Vertical living : the architectural centre and the remaking of Wellington /

For more than fifty years, the Architectural Centre has helped shape the possibilities of modern life in urban New Zealand and profoundly influenced the remaking of Wellington. In 1946 a group of students and idealists got together to realise their visions for a modern city. Over the following half...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autores principales: Gatley, Julia (Autor), Walker, Paul (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Auckland University Press, 2014.
Edición:[International ed.].
Temas:
Architecture > New Zealand > Wellington > History.
Architecture > Nouvelle-Zélande > Wellington > Histoire.
ARCHITECTURE > Adaptive Reuse & Renovation.
ARCHITECTURE > Buildings > Landmarks & Monuments.
ARCHITECTURE > Professional Practice.
ARCHITECTURE > Reference.
Architecture
New Zealand > Wellington
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Cover; Title Page; Contents; Introduction; The Forties; Context: A Burgeoning Modernism; The Foundation of the Centre; Educating Architects and the Public; The Fifties and Sixties; Context: Affluence, Consumerism and Sprawl; Bursting into Print; The Gallery; The Battle for Town Planning; The Seventies and Eighties; Context: Commercial City; The Centre as a Protest and Lobby Group; The Recognition of Heritage Values; The Nineties and Beyond; Context: Leisure City; Exhibiting Architecture; Turning Sixty; Notes; Select Bibliography; Architectural Centre Presidents; Acknowledgements; Contributors

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