Tony Watkins
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Leonard Anthony Watkins BArch, MArch
(Hons) (1967) Auck, DipTP
, FNZIA
, RIBA
, known as Tony Watkins, is a New Zealand
architect, planner, urban designer, author and international peace activist.
and was educated at St Peter's College, Auckland
. His tertiary education was at the University of Auckland
.
at a meeting of the International Union of Architects
in 1990 Watkins initiated a process which led to more than seventy Institutes of Architects around the world adopting an environmental policy. He assisted with the writing of Agenda 21
and, with his students, initiated the Peaceful cities concept at the UN Habitat II
Conference in Istanbul
in 1996. He was a founding member of International Architects Designers and Planners for Social Responsibility. Currently he is Co-Director of the International Union of Architects Sustainability Work Programme. For many years he lectured on Vernacular Architecture
at The University of Auckland, and has a passionate love of community architecture. He gave the first solar-powered lecture at the University of Auckland.
March
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(Hons) (1967) Auck, DipTP
Diploma
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, FNZIA
New Zealand Institute of Architects
The New Zealand Institute of Architects is a membership based professional organisation. This body represents 90% of all registered architects in New Zealand and promotes architecture that enhances the New Zealand living environment....
, RIBA
Riba
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, known as Tony Watkins, is a New Zealand
New Zealand
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architect, planner, urban designer, author and international peace activist.
Early life
He spent his childhood in AucklandAuckland
The Auckland metropolitan area , in the North Island of New Zealand, is the largest and most populous urban area in the country with residents, percent of the country's population. Auckland also has the largest Polynesian population of any city in the world...
and was educated at St Peter's College, Auckland
St Peter's College, Auckland
St Peter's College is a Catholic college for year 7 to 13 boys . The school, located in Auckland, is one of the largest Catholic schools in New Zealand and is an integrated school under an integration agreement entered into by the Catholic Bishop of Auckland and the Government of New Zealand in...
. His tertiary education was at the University of Auckland
University of Auckland
The University of Auckland is a university located in Auckland, New Zealand. It is the largest university in the country and the highest ranked in the 2011 QS World University Rankings, having been ranked worldwide...
.
Career
In MontrealMontreal
Montreal is a city in Canada. It is the largest city in the province of Quebec, the second-largest city in Canada and the seventh largest in North America...
at a meeting of the International Union of Architects
International Union of Architects
The International Union of Architects is an international non-governmental organization that represents over a million architects in 124 countries. The UIA was founded in Lausanne, Switzerland, in 1948. The General Secretariat is located in Paris...
in 1990 Watkins initiated a process which led to more than seventy Institutes of Architects around the world adopting an environmental policy. He assisted with the writing of Agenda 21
Agenda 21
Agenda 21 is an action plan of the United Nations related to sustainable development and was an outcome of the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, in 1992...
and, with his students, initiated the Peaceful cities concept at the UN Habitat II
Habitat II
Habitat II - the Second United Nations Conference on Human Settlements - was held in Istanbul, Turkey from June 3–14, 1996, twenty years after the 1976 Habitat conference in Vancouver that had led to the establishment of the Nairobi-based United Nations Centre on Human Settlements. The twin...
Conference in Istanbul
Istanbul
Istanbul , historically known as Byzantium and Constantinople , is the largest city of Turkey. Istanbul metropolitan province had 13.26 million people living in it as of December, 2010, which is 18% of Turkey's population and the 3rd largest metropolitan area in Europe after London and...
in 1996. He was a founding member of International Architects Designers and Planners for Social Responsibility. Currently he is Co-Director of the International Union of Architects Sustainability Work Programme. For many years he lectured on Vernacular Architecture
Vernacular architecture
Vernacular architecture is a term used to categorize methods of construction which use locally available resources and traditions to address local needs and circumstances. Vernacular architecture tends to evolve over time to reflect the environmental, cultural and historical context in which it...
at The University of Auckland, and has a passionate love of community architecture. He gave the first solar-powered lecture at the University of Auckland.
Tony Watkin's publications
- S L A Watkins, Chapel of the Hampton Park Estate / drawn by L.A. Watkins, Measured drawing (BArch), University of Auckland, 1957.
- L. Anthony Watkins, Architecture as liturgy : the sacred function of Christian architecture. An investigation of space, form and materials as liturgical elements, with particular reference to New Zealand society and the spirit of the second Vatican Council, University of Auckland, 1967.
- Tony Watkins, The visual management of the Waitemata harbour : the appearance and design’ report of the Waitemata harbour study, Auckland Harbour Board? Auckland Regional Authority?, Auckland, 1972;.
- Tony Watkins, Vernacular : an architecture for Agenda 21 and the Resource Management Act / the "Vernacular Architecture" students of 1994, School of Architecture, Property and Planning, University of Auckland, text by Tony Watkins, Karaka Bay Press, Auckland, 1994.
- Tony Watkins, Trans-Siberian: Hong Kong, Guilin, Xian, beijing, Ulan Bator, Terelji, Irkutsk, Baikal, Moscow, Saint Petersburg, London, Soutwell, Cork, Galway, Dublin, Caersws, Oxford, Macau : the very personal diary of Tony Watkins, August/September 1995, The author, Auckland, 1995.
- Tony Watkins, Piglet the great of Karaka Bay, text and photographs by Tony Watkins, Balasoglou Books, Auckland, 2003.