resources
Archleaks
A now retired site with anonymous contributions describing working conditions in architectural offices in Europe. To be taken with a dose of salt.
UN Call for proposals
un Magazine volume 6 issue 1 Call for Proposals
Deadline: 5 MARCH 2012
Density Is Home - Housing By A+t Research Group
A+t Research Group (Editors)
A+t (2011), 400 pages, paperback.
Homelessness Research Conference call for papers
Abstract submissions close on Friday 16 December 2011
Canadian Competitions Catalogue
“The Canadian Competitions Catalogue (CCC) search engine is an initiative of the Laboratoire d’étude de l’architecture potentielle, in order to render public an essential portion of its documentary database.”
Talking Homes - Karen Burns
Dr Karen Burns discusses the home, the house, and housing. Touching on TV’s The Block, Ikea, homelessness, and the work of Simon Anderson in Perth, the video of this brief Melbourne Architecture Annual session in 2011 is worth watching. 11 minutes.
The Melbourne Urbanist
Dr Alan Davies: “The Melbourne Urbanist is a site for discussion about key issues in planning and development, particularly in my city, Melbourne, Australia.”
Hastings Civic Square Redevelopment Competition
This is a design competition to put forward how Civic Square can become an arts, culture and heritage hub of the future Hastings city.
The Atlantic Cities
An online offshoot of the The Atlantic magazine, this website groups together articles urban.
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.
ASC Architects
Formerly Andrews Scott Cotton.
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.
