Tag: History
RSS
Book review: Rewi
Review
|
Deidre Brown reviews Jeremy Hansen and Jade Kake’s latest collaboration Rewi, detailing Rewi Thompson’s contribution to architecture.
Meticulously crafted 1915 WW1 beacon reinstated
News
|
The WW1 Memorial Beacon, recently returned to Quay Street, Auckland, is the earliest known built monument to the Great War to be erected in New Zealand.
Auckland’s high density housing history
Practice
|
David Turner, Senior lecturer of Architecture at Unitec, revisits the history of high density housing in our biggest city.
Alien subversives
Practice
|
Gina Hochstein and Bill McKay re-examine the shunned place of post-war European émigré architecture in the International Style in New Zealand’s architectural history.
Happy Birthday, Resene!
News
|
Resene has just hit their 70th year landmark and to celebrate, we’re featuring some gems from early journals and newsletters.
A changing field of literature
Practice
|
A review of a selection of influential publications written about the New Zealand-designed landscape since the 1890s.
Restoring history
Review
|
A beautiful grand homestead is repaired, restored and reopened for business.
Fallen Robot
Calendar |
Exhibition, Lower Hutt,
7 Jul 2012 to 11 Nov 2012
A giant metal robot is reclining in The Square outside The Dowse, thanks to New Zealand artist Ronnie van Hout and the commission of the E Tu Awakairangi Hutt Public Art Trust.
A giant metal robot is reclining in The Square outside The Dowse, thanks to New Zealand artist Ronnie van Hout and the commission of the E Tu Awakairangi Hutt Public Art Trust.
Reconstruction: Conversations on a City
Calendar |
Exhibition, Christchurch,
23 Jun 2012 to 16 Sep 2012
This exhibition will discuss Christchurch’s architectural heritage loss and the ways in which dreams and values have been given form within the built environment.
This exhibition will discuss Christchurch’s architectural heritage loss and the ways in which dreams and values have been given form within the built environment.
Road from Eden
Calendar |
Exhibition, Auckland,
2 May 2012 to 19 May 2012
Fresh from his successful exhibition last year, Mark Wooller has created works along a similar theme including stunning bushscapes with native forest including early New Zealand stamps, postcards and street maps of Auckland.
Fresh from his successful exhibition last year, Mark Wooller has created works along a similar theme including stunning bushscapes with native forest including early New Zealand stamps, postcards and street maps of Auckland.
A View From Where I Was Sleeping
Calendar |
Exhibition, Lower Hutt,
10 Mar 2012 to 22 Jul 2012
This exhibition takes it name from a poem by Gregory O’Brien and visitors will be able to experience the poem wrapped around a vase by artist Noel McKenna.
This exhibition takes it name from a poem by Gregory O’Brien and visitors will be able to experience the poem wrapped around a vase by artist Noel McKenna.
Contemporary Australia: Women
Calendar |
Exhibition, Brisbane,
21 Apr 2012 to 22 Jul 2012
Contemporary Australia: Women is the second in an ongoing triennial series of exhibitions focusing on Australian contemporary art.
Contemporary Australia: Women is the second in an ongoing triennial series of exhibitions focusing on Australian contemporary art.
Degas to Dali
Calendar |
Exhibition, Auckland,
3 Mar 2012 to 10 Jun 2012
A visual feast of 79 works from one of the great British and European collections of historical, modern and contemporary Western art.
A visual feast of 79 works from one of the great British and European collections of historical, modern and contemporary Western art.
Marco Fusinato’s THERE IS NO AUTHORITY
Calendar |
Exhibition, Sydney,
11 Feb 2012 to 17 Mar 2012
Marco Fusinato’s large-scale works represent images and texts from contemporary and historical global counterculture.
Marco Fusinato’s large-scale works represent images and texts from contemporary and historical global counterculture.
Whole in the Heart
Calendar |
Exhibition, Hastings,
5 Nov 2011 to 22 Jan 2012
Showcasing New Zealand furniture and product design.
Showcasing New Zealand furniture and product design.
Architecture + Women in New Zealand
Review
|
A short history of gender in New Zealand architecture.