Conferences and symposiums
Upcoming conference
"redolent of the soil"—New Zealand interior and landscape architectures of the 1890s
A one-day symposium held under the auspices of the Centre for Building Performance Research, Victoria University of Wellington.
Date: Friday 1 December 2023
Venue: Wellington School of Architecture, Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington
Convener: Christine McCarthy
Past conferences
"more cars and fewer hen houses"—New Zealand interior and landscape architectures of the 1960s
A one-day symposium held under the auspices of the Centre for Building Performance Research, Victoria University of Wellington.
Date: Friday 2 December 2022
Venue: Wellington School of Architecture, Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington
Convener: Christine McCarthy
"the dazzle continued inside"—New Zealand interior and landscape architectures of the 1930s
A one-day symposium held under the auspices of the Centre for Building Performance Research, Victoria University of Wellington.
Date: Friday 3 December 2021
Venue: Wellington School of Architecture, Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington
Convener: Christine McCarthy
"simply another thing to keep clean"—New Zealand architecture in the 1990s
A one-day symposium held under the auspices of the Centre for Building Performance Research, Victoria University of Wellington.
Date: Friday 4 December 2020
Venue: Wellington School of Architecture, Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington
Convener: Christine McCarthy
"The raging fury"—New Zealand architecture in the 1900s
A one-day symposium held under the auspices of the Centre for Building Performance Research, Victoria University of Wellington.
Date: Friday 6 December 2019
Venue: Wellington School of Architecture, Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington
Convener: Christine McCarthy
"Colonisation in top gear"—New Zealand architecture in the 1870s
A one-day symposium held under the auspices of the Centre for Building Performance Research, Victoria University of Wellington.
Date: Friday 7 December 2018
Venue: Wellington School of Architecture, Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington
Convener: Christine McCarthy
"Nothing to be ashamed of in a good nail"—New Zealand architecture in the 1910s
A one-day symposium held under the auspices of the Centre for Building Performance Research, Victoria University of Wellington.
Date: Friday 1 December 2017
Venue: Wellington School of Architecture, Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington
Convener: Christine McCarthy
"all the appearances of being innovative"—New Zealand architecture in the 1970s
A one-day symposium held under the auspices of the Centre for Building Performance Research, Victoria University of Wellington.
Date: Friday 2 December 2016
Venue: Hugh Mackenzie Lecture Theatre 03, Kelburn Campus, Victoria University of Wellington
Convener: Christine McCarthy
"everything tastes better with cream"—New Zealand architecture in the 1950s
A one-day symposium held under the auspices of the Centre for Building Performance Research, Victoria University of Wellington.
Date: Friday 4 December 2015
Venue: Wellington School of Architecture, Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington
Convener: Christine McCarthy
"a massive colonial experiment"—New Zealand architecture in the 1840s
A one-day symposium held under the auspices of the Centre for Building Performance Research, Victoria University of Wellington.
Date: Friday 5 December 2014
Venue: Wellington School of Architecture, Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington
Convener: Christine McCarthy
Landscapes and Ecologies of Urban and Planning History
The 12th Australasian Urban History / Planning History conference, Victoria University of Wellington.
Date: 2–5 February 2014
Venue: Wellington School of Architecture, Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington
Architectural style spreads its wings—New Zealand architecture in the 1880s
A one-day symposium held under the auspices of the Centre for Building Performance Research, Victoria University of Wellington.
Date: Friday 6 December 2013
Venue: Wellington School of Architecture, Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington
Convener: Christine McCarthy
"a distressing lack of regularity"—New Zealand architecture in the 1850s
A one-day symposium held under the auspices of the Centre for Building Performance Research, Victoria University of Wellington.
Date: Friday 7 December 2012
Venue: Wellington School of Architecture, Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington
Convener: Christine McCarthy
"Good architecture should not be a plaything"—New Zealand architecture in the 1920s
A one-day symposium held under the auspices of the Centre for Building Performance Research, Victoria University of Wellington.
Date: Friday 2 December 2011
Venue: Wellington School of Architecture, Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington
Convener: Christine McCarthy
"Elegance and excesses"—New Zealand architecture in the 1860s
A one-day symposium held under the auspices of the Centre for Building Performance Research, Victoria University of Wellington.
Date: Friday 3 December 2010
Venue: Wellington School of Architecture, Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington
Convener: Christine McCarthy
"ponderously pedantic pediments prevail"—New Zealand architecture in the 1980s
A one-day symposium held under the auspices of the Centre for Building Performance Research, Victoria University of Wellington.
Date: Friday 4 December 2009
Venue: Wellington School of Architecture, Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington
Convener: Christine McCarthy
"From over-sweet cake to wholemeal bread"—New Zealand architecture in the 1940s
A one-day symposium held under the auspices of the Centre for Building Performance Research, Victoria University of Wellington.
Date: Friday 5 December 2008
Venue: Wellington School of Architecture, Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington
Convener: Christine McCarthy
"strident effects of instant sophistication"—New Zealand architecture in the 1890s
A one-day symposium held under the auspices of the Centre for Building Performance Research, Victoria University of Wellington.
Date: Friday 7 December 2007
Venue: Wellington School of Architecture, Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington
Convener: Christine McCarthy
"Pleasing homogeneity"—New Zealand architecture in the 1930s
A one-day symposium held under the auspices of the Centre for Building Performance Research, Victoria University of Wellington.
Date: Friday 8 December 2006
Venue: Wellington School of Architecture, Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington
Convener: Christine McCarthy
Fabricating Sustainability
39th Annual Conference of the Architectural Science Association.
Date: 17–19 November 2005
Venue: Wellington School of Architecture, Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington
"about as austere as a Dior gown"—New Zealand architecture in the 1960s
A one-day symposium held under the auspices of the Centre for Building Performance Research, Victoria University of Wellington.
Date: Friday 9 December 2005
Venue: Wellington School of Architecture, Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington
Convener: Christine McCarthy
"we have no style"—New Zealand architecture 1900-1918
A one-day symposium held under the auspices of the Centre for Building Performance Research, Victoria University of Wellington.
Date: Friday 3 December 2004
Venue: Wellington School of Architecture, Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington
Convener: Christine McCarthy