With shared concerns about the process by which the decision to demolish Christchurch’s NZ Express Company Building (a.k.a. Manchester Courts) was reached, DOCOMOMO NZ chair Christine McCarthy and Architectural Centre president Guy Marriage have written a joint letter to the Hon Christopher Finlayson, Attorney-General and Minister for Arts, Culture and Heritage, presenting the broader issues that [...]

The exhibition, ‘Long Live the Modern: New Zealand’s New Architecture, 1904-1984′, will show at the Adam Art Gallery at Victoria University of Wellington from 23 October to 17 December 2010, and from 25 January to 6 March 2011.  In conjunction with the exhibition, co-curator Julia Gatley will conduct a bus tour to modern places in Wellington [...]