Architectural design

Date: 1930 - 1980

By: Firth, Cedric Harold, 1908-1994

Reference: Plans-94-039

Description: Plans for buildings designed by Cedric Firth in partnership with Ernst Plischke and by Cedric Firth alone, including Massey House, Lambton Quay and other public and private buildings mostly in Wellington. Arrangement: In groups as maintained by Cedric Firth. Quantity: 905 plan(s). 11 drawing(s) of buildings designed by Cedric Firth.

Date: 1946-2006

By: Architectural Centre (Wellington, N.Z.)

Reference: MS-Group-0850

Description: Records include committee papers (minutes, annual reports, correspondence, etc), 1959-2005; files of committee members, Deb Cranko and Christina Mackay; copies of Broadsheet - the Centre's newsletter; reports and submissions on developments within the Wellington region including the Wakefield Centre and Wellington Harbour Development; also includes minutes and submissions from the Save Our City Campaign; newspaper clippings and copied of various local government statutes; exhibition papers including those of Barbara Till re `Unbuilt Wellington' exhibition, 1989, `Women in Architecture' - the Suffrage Year exhibition, 1993, the Northern Gateway project, 2001, and World Architecture Week, 2002; papers re competitions, mainly `20 under 40' architectural competition; subject files including large file on State Insurance Building and Wellington Waterfront; financial papers, membership lists, newsletters and newspaper clippings The Architectural Centre was founded in 1946. It is a multi-disciplinary, independent voluntary organisation that includes architects, writers, artists, engineers, town planners and students with a common concern for architecture, the built environment and Wellington City. It established the Centre Gallery, Wellington's first dealer art gallery; published a magazine `Design review'; ran a summer design school; lobbied for the establishment of a Town Planning Section in the Wellington City Council and a School of Architecture at Victoria University. It has also organised exhibitions, symposiums, architectural tours, newspaper columns, seminars with visiting and local speakers and lobbied for a better built environment Quantity: 249 folder(s). 2 volume(s). 2.02 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Holographs, typescripts, printed matter, photographs, architectural drawings Transfers: Collection as a whole received into Manuscripts, transfers made from here - To Photographic Archive - Photographs and negatives including Oriental Parade, Mount Victoria, Kaingaroa State Forest, Ridvan Subdivision (Ngaio), etc (Acc 77-046) - To Ephemera Collection - Programmes and pamphlets (Acc 2005-314) (B ARCHITECTURE 2004, C SCULPTURE 2004, A BATS 2004, A BUILDINGS Wgtn 2004, A VICT 2004, B BUILD SUPPLIES 1992, B BUILD SUPPLIES 1979, B BUILD SUPPLIES 1986, B ARCHITECTURE 1998); 1 folder of posters and fliers (a2008-148) - To Book Collections - 'Wesley Wellington Parish' [Wellington, ca 2000-2005] (Acc 2005-314) - To Photographic Archive - Digital photographs of Wellington and the Wairarapa (PADL-000545 to PADL-000560).

