Architecture, Modern

Date: 1939-1940

From: New Zealand Free Lance : Photographic prints and negatives

Reference: PAColl-0785-1-215

Description: Photographs taken for publication in the New Zealand Free Lance, 1939-1940. Karangarua River bridge; Rakaia River bridge; market gardens in Heathcote Valley; Palmerston North library; Old English Fair held in Dunedin in aid of the patriotic funds; new Gisborne Intermediate School; Archbishop Julius Memorial stone; Auckland's Patriotic Queen Carnival; model of HMS Rodney; giant pipe cast by Public Works Department for pipeline at headworks of the mid-Canterbury irrigation scheme; Garden Place Hill earthworks at Hamilton; hop picking, Riwaka Valley; new friary built for the Brothers of St Francis at Hillsborough, Auckland; construction of tunnels and power house for hydro-electric works at Tuai, Waikaremoana; opening of Horowhenua College, Levin; demolition of wing at Nelson College; floating pontoon being lowered into position at Mechanics Bay; tram cars converted into homes. Construction of Centennial Drive, Kapiti Coast; new Hamiltion General Post Office; construction of Wellington Harbour Board cargo shed; opening of Catholic church at Georgetown, Invercargill; shoe-cleaner at Lincoln College; view of Waikanae Beach from Kaiti Hill, Gisborne; road works north of Gisborne; Railway Bus Terminus, Dunedin (opposite Queens Gardens); Dunedin Emergency Transport Organisation practising arm signals. Race-goers at Wellington Racing Club meeting, and at Canterbury Jockey Club & NZ Metropolitan Trotting Club meeting at Christchurch. Landslide at a Brighton farm; construction of the Pokeno-Paeroa line; laying of the foundation stone of building in Stout Street by Minister of Public Worls, Hon R Semple. Quantity: 56 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin prints

Date: 1953-1954

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

By: Hodgson, Dennis, active 1950s

Reference: PAColl-5870-4

Description: Interior and exterior views of the house Cedric Firth designed and built for George Farquar Vance, founder of the Wellington clothing store, "Vance Vivian's". The house was (is ?) situated on the corner of Cheviot Road and Dillon Street, Lowry Bay, Lower Hutt. Photographed by Wellington photographer Dennis Hodgson ca 1954. Quantity: 20 b&w original photographic print(s).

Date: 21 Dec 1992

From: New Zealand architecture post-World War II oral history project

By: Rosenberg, Gerhard, 1912-1995

Reference: OHInt-0308-03

Description: Rosenberg, born in Germany in 1912, talks about his architectural career. Relates how he began studing in Germany but was forced to emigrate when Hitler came to power. Talks about working with Berthold Lubetkin on Highgate apartments then working for Samuel Harding and Frederick Gibberd (Liverpool Cathedral). Compares the Bauhaus School with very technical German education, and contrasts life in Europe with life in New Zealand. Talks about his work in New Zealand for the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries as a farm buildings advisory officer and his time as a Town Planning lecturer. Recalls meetings with Lillian and David Chrystall and the `Chrystall Group', and lists the group's members. Talks of house restoration as a New Zealand tradition and contrasts New Zealand's policy of attracting trained emigrants to professional hostility towards emigrant colleagues. Mentions Wolfgang Frankl. Access Contact - Oral History Curator Awards/funding - funded by and Award in Oral History Interviewer(s) - Bruce Petry Accompanying material - Bibliography Quantity: 1 C90 cassette(s). 1 printed abstract(s). 0.40 Hours and minutes Duration. Finding Aids: Abstract Available - abstracting complete OHA-3941. Search dates: 1930 - 1992

Date: 1987 - 1990

By: Peddle Thorp & Montgomery (Firm); Kupe Group Ltd; Bialostocki, Richard, active 1980s-2010s

Reference: E-934-f

Description: Development proposal presented as a portfolio-style collection of plans and specifications for a client (Kupe Group Limited), for a new office/hotel complex in Featherston Street, Wellington. Specifications include the architects' design report, the Southern Pacific Hotel Corporation statement of operations and statement on Wellington Parkroyal, the programmer's report, a schedule of areas and a photograph of the model of the building; as well as floor plans, cross sections and elevation drawings of the building and a diazo chart sheet outlining the time line of the building's construction and interior fitout. Kupe Group Limited was a property development company which became CDL Investments in 1994 The Parkroyal Hotel was built on the corner of Featherston and Grey Street; its name was later changed to The Intercontinental. It was completed in August 1990 Quantity: 1 sketchbook(s). Physical Description: Ink, coloured pencil and felt pen on paper [30 p.], 295 x 420 mm

