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And then there is also this: https://www.heritage.org.nz/news/stories/the-intrigue-over-wellington-s-dixon-street-and-gordon-wilson-flats “After housing thousands of New Zealanders over time, and notably during an acute…
Indeed – the story continues to roll out, until it all comes to an end… Here is an additional viewpoint…
An interesting viewpoint expressed on Newsroom: https://newsroom.co.nz/2025/07/11/an-unseemly-hatred-for-one-building/
Yeah, probably, but then again: never say never. As long as I’ve been in Wellington, the University has never managed…
Looks like that’s that then. From The Post this morning. . . “ Victoria chief operating officer Tina Wakefield confirmed…
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Thank Janet – your house sounds lovely. Well done for hanging on to it – and I hope it lasts…
Nemo – I live in a two-story timber framed concrete/stucco house built in 1940 for a photographer who worked at…
I’m wondering – is it the preponderance of concrete that makes people say “ugly” – so, does a new building…
Agreed – that one, I think most people might agree, is definitely NOT fugly. It’s quite cool.
Hi Mark, correct, but you still get a sense of volume at the stairs, and you get sun from both…
Potty-mouth comments were a direct quote from Succession – which can of course be excised. “Shit show in a fuck…
Oh Nemo my friend – you excel yourself !!!!! I have a very serious suggestion to make. This is so…
Apparently the cost for the demolition is in the millions because they can’t just blow it up with all of…
Correct. The facade is <34% NBS which dictates it's earthquake prone status. Removing that and adding a new skin and…
Minor correction to a great post. Unfortunately the often quoted double height spaces do not exist in this building. Living…
From that generation, I’d chuck in the Victory Flats in Berhampore.
I’m going to go with the green-tiled building on Manners St that Athfields did for Telecom in the 1980s -…
Are the old State Insurance Building and the old Defence Building in Stout Street big enough to be large? There…
And there was also this: https://architecturenow.co.nz/articles/a-tragic-waste/ “The apparent collusion, between the Honourable Chris Bishop and Te Herenga Waka Victoria University…