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Upcoming conferences
"... ponderously pedantic pediments prevail ... good, clean fun in a bad, dirty world":
New Zealand Architecture in the 1980s
This conference is held under the auspices of the Centre for Building Performance Research, Victoria University
Date: Friday 4th December 2009
Venue: School of Architecture, Victoria University, Wellington
Convener: Christine McCarthy
More information about this conference.
Past conferences
"From over-sweet cake to wholemeal bread" - the Home & Building years: New Zealand Architecture in the 1940s
This conference is held under the auspices of the Centre for Building Performance Research, Victoria University
Date: Friday 5th December 2008
Venue: School of Architecture, Victoria University, Wellington
Convener: Christine McCarthy
More information about this conference.
"strident effects of instant sophistication": New Zealand Architecture in the 1890s
This conference is held under the auspices of the Centre for Building Performance Research, Victoria University.
Date: Friday 7th December 2007
Venue: School of Architecture, Victoria University, Wellington
Convener: Christine McCarthy
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One day Symposium: "Pleasing homogeneity," "Dull times," and "animated cocktails": New Zealand Architecture in the 1930s
Date: Friday 8th December 2006
Venue: School of Architecture, Victoria University, Wellington
Convener: Christine McCarthy
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"Fabricating Sustainability"
39th Annual Conference of the Architectural Science Association.
17 - 19 November, 2005. Schools of Architecture & Design, Lecturer Theatre 2, 139 Vivian Street, Wellington.
One Day Symposium: " " ... about as austere as a Dior gown ...".
Friday 9 December, Schools of Architecture & Design, Wellington.
Pacific Architecture Colloquium 05
Saturday 3 September, 2005.
'Architectural Practice in the Pacific' is the 2005 theme for the Pacific Architecture Colloquium series initiated by the Centre for Building Performance Research in Victoria University of Wellington's School of Architecture.
" ... we have no style ... ": New Zealand Architecture 1900-1918: a one day architectural history symposium
Hosted by the Centre for Building Performance Research on Friday 3rd December 2004.
Twenty-six people participated, two from Australia (Melbourne and Tasmania), with other participants from Northland, Auckland, Wellington, Christchurch and Dunedin. Institutions represented included: Christchurch City Council, Massey University, New Zealand Historic Places Trust, R.M.I.T., Unitec New Zealand, University of Auckland, University of Canterbury, University of Otago, University of Tasmania, Victoria University, and the Wellington City Council.
Thirteen papers were presented from fifteen people representing: Christchurch City Council, University of Auckland, University of Canterbury, University of Otago, University of Tasmania, Unitec New Zealand, Victoria University, and the Wellington City Council.
A call for papers for the 2005 symposium is scheduled to be circulated prior to Christmas.
The symposium abstracts are available for you to access (see below). A full proceedings publication can be obtained for the cost of $20.
Symposium Abstracts (pdf file 101KB)
Symposium Abstracts (doc file 467KB)
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