Date: 29 Mar, 9,14,21,28 Apr, 30 Jun 1999 - 29 Mar 1999 - 30 Jun 1999

From: `Back to the drawing board' - Hamilton architects oral history project

By: Hill, Arthur Edward, 1920-2007

Reference: OHInt-0483-08

Description: Ted Hill was born in Birmingham, England in 1920. Recalls his mother's death when he was six years old and several housekeepers. Describes being interested in singing and painting as a child and leaving school at the age of fourteen. Describes his father's death from an accident when he was sixteen. Talks about working for an accounting firm and then for his uncle's building business where he learnt about drawing, buildings and surveying. Discusses joining the army in 1940, being accepted for officer training and going to the north west frontier of India. Gives a detailed description of his time in India, becoming a parachutist, and being sent to Imphal where the Japanese were driven out. Recalls rethinking his direction after the war and doing a course in architecture at Art School in Birmingham. Describes the battle between classical and modern architecture at the time. Recalls his first job in Birmingham and a subsequent job in London. Mentions marriage and divorce before coming to New Zealand in 1958. Recalls Ministry of Works architects Frank Stewart, Gordon Wilson, Warwick Keen, Neville Burren, Jock Beere and the `Tomato House' in Wellington. Recalls his first job on an office accommodation block and doing working drawings for the Government Print Office. Discusses the role of Ned Blake Kelly in this project. Recalls the design and requirements for the Vogel building, interaction with Frank Shephard and problems with the building. Discusses architectural training and design. Recalls taking a leading role in problems with working conditions for architects. Describes wanting to move to a smaller town, living and working in Wanganui then moving to Cambridge and working in the Ministry of Works at Hamilton. Discusses opposing the Ministry of Works scheme for a Cambridge bypass. Talks about the design of the Hamilton police station. Comments on architects Michael Graves and Geoff Mardon. Discusses work for the University of Waikato. Mentions site difficulties and gives details of design and schedules. Talks about the construction of four science blocks by Street Construction. Comments on the university lakes, the Lady Goodfellow Chapel and the Library building. Discusses the Ministry of Works goal of creating sound buildings with a minimum of maintenance. Discusses the Huntly power station, the Performing Arts Centre and the courthouse. Discusses the influence of the client on the architectural process. Comments on the local branch of the New Zealand Institute of Architects. Lists awards achieved by Hamilton Ministry of Works architects. One tape is a commentary made while walking through the grounds of the University of Waikato. Interviewer(s) - Athol Attwood Quantity: 12 C60 cassette(s). 1 printed abstract(s). 1 interview(s). 12 Hours Duration. Finding Aids: Abstract Available - abstracting complete OHA-3099.

Date: 29 Apr 1998

From: `Back to the drawing board' - Hamilton architects oral history project

By: Procuta, Vaclovas Viktoras, 1929-; Kellaway, Laura Liane, 1965-

Reference: OHInt-0483-14

Description: Vic Procuta was born in Lithuania in 1929. Describes how his father was an army officer and his mother a dressmaker. Discusses the role of his grandparents in his upbringing. Talks about living in the old city of Vilnius and his love of its architecture. Describes the political `benevolent dictatorship' of the 1930s in Lithuania. Discusses the effect on the country of being between Germany and Russia. Recalls the German occupation while he was in high school and the German retreat from the Russians in 1944. Describes how his family left Vilnius in a convoy with other army families, crossed into Germany, saw the bombardment of Dresden, and went to Speigelau on the German-Czechoslovak border. Mentions that his father left and was later returned to the family with tuberculosis and died. Describes being taken over by American troops in 1945. Describes the acceptance of his family for immigration to New Zealand in 1947 and being sent to the Pahiatua camp. Discusses their three months there before being sent to Dunedin, working in a clothing factory and as a draughtsman for the Otago Education Board. Comments on Dunedin. Describes assistance from architects John Fathers and Ted McCoy and advice to go to the School of Architecture rather than undertake long-term extramural study. Describes the family's move to Auckland. Mentions Vernon Brown, a lecturer at the School of Architecture. Discusses moving to Whangarei after studying architecture and working for Ray Woolford and Ron Smith. Describes returning to Auckland and working with Steve Vilicich on restaurant alterations in 1957-1958. Mentions the Clevelands Hotel. Describes abandoning his architectural thesis. Mentions Professor Dick Toy. Talks about moving to Hamilton and doing hospital design for Frank Gillman and David Sayers, briefly working for the South Auckland Education Board then moving to the United States. Describes living in Wisconsin and resitting exams to qualify for architectural registration. Comments on the United States in the 1960s. Describes the work of Frank Lloyd Wright, his impact and his personality. Talks about the family's decision to return to New Zealand in 1967 for financial reasons, the need to get a re-entry permit and settling in Wanganui. Describes shifting to Hamilton and working for the South Auckland Education Board. Discusses his lack of practical knowledge and assistance given by Noel Earls. Discusses the Building Code used by the Education Board. Recalls his work on secondary schools. Recalls working with Warwick Kellaway on the open plan concept of classrooms at Deanwell and its wider application. Describes the use of relocatable classrooms and their flexibility. Comments on the industrial growth of Turangi, Tokoroa and Putaruru, the need for extra classrooms and being flooded with work in the 1970s and 1980s. Discusses the Waikato-Bay of Plenty branch of the New Zealand Institute of Architects and some of their conferences. Talks about Hamilton architects and their failure to speak up more against the Council. Mentions some of the architects' wives as being more actively involved. Comments on the failure to utilise the river in town planning. Describes the work of Warwick Kellaway in preserving local architecture. Comments on the design work of Doug Angus and Bernie Ray (Rae). Mentions working with Steve Mrkusic and others in Five Plus One Architects when the Education Boards were disbanded in 1989. Describes going into business on his own. Comments on the expectations of clients. Mentions some of the local women architects including Laura Kellaway, Ros Empson, Jane-Lee Smith and Wendy Moody. Interviewer(s) - Laura Kellaway Quantity: 5 C60 cassette(s). 1 printed abstract(s). 1 interview(s). 5 Hours Duration. Finding Aids: Abstract Available - abstracting complete OHA-3105.

