TY - BOOK AU - Gatley,Julia AU - Walker,Paul TI - Vertical living: the Architectural Centre and the remaking of Wellington SN - 9781869408152 AV - NA1607.W4 U1 - 720.99363 23 PY - 2014/// CY - Auckland PB - Auckland University Press KW - Architectural Centre (Wellington, N.Z.) KW - History KW - Architecture KW - New Zealand KW - Wellington KW - 20th century KW - City planning N1 - 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 N2 - "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 ER -