architects

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nemo
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The NZIA Resene APL National Awards for Architecture were announced to the world last week in Christchurch, arguably the newest city on the planet, and one with probably the world’s greatest proportion of Architect-designed buildings in the CBD. Christchurch is looking fine! The sun was shining, the tourists are there by the thousand, and there are not any footpath beggars in sight. The buildings maketh the…

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nemo
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No doubt there are more important things to write about today – Trump’s impeachment trial is on at the moment, the housing crisis continues to be a crisis, the pandemic continues to rage even while the vaccine starts to be rolled out – and New Zealand argues about whether men should have to wear a tie in Parliament. The big things – the important things. The…

Maximus
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Hmm – yes I know the order doesn’t seem right – houses before drawing – but no this isn’t a lesson on architectural conservation documentation. Rather it’s an observation that new groups, organisations, and commercial companies are entering a territory once confined to that of professional institutes, and providing so-called disinterested, impartial advice.