Unfortunately, yesterday’s lecture by Charles Renfro sold out relatively fast, so for those who were unable to make it, here is a link to a presentation given by him in support of a recent competition entry. Renfro was much more engaging and entertaining last night, but his presentation to the University of Melbourne covers most of what came up in yesterdays lecture, as well as a few extra projects. .
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A student at Victoria, blogging to help cultivate an interest and education in all things design, architecture and urbanism.
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Here at the Fish, we’re all for intersections between architecture and the digital — especially when these take place outside of the blogosphere. Luckily, a few of these intersections have cropped up recently, complete with video footage: The finale to New Zealand’s web-industry Onya awards: an epic sequence that was projected onto the interior of the Town Hall. Visuals by Bruce Ferguson, Mike Boyce, Chris MacMillan…
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Despite the small space in which it is situated, the retrospective of Bill Toomath’s work is an expansive exhibition. Beyond the vintage photographs and precise drawings located within the Hirschfeld Gallery are a series of interviews and articles that reveal the the full range of Toomath’s work as architect, advocate and educator. My visit barely scratched the surface of these records, but I wanted to draw out a few finds that may be of…
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Last week, was of course, the unveiling of the iPad, Apple’s biennale Next Big Thing. However, on a more local note, last week also featured another product launch: the iLoft, or 85 Waterloo Quay. Normally a property development isn’t pitched as a ‘product’, but in this case the cue comes straight from the developers themselves. Their promotional effort is certainly prolific, boasting not one, but two websites, a twitter…
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On Thursday, the Council’s Strategy and Policy Committee voted — 9 vs 5— to approve the proposed changes to Manners Mall and Lower Cuba St. Today, the proposal was finalised at a full Council meeting, and the plans look set to be implemented in the near future. Despite a vocal opposition campaign, public and private views on the changes seem mixed. Written submissions were almost evenly split…
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A quick look at some upcoming events in the world of architecture and urbanism: 27-30th October is the inaugural ‘crit week’ at the Victoria School of Architecture, where the architecture, interior architecture and landscape architecture students present our final projects for the year. In addition, public lectures are running at 6pm on the Wednesday, Thursday and Friday. Be sure to click the image to the right…
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MANNERS MALL OPTIONS Revoke the pedestrian-only status to allow for a two-way bus route. (pictured) Keep the mall but ban vehicles turning right from Victoria St into Manners St. Make a two-way bus route via Mercer St, Wakefield St, lower Cuba St and Manners St east. Make a two-way bus route via Dixon St and upper Willis St. The proposed Manners Mall makeover is relatively uninteresting,…
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If you have read the Dominion Post article on Manners, you will know that the plans to un-mall Manners Mall have just been passed. If you have read the Dominion Post article, you will also not know the full story. Whether due to the breaking nature of the announcement, or somewhat slanted journalistic intent, the dom doesn’t make mention of the news that the lower end…
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If you head on over to fish central, we’re diving deep into the murky depths in order to protest S92A. We’re sure you’ve heard all about it, so we’ll spare the diatribe. However, things arent all gloomy. Check back in a day (or two) to find a newly re-emerged fish – things will have changed…
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Down here on Holland St, construction is definitely nothing new. Of late we’ve seen the Century City development starting to shape up, as well as the smaller additions of the oh-so-contemporary product spec office and the always-vibrant fuel expresso HQ. I had assumed that the construction site present on the first floor of the ‘zebra hostel’ was just simple renovation or the like; but the additon of an interesting catipillar-like lighting…
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