Date: Jun 2000-Jun 2002 - 01 Jun 2000 - 01 Jun 2002

By: Staffan, Marjorie Janice, 1936-2008; Bastings, June Christina, 1928-2016; Fantl, Robert, 1923-2016; Salinger, Lesleigh, active 1999-2000s

Reference: OHColl-0773

Description: Nineteen interviews about the early years of the Architectural Centre in Wellington. Interviewees talk about their lives and their involvement in the organisation. Interviewees are: William Alington, June Bastings, James Beard, Doreen Blumhardt, Richard Cockcroft, Patricia Drawbridge Wild, Ester Einhorn, Robert Fantl, John Gates, Avis Higgs, Marjory Nees, Roderick Hull, Ian Reynolds, Peter Sheppard, William (Bill) Toomath, Anthony Treadwell, Allan Wild and Derek Wilson Interviewer(s) - Jan Staffan Interviewer(s) - June Bastings Interviewer(s) - Robert Fantl Interviewer(s) - Lesleigh Salinger Arrangement: Digital files arranged as OHDL-000788, OHDL-001505 - OHDL-001510 Quantity: 25 C60 cassette(s). 20 interview(s). 18 printed abstract(s). 7 Electronic document(s) - abstracts. 3 audiocassette(s). 1 folder(s). Finding Aids: Abstract Available - abstracting complete abstracts available for most interviews.

Date: 1918-1963

Reference: MS-Group-1291

Description: The collection comprises his certificates and other qualifications, some correspondence and notes, his report to the Ministry of Works on his overseas tour in 1960, and his papers and articles on architectural and design matters. Most of these were published by Andrew Leach in his work `Frederick H Hewman, Lectures on architecture' (A&S Books, Prague 2003). Newman's extensive collection of photographs and architectural plans have been transferred to Turnbull Library Pictures and the Drawings and Prints Section respectively. Publication - Newman's papers and lectures on architecture have been published in `Frederick H Newman, Lectures on architecture', by Andrew Leach, A&S Books, Ghent, 2003 Source of title - Supplied Other - Most of the plans and other workings of Alexander Neumann have been returned to Europe. Friedrich Neumann, after arriving in New Zealand in 1939 as a refugee, was employed by the Department of Housing Construction and after 1947 by the Hydro-Electric Design Office and the Architectural Section of the Ministry of Works, where he designed hydroelectric power plants and state houses. He also wrote exensively on his profession. Quantity: 25 folder(s). 2 volume(s). 1.50 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Holographs, mss, typescripts, printed matter, photos Provenance: Newman's architectural papers relating to Austria and Russia, as well as those of his father, Alexander Neumann, have been taken back to Europe by Andrew Leach. Donor/Lender/Vendor - Donation, Mrs Maria Newman, Lower Hutt, 2004 Transfers: To Drawings & Prints Collection - Architectural plans - To Photographic Archive - Photographs (PA-Group-00643) - To Ephemera Collection - Ephemera.

