Tag: Modernism
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The politics of the architect’s narrative
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Opinion: Karamia Müller believes stories about architecture need to examine power, displacement and capital.
Discovering Noel D’Arcy Blackburn
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Matt Grant visits architect Noel Blackburn’s Hillcrest house in Hamilton and decides to find out more about his work.
Concealed forever – Tibor Donner’s extraordinary roof
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Tibor Donner’s own house has just turned 75 and will be open to viewing during this year’s Auckland Heritage Festival, on Saturday 30 September and Sunday 1 October.
Revisiting the Aaltos
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Pete Bossley tours Finnish architecture and design, using drawing as thinking to uncover its power.
The Sang House: Retracing an icon
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As beloved late Kiwi architect Ron Sang’s own house prepares to go to auction, Maggie Hubert looks back at the home’s architectural evolution from 1973 to now.
Alien subversives
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Gina Hochstein and Bill McKay re-examine the shunned place of post-war European émigré architecture in the International Style in New Zealand’s architectural history.
‘An arm or a leg’: Forest Pavilion
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A linear pavilion pays homage to California modernism: an oasis of calm on the edge of a forested enclave in Titirangi.
A testament to Le Corbusier
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UNESCO has added 17 projects in 7 countries by Modernist architect Le Corbusier to their World Heritage List.