two that stand out from the rest. They are Old St Paul’s Cathedral in Thorndon, and the Public Trust building in Lambton Quay. thorndon heritagebuildings earthquake-strengthening places localhistory architecture communitygroups Tue, 20 Aug 2013 00:00:00 GMT http://architecture.org.nz/2013/08/20/public-trust-building/ Architectural Centre Inc 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z -41.2804759 174.7777999 Stout Street, Wellington Central, Wellington, 6012, New Zealand/Aotearoa http://eyeofthefish.org/harcourts-decision/ For those that are interested, the following is the text of the final paragraphs of the decision on the Harcourts building: (302) In the end, for the reasons we have outlined, we have concluded that the demolition of the Harcourts building would not constitute sustainable management of an important physical resource, namely a heritage building [...] harcourts-building earthquake-strengthening architecture blogs Tue, 26 Feb 2013 00:00:00 GMT http://eyeofthefish.org/harcourts-decision/ Eye of the Fish 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z -41.2845319 174.7756861 Grey Street, Wellington Central, Wellington, 6012, New Zealand/Aotearoa http://eyeofthefish.org/demolition-not-the-answer/ So: the results are out from the Commissioners: Mark Dunajtschik may not demolish the “Harcourts” building. That’s an interesting result – and opposite to that recommended by the Council’s own planning officers – and Mr Dunajtschik is furious. We wrote about it here, and also here, and this decision sets out quite clearly that demolition [...] harcourts-building earthquake-strengthening architecture blogs Mon, 25 Feb 2013 00:00:00 GMT http://eyeofthefish.org/demolition-not-the-answer/ Eye of the Fish 2013-02-25T00:00:00Z -41.2845319 174.7756861 Grey Street, Wellington Central, Wellington, 6012, New Zealand/Aotearoa http://eyeofthefish.org/more-dunajtschik/ Regarding the old Temperance and General Building on Lambton Quay – known to next to no-one as the Harcourts building. Submissions on it’s proposed demolition are due in a week – by the end of the month. It is a crunch point for Wellingtonians – should a building owner be allowed to demolish their building [...] heritagebuildings consultation harcourts-building localhistory earthquake-strengthening architecture blogs Mon, 22 Oct 2012 00:00:00 GMT http://eyeofthefish.org/more-dunajtschik/ Eye of the Fish 2012-10-22T00:00:00Z -41.28452427913499 174.775661171894 Grey Street, Wellington Central, Wellington, Wellington Region, 6012, New Zealand http://eyeofthefish.org/dunajtschik-demolition/ So the time has come at last: the first of a presumed wave of proposals to demolish perfectly good buildings in Wellington. Christchurch has had to put up with a swathe of demolition over the last couple of years, and they are getting so good at destroying everything down there, that they have forgotten that it is not compulsory. Cranmer Courts is their city’s latest disgrace – the Harcourts building is ours. heritagebuildings harcourts-building earthquake-strengthening localhistory architecture blogs Tue, 02 Oct 2012 00:00:00 GMT http://eyeofthefish.org/dunajtschik-demolition/ Eye of the Fish 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z -41.28452427913499 174.775661171894 Grey Street, Wellington Central, Wellington, Wellington Region, 6011, New Zealand http://eyeofthefish.org/national-war-memorial-earthquake-prone-demolition/ In some pretty shocking news that has just been leaked out of the new super-ministry this morning, the National War Memorial in Buckle St has been declared to be an earthquake prone building. The building, completed in 1932, has a concrete frame, but the weight of the heavy bronze bells in the Carillon is thought [...] heritagebuildings mountcook earthquake-strengthening localhistory places architecture blogs Sat, 31 Mar 2012 00:00:00 GMT http://eyeofthefish.org/national-war-memorial-earthquake-prone-demolition/ Eye of the Fish 2012-03-31T00:00:00Z -41.2989735 174.7771177 41 Buckle Street http://eyeofthefish.org/heritage-questions/ If you’ve been trying to get hold of your Structural Engineer this week in Wellington, you’ll probably have noticed they’re not returning calls. heritagebuildings earthquake-strengthening localhistory architecture blogs Tue, 07 Sep 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://eyeofthefish.org/heritage-questions/ Eye of the Fish 2010-09-07T00:00:00Z http://eyeofthefish.org/earthquakes-and-tsunamis/ One side of the Pacific plate: horrificly large earthquake. earthquake-strengthening architecture blogs Sun, 28 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://eyeofthefish.org/earthquakes-and-tsunamis/ Eye of the Fish 2010-02-28T00:00:00Z http://eyeofthefish.org/whats-the-urgency/ At face value it could be argued that the current rash of urgency infecting Parliament at the moment is no business of a group promoting discussion of architecture and urban design issues in Wellington. Over the weekend the government passed laws reinforcing (rather than strengthening) societal repulsion of violence towards children. Last week it reduced the rights of employees of small business earthquake-strengthening architecture blogs Tue, 16 Dec 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://eyeofthefish.org/whats-the-urgency/ Eye of the Fish 2008-12-16T00:00:00Z