Date: 8 Sep 2004 - 6 Dec 2004 - 08 Sep 2004 - 06 Dec 2004

By: Alington, William Hildebrand, 1929-; Dudding, Michael, active 2004-2006; Victoria University of Wellington. School of Architecture

Reference: OHColl-0919-01

Description: Interview with Bill (William) Alington, born in Lower Hutt in 1929. Talks about his parents' backgrounds and about growing up in Lower Hutt during the Depression. Outlines how he came to pursue a career in architecture, beginning as a draughting cadet for the Ministry of Works (MoW) working under Jim Beard. Talks about joining The Architectural Centre in Wellington. Discusses studying at the School of Architecture at Auckland University College in the early 1950s, recalling influential students, student life, course work and the Group Architects. Comments that the main weakness of the course was the lack of rigorous intellectual and philosophical debate. Refers to then working in the Ministry of Works' Hydro Design Office, and reflects on colleagues and their influence, particularly Jim Beard and government architect Gordon Wilson. Talks about working for Robert Matthew & Johnson-Marshall (RM&JM) in London for a year, then touring Europe to visit large medieval buildings, early churches, and several of Le Corbusier's buildings. Comments on studying for a masters degree in architecture at the University of Illinois including the philosophy, theory of design and history courses. Refers to visiting significant buildings on the east coast of the United States. Discusses returning to the MoW in 1959 just before the building boom of the 1960s when private practices were attracting talent from the Ministry. Talks about leaving in 1964 to work for Gabites and Baird as a junior partner. Describes the evolving project management process and the gradual introduction of computers in the early 1970s for computer aided draughting, and later for specification and certification systems. Refers to the merger of Gabites & Baird with Toomath & Wilson to form Gabites Toomath Beard & Wilson, its split in 1972, and later forming Alington Group Architects. Comments on changes within the MoW over his time and the loss of corporate memory with its demise. Reflects on the impact of the MoW on New Zealand architecture and on quality and technical standards. Mentions that gaining an awareness of the need for hard work, many drawings, and a concentration on detailing as the main career lessons he learnt while at the Ministry. Discusses projects he worked on with Jim Beard, and the attraction of solid masonry, reinforced concrete and concrete block construction. Comments that the types of projects undertaked by Gabites & Beard were not large scale high-rise but were for local authorities and small government entities. Discusses the design process using the Upper Hutt Council Administration Building as an example, and using campus planning rather than a single block building. Talks about other civic and government projects he worked on including community halls, council offices, the Meteorological Office, Kelburn, the Gisborne Courthouse, and the Nuclear Sciences building at Gracefield, as well as assisting on projects for Canterbury, Auckland and Victoria Universities. Discusses his development of roof forms with the Upper Hutt Civic Administration building and other projects. Talks about the international architectural scene during the 1970s which he regarded as undisciplined. Comments on the 'high-tech movement' and the 'post-modern movement'. Reflects on designing with respect for the context, mentioning that Christchurch in 1970s had good design but some projects were not sympathetic. Discusses subsequent alterations to built projects that are not in keeping with the original design intention of the building. Comments on contemporary additions to historic buildings, and how his views have changed. Talks about church design and designing spaces for spiritual meditation. Refers to the impact of the Wellington School of Architecture [estab 1974] and its strengths in building science. Mentions his contribution to teaching and interest in teaching design and history. Defines what architecture means to him. Explains his ideas of architectural space that were developed while studying. Recalls important international buildings of the era but explains that The Group Architects' timber construction buildings in New Zealand were more influential. Reflects on the conscious use of materials and how they last. Talks about form and function, and examples of movement and memory. Comments on space, harmony and balance, and his views on proportional harmony of buildings and the part that culture plays in it. Explains what satisfactory volume is, and satisfactory space in terms of volume. Describes the 'subtlety of looking at things' as being a sensitivity that he gained from time spent in the MoW's Hydro Design Office under Chris Vallenduuk. Refers to his concerns about philosophy and consistency, and how not having a philosophy is easier but less satisfying. Contents: Includes illustrated chronology of the interviewee's life and career (powerpoint file), summary of biographical details (word document), submission word doc listing all files. Interviewer(s) - Michael Dudding Recorded by - Michael Dudding Venue - various Arrangement: Arranged as OHDL-000211 - OHDL-000218 Tape numbers - OHDL-000211 - OHDL-000217 Quantity: 7 digital sound recording(s). 11 Electronic document(s) - abstract. 1 interview(s). 17.16 Hours and minutes Duration. Finding Aids: Abstract Available - abstracting complete OHDL-000218. Search dates: 1929 - 2004

