Tall buildings

Date: 1962 - 1966

From: Firth, Cedric Harold, 1908-1994 :[Architectural plans. ca 1930-1980]

By: Firth, Cedric Harold, 1908-1994; New Zealand. Ministry of Works

Reference: Plans-94-039-861/897

Description: Job 527 - Various working plans and office layouts for Ministry of Works departmental office building, Bridge Street, Nelson (known later as Monro State Building), dated 1962-1966. To house - Magistrates and Supreme Court (Ground Floor), Births, Deaths & Marriages (Ground Floor), NZ Forest Service (1st Floor), Lands & Deeds Registry (1st Floor), Companies Office (1st Floor), Lands & Survey Dept (2nd Floor), National Park Board (2nd Floor). Quantity: 36 plan(s). Physical Description: Pencil on tracing paper, various sizes

Date: 1990 - 1993

From: James Beard & Company :[Architectural plans and drawings. 1960-1990s?]

Reference: Plans-2009-082-8005-001/010

Description: Views of Wellington Harbour progressively obscured by tall buildings, from 1982 through to 1993. Annotatations describe the buildings as: 3 Ugly Sisters, Darth Vader, Dropping Red Tiles in the Sunset, Covered Wagon, Lift Machinery Greek, Greek Roman or ..., Black Beauty and the Beast, Caltex Petrol Tank, James Cook's Galley Quantity: 10 plan(s). Physical Description: Pencil drawings on draughting paper, and photocopies, 297 x 420 mm. Transfers: From Manuscripts & Archives - Ms-Group-1803 - Other material of the same provenance is housed at Ms-Group-1803, and in the Photographic Archive.

Date: 2013

From: Tremain, Garrick, 1941- :[Digital cartoons published in the Otago Daily Times]

Reference: DCDL-0025410

Description: Shows two men in conversation while one has his hair cut. The first says "I see the pro-stadium crowd are all for the new hotel" and the barber replies "Well of course! Their baby'd no longer be our biggest eyesore!" Refers to the controversial proposal for a high-rise hotel in Dunedin and to the Forsyth Barr Stadium - both of which have met with strong opposition from some sectors of the local community. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 1971

From: Westra, Ans, 1936-2023: Photographs

Reference: AW-0592

Description: Shows scenes in central Wellington, in 1971. Three negative frames are of a caravan parked on a section. Two negative frames show a view down Bowen Street, central Wellington, with high rise buildings in the background. Six negative frames are of a Wellington City Transport bus in Mornington. One negative frame shows a roadmarking arrow. Unless otherwise stated, all persons are unidentified. Photographs taken by Ans Westra. Source of descriptive information - Notes written by Westra, accompanying the corresponding proof sheet Quantity: 4 b&w original negative(s) 120 strips containing 12 images. Physical Description: Cellulose acetate roll film

Date: 1971

From: Westra, Ans, 1936-2023: Photographs

Reference: AW-0593

Description: Scenes around Wellington city, in 1971.Three negative frames show pairs of scissors laid out in the sun. One negative frame is of a car parked inside the garage of a house. Four negative frames show plant beds in the Wellington Botanical Gardens. Four negative frames show construction of new high rise buildings in Wellington city, including a large crane. Unless otherwise stated, all persons are unidentified. Photographs taken by Ans Westra. Source of descriptive information - Notes written by Westra, accompanying the corresponding proof sheet Quantity: 4 b&w original negative(s) 120 strips containing 12 images. Physical Description: Cellulose acetate roll film

Date: 1971

From: Westra, Ans, 1936-2023: Photographs

Reference: AW-0591

Description: Shows street scenes in central Wellington, in 1971. Two negative frames are of a roadmarking arrow. Three negative frames show the front doors of houses. Four negative frames are of a high rise building being constructed on The Terrace. Two negative frames are of Boulcott Street. Unless otherwise stated, all persons are unidentified. Photographs taken by Ans Westra. Source of descriptive information - Notes written by Westra, accompanying the corresponding proof sheet Quantity: 4 b&w original negative(s) 120 strips containing 12 images. Physical Description: Cellulose acetate roll film

Date: 2014

From: Tremain, Garrick, 1941- :[Digital cartoons published in the Otago Daily Times]

Reference: DCDL-0027613

Description: Cartoon depicts a glass high-rise building, the design for a proposed waterfront hotel in Dunedin, accompanied by a rhyme similar to 'Sing a song of sixpence..'. Refers to opposition to the hotel proposed by Betterways Advisory Limited Director Jing Song. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2009

From: Hawkey, Allan Charles, 1941- :[Digital cartoons published in the Waikato Times].

Reference: DCDL-0011445

Description: An aeroplane flying over Hamilton City makes a steep rise over an as yet non-existant 20 story building; the pilot is just practising. Text records that a property dveloper plans to build a 20 story building in central Hamilton. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2006

From: Walker, Malcolm, 1950- :Digital cartoons

Reference: DCDL-0008491

Description: Shows a series of rules when designing "Skinny Buildings". Architects must use a modulor (a scale of proportions), and if the 50% modular is too generous, use the British Standard Compressed Cats, and to remember Human are flexible. All architects need to a one dimensional brain or a flat screen. Shows various 'skinny buildings' and promotes it as action packed living, an efficient use of resources and to remember to allow space to exit the lift and never give the residents your own address. Criticises "Skinny building" designs. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2011

From: Hawkey, Allan Charles, 1941- :[Digital cartoons published in the Waikato Times].

Reference: DCDL-0016934

Description: The title reads 'World's highest restaurant opens in Dubai...News' A man and a woman have dinner at the world's highest restaurant and as the eat they are startled to see a full moon right up close to the window. Context - The restaurant occupies the 122rd floor of Dubai's enormous Burj Khalifa tower which is the world's tallest building. At.mosphere is the latest record-breaker from the Emirate, which doesn't seem to have lost any of its confidence following last year's economic collapse. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).