Wellington Architectural Centre
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The Architectural Centre Inc is a nonprofit organization in Wellington, New Zealand
for architects and laypeople which offers lectures, site visits, tours and exhibitions.
It is a co-organiser of Wellington Architecture Week.
. The Centre has been a key focus for architectural debate since this time. It ran the first architectural school in Wellington (1946-1956), and the first town planning school in New Zealand (1949-1956). It also ran the Centre Gallery (1953-1968), an early venue for exhibiting modern art, and published Design Review (1948-1954) - one of the first design-oriented journals in New Zealand. The Centre has also held many exhibitions, including: Te Aro Replanned (1947/48), Vertical Living/ Living in Cities (1954), 196X (1960), Harbour Front (1971), Unbuilt Wellington (1987) Home made Home (1991), Reclaiming (Northern Gateway Exhibition) (1999), and the Manifesto exhibition (2006). It has lobbied the city council about issues to do with Wellington's built environment and run competitions, such as the annual 20under40 24 hour ideas competition, which began in 1990. Recently, the Arch Centre published an architectural manifesto (2006) and has been a partner in the organisation of Wellington Architectural Week.
Past and present key members of the Wellington Architectural Centre include: Bill Alington (1929-), Ian Athfield
(1940-), James Albert Beard (1924-), Sandy Beath, Jock Beere (1913-2001), John Cox (1902-1984), Deb Cranko, Helmut Einhorn (1911-1988), Charles Fearnley (1915-198?), Al Gabites, Julia Gatley, Kate Linzey, Stephen McDougall, Christine McCarthy, Christina Mackay, Guy Marriage, Lew Martin (1925-), Alan Minty, Gordon Moller, Geoff Nees (1923-1999), Tim Nees, Fred Newman/Friedrich Neumann (1900-1964), Gerald Parsonson, Maurice Patience (d. 1987), Ernst Plischke
(1903-1992), George Porter (1921-1998), Ian Reynolds (1922-2005), Bill Sutch
(1907-1975), Bill Toomath (1925-), Anthony Treadwell
(1922-2003), Paul Walker (1958-), Roger Walker (1942-), Allan Wild and Derek Wilson
(1922-).
New Zealand
New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...
for architects and laypeople which offers lectures, site visits, tours and exhibitions.
It is a co-organiser of Wellington Architecture Week.
History of the Centre
The Centre was established in 1946 in Wellington, New ZealandNew Zealand
New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...
. The Centre has been a key focus for architectural debate since this time. It ran the first architectural school in Wellington (1946-1956), and the first town planning school in New Zealand (1949-1956). It also ran the Centre Gallery (1953-1968), an early venue for exhibiting modern art, and published Design Review (1948-1954) - one of the first design-oriented journals in New Zealand. The Centre has also held many exhibitions, including: Te Aro Replanned (1947/48), Vertical Living/ Living in Cities (1954), 196X (1960), Harbour Front (1971), Unbuilt Wellington (1987) Home made Home (1991), Reclaiming (Northern Gateway Exhibition) (1999), and the Manifesto exhibition (2006). It has lobbied the city council about issues to do with Wellington's built environment and run competitions, such as the annual 20under40 24 hour ideas competition, which began in 1990. Recently, the Arch Centre published an architectural manifesto (2006) and has been a partner in the organisation of Wellington Architectural Week.
Past and present key members of the Wellington Architectural Centre include: Bill Alington (1929-), Ian Athfield
Ian Athfield
Ian Charles Athfield is a New Zealand architect. He was born in Christchurch and graduated from the University of Auckland in 1963 with a Diploma of Architecture. That same year he joined Structon Group Architects, and he became a partner in 1965...
(1940-), James Albert Beard (1924-), Sandy Beath, Jock Beere (1913-2001), John Cox (1902-1984), Deb Cranko, Helmut Einhorn (1911-1988), Charles Fearnley (1915-198?), Al Gabites, Julia Gatley, Kate Linzey, Stephen McDougall, Christine McCarthy, Christina Mackay, Guy Marriage, Lew Martin (1925-), Alan Minty, Gordon Moller, Geoff Nees (1923-1999), Tim Nees, Fred Newman/Friedrich Neumann (1900-1964), Gerald Parsonson, Maurice Patience (d. 1987), Ernst Plischke
Ernst Plischke
Ernst Anton Plischke was an Austrian-New Zealand modernist architect, town planner and furniture designer whose work is well known throughout Europe and New Zealand.-Early years:...
(1903-1992), George Porter (1921-1998), Ian Reynolds (1922-2005), Bill Sutch
Bill Sutch
William Ball Sutch was a New Zealand economist, historian, writer, public servant, and public intellectual. In 1974, he was charged with trying to pass New Zealand Government information to the Soviet Union. He was acquitted....
(1907-1975), Bill Toomath (1925-), Anthony Treadwell
Anthony Treadwell
Anthony "Tony" Treadwell was an early member of the Wellington Architectural Centre and an accomplished modernist architect, architectural educator and painter...
(1922-2003), Paul Walker (1958-), Roger Walker (1942-), Allan Wild and Derek Wilson
Derek Wilson
Derek J. Wilson is a New Zealand architect. He was active in Wellington. He is also known as an environmentalist, and has published several works.-Early years and private life:...
(1922-).
External links
- Wellington Architectural Centre. Official site.
- City Gallery Wellington - Cuttings from the Centre exhibition, 1996
- Eventfinder: Wellington Architecture Week
See also
- SAHANZSAHANZSAHANZ was founded in South Australia in 1984. It is a scholarly society for the advancement of research into the history of architecture, with a focus on New Zealand, Australia and the South Pacific...
Society of Architectural Historians - Auckland Architecture Association or weblink
- The Architecture Centre Network
- The New Zealand Historic Places TrustNew Zealand Historic Places TrustThe New Zealand Historic Places Trust is a non-profit trust that advocates for the protection of ancestral sites and heritage buildings in New Zealand...
or weblink