Date: 1985-2011

By: Maclean, Elizabeth Susan, 1932-2011

Reference: MS-Group-2153

Description: Collection comprises research files compiled by Maclean. These consist of photographs, newspaper cuttings and other source material. As well as churches, other work by Clere in designing houses and commercial buildings are included. There is also correspondence with other researchers and with descendants of Clere and other family members. An important correspondent and informant is the grandson of Clere, David Manly Luke. Also contains partial drafts of chapters of 'Architect of the angels', correspondence and other papers relating to publication, lists of buildings designed by Clere and his partners, and biographical material relating to the Clere and Goodbehere families and other architects, both in New Zealand and in England where Clere worked. There are also two boxes of index cards which Maclean used for her research notes. An indefatigable photographer, Maclean took a large number of photographs of Clere's buildings as well as collecting a numbers from other sources. These have been transferred to the Photographic Archive. Two videotapes and a cassette recording made by Maclean are now with the Oral History and Sound Archive. The full set of drafts were entered onto computer discs. However, apart from one CD-Rom they are not with the accession. Source of title - Transcribed from item Relationship complexity - Other papers from the Clere family and relating especially to Frederick de Jersey Clere may be found at MS-Papers-0668 and qMS-0479. Arrangement: This collection reveals as much about the methodology of a researcher as about Frederick de Jersey Clere and his work. She had organised her material into an informal series of folders under 'Churches', 'commercial buildings', 'houses' and biographical information' and had also assembled a large collection of unorganised subject files, the topics which are often raw material and enhancements to her foldered series. That the researcher continued to add material to the subject files after 2003 (the publication of the book) suggests that she was intending to continue with a further publication. The correspondence also contains information, especially from David Luke which were mined for her foldered series. Elizabeth Susan Maclean, a retired teacher, had an interest in early rural church architecture in New Zealand, and in particular the work of the architect Frederick de Jersey Clere. She commenced serious research in the late 1980s, her work culminating in the publication of 'Architecture of the Angels, the churches of Frederick de Jersey Clere' in 2003. Quantity: 88 folder(s). 2 Linear Metres. 1 Electronic document(s). Physical Description: Mss, typescripts, photographs & published matter Transfers: A large collection of photographs taken by Susan Maclean were transferred to the Photographic Archive; one cassette tape and two videotapes to the Oral History Centre. - To Photographic Archive - Extensive collection of photographs - To Oral History Collection - One cassette tape and two videos (OHColl-1101).

