Vertical living : the Architectural Centre and the remaking of Wellington /
Gatley, Julia,
Vertical living : the Architectural Centre and the remaking of Wellington / Julia Gatley and Paul Walker. - 220 pages : illustrations (some colour) ; 25 cm
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction -- -- The forties -- Context: a burgeoning modernism -- The foundation of the centre -- Educating architects and the public -- -- The fifties and sixties -- Conntext: affluence, consumerism and sprawl -- 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.
"In 1946 a group of students and idealists got together to realise their visions for a modern city. Over the following half century, the Architectural Centre they founded helped to shape the possibilities of modern life in urban New Zealand and profoundly influenced the remaking of Wellington."--Publisher's website.
9781869408152 1869408152
Architectural Centre (Wellington, N.Z.)--History.
Architecture--History--New Zealand--Wellington--20th century.
City planning--History--New Zealand--Wellington--20th century.
NA1607.W4
720.99363 720.993465
Vertical living : the Architectural Centre and the remaking of Wellington / Julia Gatley and Paul Walker. - 220 pages : illustrations (some colour) ; 25 cm
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction -- -- The forties -- Context: a burgeoning modernism -- The foundation of the centre -- Educating architects and the public -- -- The fifties and sixties -- Conntext: affluence, consumerism and sprawl -- 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.
"In 1946 a group of students and idealists got together to realise their visions for a modern city. Over the following half century, the Architectural Centre they founded helped to shape the possibilities of modern life in urban New Zealand and profoundly influenced the remaking of Wellington."--Publisher's website.
9781869408152 1869408152
Architectural Centre (Wellington, N.Z.)--History.
Architecture--History--New Zealand--Wellington--20th century.
City planning--History--New Zealand--Wellington--20th century.
NA1607.W4
720.99363 720.993465