resources
Under 40 Japanese architects
This Masters thesis movie by Vincent Hecht about young Japanese architects, including Junya Ishigami, Akihisa Hirata, Ryuji Nakamura and Sou Fujimoto, suggesting the start of a new generation in 2010. Includes interviews with architects and internal tours.
The Elegant Shed - The Extroverts
An Wellington-focused episode from the important 1984 documentary series on New Zealand architecture, hosted by David Mitchell. Included are interviews with Wellington architects Ian Athfield and Roger Walker. Includes footage of John Scott’s Futuna Chapel and Ernst Plischke’s Massey House.
Japan Architecture Tour 2013
Tokyo, Kyoto & Frank Lloyd Wright Architecture Tour
Hometown Boomtown
This TV documentary from 1983 guides us through the rapid changes in Wellington in the 1970s to earthquake proof the city, and build a motorway through it. Aside from the cheesy music, it’s pretty darn interesting for anyone with an association with the city.
Lost Property
Subtitled “Auckland’s Alternative Modernist Architecture and History: A work in progress”, this great site is a who’s who of mid-century Auckland architects, many of whom have disappeared off the radar.
2012 Dulux Colour Awards
CALLING ALL BEAUTIFUL MINDS: ENTRIES FOR 2012 DULUX COLOUR AWARDS OPEN
Entry for the 2012 Dulux Colour Awards is now open, calling all architects, designers, specifiers and students to reveal their innovative and inspiring use of colour.
EAA Jan 2012 Field Trip - Solomon Islands
Emergency Architects Australia is offering 20 people the opportunity to travel to Obombollu in The Solomon Islands to participate in the delivery of village latrines over a 2 week period.
Victorian Design Review Panel
“The Office of the Victorian Government Architect (OVGA) is establishing the Victorian Design Review Panel. Funded by the Department of Premier and Cabinet as a three year pilot program, with the model of delivery drawn from international best practice, this expert panel will review major Government projects at key stages of the design process. The aim of the panel is to ensure best value and highest quality in public buildings and places in the interests of all Victorians.
ESD Design Guide - Offices and Public Buildings
“This guide gives a basic introduction to ecological sustainability issues and specifically how the built environment affects them. It begins by outlining the Australian position on Ecologically Sustainable Development (ESD) and some key policies relevant to buildings and ESD.
State housing in New Zealand
The story of New Zealand state housing through the decades. The site includes a media gallery.
Design Philosophy Papers
This site has closed – the web link below is to the Internet Archive’s 2015 save.
Some content up until the journal’s closure in 2018 is available at the publisher’s website here.
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The latest issue only is freely available online.
Sustainable Buildings Victoria
A state government and industry sponsored guide to a few of Victoria’s greener buildings. A Flash site with interactive map.
Architecture 2030
“Architecture 2030, a non-profit, non-partisan and independent organization, was established in response to the climate change crisis by architect Edward Mazria in 2002. 2030’s mission is to rapidly transform the U.S. and global Building Sector from the major contributor of greenhouse gas emissions to a central part of the solution to the climate change, energy consumption, and economic crises. Our goal is straightforward: to achieve a dramatic reduction in the climate-change-causing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions of the Building Sector by changing the way buildings and developments are planned, designed and constructed.”
Fletcher Challenge Archives
A searchable photo library including many historic New Zealand construction images and plans.
Architecture + Women - NZ
“The purpose of this website is to provide a current database and network of women in architecture associated with New Zealand. You may be working within New Zealand or elsewhere in the world, or currently not working in the architectural field. Whatever your relationship to architecture, your information counts.
Pin-up Summer Residency Opportunity
Pin-up launches its inaugural Summer Residency program with an exciting opportunity for Melbourne-based architects, designers and artists to work in-situ within the Pin-up gallery over the summer period to produce a project or body of work. In consultation with the Pin-up creative team, the output of the Summer Residency will form the launch exhibition for 2012.