Date: 15 May 1998

From: New Zealand Institute of Architects: Oral History Project

By: Hill, Perry Martin, 1926-2005

Reference: OHInt-0413/5

Description: Perry Martin Hill who was born in England, outlines family background and discusses father's influence on career. Describes the Eric Gill Commune and Eric Gill's relationship with the village of Ditchling. Mentions printing presses and refers to St Dominic's Press, Ditchling Press and others. Explains involvement of Eric Gill and Edward Johnston in developing lettering system for the London Underground. Discusses: difficulties of war years and father's death; move with mother to New Zealand; impact of World War II on schooling, with reference to bombing and spitfire activity; artistic environment; churches and interest in carving. Describes background to enrolling in School of Architecture. Mentions war service and being balloted to work in mines which he describes. Refers to National Coal Board and end of private coal mines. Recalls archaeological expedition to Cyprus. Discusses interest in controlling water and hydro dams and decision to emigrate to New Zealand; voyage on the ship `Rangitoto'; being met on arrival in New Zealand by Fergus Sheppard, assistant government architect, Describes work with Ministry of Works, Power Design and refers to some dam projects - Roxburgh, Maraetai, Whakamaru. Mentions other staff in Hydro Design: Bill Garth; Herbert Shattky; Alec McDonald; Gordon Wilson (chief architect at Ministry of Works) and importance of Ernst Plischke. Refers to the Sutch House. Discusses differences between Government and private architects. Talks about `Design Review', the Architectural Centre magazine edited by George Gabites; Architectural Centre Gallery and involvement of Bill Sutch with Gallery and his establishment of an Industrial Design group. Describes involvement in Thorndon Society with reference to Ascot St and Nairn St. Other topics covered include: architectural career after leaving Ministry of Works; Grey Young Morton & Calder; Fellowship with Association of New Zealand Art Societies to do townscapes of Blenheim, Cambridge, Christchurch, Auckland and Wellington; house restoration projects in Wellington; setting up Architectural School at Wellington Technical College, with reference to Alan Wild, Tony Treadwell and Chris Vallenduuk; Partnership with Reg Stapleton (1960s); work for Wilkinson Davies; Expo 1970, Osaka, Vancouver Expo and Spain Expo. Gives opinion on varied character of design of Te Papa. Explains interest in restoration and preservation. Interviewer(s) - Jerome Cvitanovich Arrangement: Tape numbers - OHC-007953-007956; OHLC-004070-004073 Quantity: 4 C60 cassette(s). 1 printed abstract(s). 4 Hours Duration. Finding Aids: Abstract Available - abstracting complete OHA-2157.

Date: 8 Mar, 12 Apr 1999 - 08 Mar 1999 - 12 Apr 1999

From: `Back to the drawing board' - Hamilton architects oral history project

By: de Lisle, Mary Clemens, 1922-; Brinkworth, Julie, active 1999

Reference: OHInt-0483-04

Description: Mary de Lisle was born in Auckland in 1922. Describes growing up with her grandparents and her interest in drawing at the Elam Art School as a teenager. Comments that she was the fifth woman to graduate as an architect. Recalls the formality within the architectural school. Describes working for architect Vernon Brown after her graduation. Discusses his architectural style in depth and his designing of furniture as well as houses. Mentions his design of the Auckland Glass company building and the Scandanavian influences. Describes joining the Housing Department where she worked on state houses. Recalls attending conferences. Talks about getting married to Aubrey de Lisle in 1950. Describes not working as an architect for a few years and then working with George Leigh as an assistant. Discusses building materials and the recommendation to use asbestos. Talks about the rural resettlement of returning servicemen. Mentions working with her husband on some residential architectural projects. Discusses voluntary work for the YWCA and the construction of a hostel. Describes talking to organisations in her capacity as a female architect. Talks about her overseas trip with her husband, meeting her New Zealand friend in the BBC, Barbara Parkerm, and the influence of the city of Rotterdam on the Founders Theatre in Wellington. Talks about her etchings and prints. Interviewer(s) - Julie Brinkworth Quantity: 2 C60 cassette(s). 1 printed abstract(s). 1 interview(s). 2 Hours Duration. Finding Aids: Abstract Available - abstracting complete OHA-3095.

