As we round out not only the year but also the decade, I’ve also decided to join the ranks of other end of decade reviews. What have we accomplished in Wellington and how are we doing overall? Following the lead of the Greater Auckland blog (former Transport Blog), I’ll divide this post into sections on our vast and glorious achievements. Local Government Amalgamation Following on from…
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It’s Christmas time – it must be mid-summer as the pohutukawa are flowering, the storms are raging, and the norwester winds are blowing a (severe) gale. We need some good news and some bright and happy images of a successful architectural outcome. So, as a Christmas Special, here’s some pics of a partially finished Erskine development down in Island Bay. Although the initial pictures we saw…
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As a public service announcement, can anyone answer this query? “Could someone find out whats happening with the ill-fated 111 Dixon Apartments? “Apparently they still cannot get consent, FENZ is not happy with the fire-warning system, “Council still not happy with the stell, (? – steel?) “buyers are attempting to run for the hills, “furniture has been moved in…..then moved out (bills not paid???). “Have the…
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Released just in time for Christmas, a new building for Wellington has hit the news – a Newcrest development that will take star position on the Waterfront. Situated on the long fought for site where there is currently a petrol station (for many years the most successful Shell station in Wellington, more lately a Z station), the building will be tenanted by BNZ for at least…
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Following on from the entertaining architecture of Queenstown, where the residential architecture is rigorously controlled and ruthlessly rectilinear, and the commercial architecture is uniformly confused and bizarrely ugly in most respects, I thought I would head to somewhere where the opposite is apparent. In Napier, by comparison, the commercial architecture of the town is uniquely individual: a combination of Art Deco, Spanish Mission, Streamline Moderne, and…
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