I’m reasonably impressed by the actions taken this week by the NZRAB (NZ Registered Architects Board). If you watched TV One news last night, you will have seen Paul Jackman, head of the NZRAB, get his hooks well and truly slung into the unruly rabble that are the Real Estate agents of NZ. The story is a variation on the usual situation of unqualified numpties passing…
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A Wellingtonian, interested in architecture and design. But enough about me, what about you?
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Just for you, because it is a special day…. Of course, the truth is never quite as sugary as the intoxicatingly sweet dish served up by our modern media moguls. While we’re invidiously indoctrinated to think of Valentines Day as a sweet and dreamy lovey-dovey Hallmark moment of sycophantic night-time murmurings, best trotted out (a minimum of) once a year, in truth VALENTINE “was a holy…
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Slight change from Wellington – how about we look at the Hutt for a change? And yes, the Hutt is due for a change. Tenders are open for Lower Hutt’s new Square, which starts to make sense of the jumbled mess of parking that is currently outside the New Dowse. Design of “The Square” is of course by Athfield Architects, who did such a great job…
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We were going to call this post “Cairo Knife Fight” but there is a band going by that name already – prescient marketing, I would have thought, given the current political turmoil. Instead, the current title refers to the immense ripping off that Mubarek has done to the people of Egypt. News yesterday reports that he and his family have amassed a fortune of $40 billion…
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Whither to, waiwhetu… While we’re waiting with willing Waitangi welcome, windy Wellington’s waka wends wetly with Waiwhetu, where wrangles wearily wear worrisomely. What will we watch? Worry while we work! Yes indeed, the much awaited day dawns, and the whare waka will be named at a dawn ceremony on Waitangi day – this coming Sunday. The building has had financial input from the Tenths Trust (local…
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The Fish’s Predictions for 2011: Prediction # 1 Firstly, there will have to be some progress on the work around the Basin Reserve. It has been the slowest consultation job in the world so far – to the point of absolutely no consultation yet at all. Is NZTA / Transit asleep at the wheel? Shouldn’t they pull over and take a break, and let someone else…
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The Eye of the Fish has been a little quiet of late, mostly due to workload. We’ve also been doing a little work on the back of house stuff – or at least Philip will be. Maximus has at last formatted a proper archive, which will be permanently available here, in the Archive. Philip has reconnected the Archives button at the top of the screen to…
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Yes, Birdman is coming to Wellington – this Sunday. It’s had pretty low key promotion so far, so I thought I’d chip in as well – and do a little research on the way. If you google for pictures of Birdman however, you just get pictures of this beefy wrapper. Apparently he hangs out with Little Wayne, where they like drawing tattos on each other, go…
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Welcome back indeed, and a warm welcome from me to our new correspondent, minimus, a sort of Mini-Me to my Doctor Evil, but without the sadly dated puns. Always happy for other writers to surface as well – drop us a line if you want to. Hope you had a good time over your holiday – I did. Couldn’t keep me out of the water. I…
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Courtesy of one of regular readers, some photos of the Hearst Tower in New York. The building was started way back in the mists of time, say 1920-30, and so has a somewhat grand podium, with tall sculptured figures guarding the entry – but the tower was never constructed – I suspect the Wall St crash may have been a reason for incompleteness. Fast forward another…