Date: 23 Nov, 10 Dec 1998 - 23 Nov 1998 - 10 Dec 1998

From: `Back to the drawing board' - Hamilton architects oral history project

By: Griffiths, John Alexander, 1930-; Corcoran, Fiona, active 1999

Reference: OHInt-0483-07

Description: John Griffiths was born in Martinborough in 1930. Describes working for architect Doug Angus in Hamilton from 1958 and finishing his architectural qualification over a period of time while his family was young. Mentions that Tom Flood and he became partners in the firm with Doug Angus. Discusses the requirements for architectural registration and qualification. Mentions Dick Mercer and Bernie Gleeson. Talks about John Fitzgerald who ran the firm's Autoprint business and was also a cartoonist. Discusses a conman known as `Robert Sterling McMonies' and a land transaction scam. Describes a campaign to save trees at the Ferrybank park reserve, the active involvement of some architects' wives and his firm's indirect involvement. Mentions Mayor Dr Denis Rogers, Ross Jensen, John Mashland and Mike Minogue. Notes the absence of Council work after this campaign. Discusses work done for the Catholic Church, hotels and clubs and the Ngaruawahia Cultural Centre. Describes how this job led to other marae work and flood protection work for the Waahi marae in connection with the Huntly power station. Mentions work on the Ritchie, Evans and Cornille houses. Discusses work for Woolworths, the Auckland townhouses worked on by Doug Angus, the National Mutual Building, the Riverbank Development Committee and the Riverbank Mall. Talks about the use of offsite, precast, prestressed concrete and an Institute of Engineers award for the National Mutual Building. Discusses being the partner who ran the practice on a day to day basis. Mentions Doug Angus' Auckland base and Tom Flood often being overseas. Talks about staff management, administering contracts and dealing with local body authorities and regulations. Mentions the advantage of having Tom Flood as an engineering partner. Discusses the importance of research, planning and simplicity in design. Discusses work on the German Embassy in Wellington and the Rowing Club at Karapiro. Interviewer(s) - Fiona Corcoran Quantity: 3 C60 cassette(s). 1 printed abstract(s). 1 interview(s). 3 Hours Duration. Finding Aids: Abstract Available - abstracting complete OHA-3098.

Date: 8 Dec 1999 - 08 Dec 1999

From: `Back to the drawing board' - Hamilton architects oral history project

By: Mardon, Geoffrey Ian, 1938-

Reference: OHInt-0483-18

Description: Geoff Mardon was born in Essex in 1938. Recalls life in England during World War II including evacuation. Describes attending Architecture School which was affiliated with Oxford University. Discusses the new social order and socialist philosophies of the time. Recalls working for Essex County Council and later in London on projects including schools, local authority housing and old peoples' homes. Mentions marrying Carole Ann Lee in 1965. Describes emigrating to New Zealand with his family in 1973 and working for the Architecture Division of the Ministry of Works (MOW) in Hamilton. Describes major changes in the MOW over the years through downsizing, restructuring and privatising. Talks about some of his architectural projects including the Hamilton District Courthouse, the Rotorua Courthouse and the Engineering and Development Centre at Ruakura, for which he received an award. Discusses materials, technology and the relationship between architecture and the environment. Compares British and New Zealand design. Interviewer(s) - Heidi Mardon Quantity: 1 C60 cassette(s). 1 printed abstract(s). 1 interview(s). 1 Hours Duration. Finding Aids: Abstract Available - abstracting complete OHA-3824.

Date: 28 Apr 1994

From: Great Barrier Island Oral History Project

By: Forsyth-King, Leanne Helen Kathleen, 1957-

Reference: OHInt-0104-23

Description: Leanne Helen Kathleen Forsyth-King (nee Harwood) born Canada 1957 but lived in New Zealand since 9 years old. Moved to Great Barrier Island to help parents at Mulberry Grove, and has lived there since 1983. Recalls meeting husband, Cuan, artist / landscaper. Discusses her work as an architectural designer; environmentally designed buildings, and the opportunities offered by the Island to explore buildings that use sun and wind power with reference to the Health Centre which runs totally on sun and wind power. Talks about the advantages of GBI - clean beaches, small classes for children at school, playcentres and Correspondence pre-school and the disadvantages - social isolation, lack of contact with other professionals and stress factor of very bad weather. Access Contact - see oral history librarian Interviewer(s) - Helen Jordan Arrangement: Tape numbers - OHC-012384 Quantity: 1 C60 cassette(s). 1 Hours Duration. Finding Aids: Abstract Available - abstracting complete OHA-4218. Search dates: 1983 - 1994