Date: 1940s

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

Reference: PAColl-5870-5

Description: Aerial views of state housing projects in progress in the Hutt Valley, Wellington. Views of streets with state houses in them and of individual state houses. High rise public housing apartment blocks, and a couple of designs for town centres. There are also some photographs of builders working on construction, and one view of piles of timber. Quantity: 52 b&w original photographic print(s).

Date: 1938

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

Reference: PAColl-5870-1

Description: Photographs of Cedric Firth's alterations to the interiors of No 12 Easdale Street, Wellington, for Dr William Ball Sutch and his first wife Morva Sutch. Quantity: 29 b&w original photographic print(s).

Date: 1933-1941

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

Reference: PAColl-5870-2

Description: Private houses at Nos 18 and 22 Vera Street, Karori, Wellington. Plans for two town centres, one of which is the proposed town centre for Nae Nae, Lower Hutt. Plan for a state house and photos of a model of a high rise public housing apartment block. Various photos which include houses, drawings for house interiors, and three items of furniture dating from 1933. Notes PAColl-5870-2-04 shows residential property owned by the architect Arthur Ward and his wife in 1941. Quantity: 30 b&w original photographic print(s).

Date: ca1940-1947

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

Reference: PAColl-5870-3

Description: Various state houses, and two private houses dated 1947. One of the later was for Dr E Philipp at 90 Messines Road, Karori, Wellington, and the other was for Mr and Mrs E J Sutch, Muritai Road, Eastbourne, Lower Hutt. Quantity: 21 b&w original photographic print(s).

Date: ca 1973-1986

By: Jones, Michael, active 1970s-2003; National Library of New Zealand

Reference: PAColl-1937

Description: Collection comprises photographs by Michael Jones, G Simpson, and unidentified photographer(s) relating to the construction of the National Library of New Zealand building on corner of Molesworth and Aiken Street, Thorndon, Wellington, taken between circa 1973 and 1986. Photographs document various stages in the project, including site excavation, preparation, foundation work, building construction, interior work, and the completed building. Includes photographs of library buildings in Scotland, Berlin, Stocklholm, Poland, and United States, Includes photographs relating to the construction of the Court of Appeal building on the opposite corner of Molesworth and Aiken Street, taken in 1976. Title supplied by Library. The National Library of New Zealand building was designed by Ministry of Works architect Peter Boyes in the brutalist style. Construction on the building began in 1974, but was suspended between 1976 and 1981. The building was completed and officially opened in August 1987. Michael Jones worked as Manager of Property Resources for National Library of New Zealand. The nearby Court of Appeal building was constructed by the Ministry of Works under Peter Boyes and Rod Cook; it opened in 1980. Quantity: 4 album(s). 19 colour original photographic print(s). 31 b&w original photographic print(s). 5 colour original transparency/ies 4 x 5 inches. 4 colour original negative(s). 158 colour original transparency/ies 35mm slides. 1 videocassette(s). Processing information: Collection description enhanced in July 2022. Not all names are indexed.

Date: 2005

From: Walker, Malcolm, 1950- :Digital cartoons

By: Bay news (Periodical)

Reference: DCDL-0008445

Description: Shows a man proudly standing in front of his house (which looks like him) and calling it beautiful, when it is clearly not. Refers to modern architecture in Auckland City. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2007

From: Walker, Malcolm, 1950- :Digital cartoons

Reference: DCDL-0009448

Description: Shows a man slicing a modern architectural building like a slice of bread. Refers to the Architecture New Zealand awards. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2006

From: Walker, Malcolm, 1950- :Digital cartoons

Reference: DCDL-0008495

Description: Shows how the modern architect knows that the house is now a decorative item, a fashion accessory, a handbag. You think of a shape, build it and accessorise it. Mentions how product placement is important and the need to ignore site attributes, client lifestyle, the neighbourhood and let them fight it out. Criticises modern architecture. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).