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Futuna : life of a building / edited by Nick Bevin & Gregory O'Brien ; photographs by Paul McCredie & Gavin Woodward.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: Wellington, New Zealand : Victoria University Press in association with Futuna Charitable Trust, [2016]Copyright date: ©2016Description: 154 pages : colour illustrations ; 26 cmContent type:
  • text
  • still image
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781776560523
  • 1776560523
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 726.5099363 23
LOC classification:
  • BL628 .F888 2016
Contents:
Mihi -- Foreword / Celia Wade-Brown -- Introduction / David Mitchell -- Life of a building / Chris Cochran -- Voices in the silence / various contributors -- A personal perspective / Niall McLaughlin -- Ode to Futuna Chapel / a poem by Gregory O'Brien -- Life goes on: 1988-2015 / Nick Bevin and Gregory O'Brien -- The return of Christ to Futuna Chapel / a poem by Gregory O'Brien -- Present and future / Nick Bevin and Gregory O'Brien -- Chronolgy -- Further reading -- Poem for John Scott / Hone Tuwhare.
Summary: "... Tells the remarkable story of Futuna Chapel's design and construction, its use for many years as a place of retreat and contemplation, its recognition as a leading example of New Zealand architecture, its loss of context (spiritually and physically), its dereliction, purchase and renaissance - and its transformation from a Catholic place of worship to a non-denominational centre for architectural, cultural and spiritual encounter"--Publisher information.
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Mihi -- Foreword / Celia Wade-Brown -- Introduction / David Mitchell -- Life of a building / Chris Cochran -- Voices in the silence / various contributors -- A personal perspective / Niall McLaughlin -- Ode to Futuna Chapel / a poem by Gregory O'Brien -- Life goes on: 1988-2015 / Nick Bevin and Gregory O'Brien -- The return of Christ to Futuna Chapel / a poem by Gregory O'Brien -- Present and future / Nick Bevin and Gregory O'Brien -- Chronolgy -- Further reading -- Poem for John Scott / Hone Tuwhare.

"... Tells the remarkable story of Futuna Chapel's design and construction, its use for many years as a place of retreat and contemplation, its recognition as a leading example of New Zealand architecture, its loss of context (spiritually and physically), its dereliction, purchase and renaissance - and its transformation from a Catholic place of worship to a non-denominational centre for architectural, cultural and spiritual encounter"--Publisher information.

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