Date: 1840 - 1860

From: [Duppa, George] 1817-1888 :[Sketch- and account-book / George Duppa]

Reference: E-075-049

Description: North-west elevation of a large two storey Gothic-style house with gabled roof and two tall chimneys. There is a coat of arms above the upper storey window on the left. View of the same house in a rural setting at E-075-047 and a variation of the N-W elevation at E-075-053; floor plan at E-075-051 Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour, 188 x 228 mm

Date: 1840 - 1860

From: [Duppa, George] 1817-1888 :[Sketch- and account-book / George Duppa]

Reference: E-075-053

Description: Variation on the north-west elevation of a large two storey Gothic-style house with gabled roof with one tall chimney. The coat of arms above the upper storey window on the left has been removed and the bay window on the first floor below has been replaced by a smaller bay window. Decorative wooden beams have been roughly sketched in above the bay window. There is a scale beneath the plan and calculations above and to the right. In the top righthand corner is a detail of a small section of the roof [?] View of the same house in a rural setting at E-075-047 and a variation of the N-W elevation at E-075-049 (in colour). The floor plan is at E-075-051 Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil, 188 x 228 mm

Date: 1876

From: Walsh, Philip 1843-1914 :[Waitara sketchbook]

By: Walsh, Philip, 1843-1914

Reference: E-357-015/016

Description: Shows several decorative pieces of wood panelling Inscriptions: Recto - beneath one image: wood panel Colchester E.... and beneath 2nd image - newel staircase - Lincolnshire Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil 110 x 180 mm

Date: ca 1935

From: Koppel, Irene, 1914-2004 :Photographic prints, albums and negatives taken by Irene Koppel

Reference: PAColl-6497-22

Description: Copies of architectural drawings, paintings, and engravings. The engravings have been copied from The Building News and date from the 1880s. The few copies of paintings and drawings are probably of earlier date Quantity: 11 b&w original photographic print(s).

Date: 1990 - 2002

By: Bromhead, Peter, 1933-; Dominion (Newspaper)

Reference: A-366-221/269

Description: Cartoons on health, immigration, emigration, industrial relations, employment, crime and Lotto. 242-246 a series on immigration. Quantity: 49 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Black felt pen drawings on paper, sizes vary.

Date: 1961-1999

By: Shephard, Wayne, active 1990-2001

Reference: 2007-116

Description: Collection comprises files documenting Wellington buildings, architecture and design. This material has been arranged into street files and subject files containing research forms, newspaper cuttings, plans, correspondence, ephemera and printed material. The research has been compiled over a forty year period and includes reference to Wellington buildings of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Source of title - Title supplied by Library Arrangement: Collection comprises two series. The first and larger series comprises architecture research forms. The second series comprises subject files relating to buildings, architecture and design. Collection had been arranged by donor prior to deposit. This order has been maintained and a series order placed around these items. The manuscript part of this collection was created by Shephard in conjunction with a set of photographic records. The Photographic Archive holds a run of slides arranged alphabetically by street and subject groupings (PA-Group-00086, Photographs of Wellington buildings). Quantity: 189 folder(s). 2.25 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Holograph, mss, typescript, forms, ephemera and printed matter. Transfers: From Photographic Archive - (PA-Group-00086). Processing information: Selected names of buildings, builders and architects have been indexed at folder level. Another way to search the collection is to request the file by street name and check for buildings listed on the architecture research forms.

Date: ca 1939

From: Firth, Cedric Harold, 1908-1994 :Photographs of private houses, public housing, and some furniture.

Reference: PAColl-5870-2-24

Description: Photograph of an architectural drawing of a proposed living room interior in the style of the International Modern Movement. Photographed by an unknown photographer about 1939 Inscriptions: mat verso - bottom right - ? Waverly. 1939 ? Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print, 15 x 9.7 cms on mount 25.2 x 21.4 cms