Well-known street artist Askew One starts work next week on a large scale tribute mural of one of New Zealand’s most loved artist Rita Angus on a building in Bond …
Rita Angus mural to be painted on Dominion building Read More »
With the closure of Event Cinema on Courtney Place, Wellington has lost another 2000 seats for culture focused events. Lindsay Shelton of Wellington.scoop examines the contradiction between WREDA’s “culture capital” …
The Council plans to upgrade Grey Street/Lambton Quay to form a small scale square known as a pocket square. Image: Wellington City Council This upgrade will provide a refreshed and …
Corner of Grey Street and Lambton Quay to be refurbished Read More »
The large Reading Cinemas complex on Courtenay Place has closed until further notice following an independent engineers’ report. Reading Cinemas on Courtenay Place. Photo: Google Maps In a post on social media, …
Wellington’s Reading cinema closes after earthquake report Read More »
In November the region’s mayors gave in-principle support for a new $200million 12,000 seat indoor arena to be built on Kings Wharf. Glen Smith argues for a better, less costly …
Longform read – The Basin: a better venue than a new arena Read More »
The engineering firm that oversaw the demolition of Statistics House raised serious concerns about the findings of the inquiry into its partial collapse. A 2013 photo of Wellington’s Statistics House, …
Engineering firm raises concerns about Statistics House inquiry Read More »
Wellington City Councillors have voted to proceed with a Five Greenstar Convention and Exhibition Centre (CEC) which will give a major boost to the local economy, create hundreds of jobs …
Submissions close at 5.00pm tomorrow, 23 November, for Wellington City Council’s consultation to identify priority earthquake-prone buildings. Some priority buildings are identified by Government legislation and others by councils in …
Last day tomorrow for submissions on quake-prone ‘priority’ buildings Read More »
The Wellington City Council has opened a Government-required consultation to identify priority earthquake-prone buildings, including those on key transport routes, which will need to be strengthened in a shorter timeframe. …
Consultation starts to identify quake-prone ‘priority’ buildings Read More »
Four significant buildings in Wellington will receive Heritage EQUIP funding to help with earthquake strengthening in the latest round administered by the Ministry for Culture and Heritage. New Zealand’s Heritage …
The development of Press Hall won McKee Fehl the Archaus Urban Design Award and the Greenwood Roche Supreme Award last night at the Property Council Wellington Property People Awards. The …
Development of Press Hall gets supreme nod at Property People Awards Read More »
Documents released by the Wellington City Council show the lengths the council went to get a movie museum built in its planned convention centre. Story from RNZ by Reporter Laura Dooney @ljdooney laura.dooney@radionz.co.nz …
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The north Kumutoto public space on the waterfront and the He Tohu Document Centre in the National Library were recognised for their design and construction at the NZ Timber Design …
A spring walk, spring book sales, sharp spring script readings, well-sprung design and architecture, and the problems of organ donation are on the events agenda today. You can bag beautiful …
Over 200 exhibitors with displays and information about everything from flooring, mini avocado trees, drains and gutters, home financing, bathroom design, artists, sculptors, chocolate – and The Wellington App – …
Home & Garden Show returns to capital – with Wellington App partnership Read More »
Homes, gardens, films, women architects, masters of arts and design, and the Orchestra of Spheres. TGIF. Thinking about upgrading your home and/or garden? Want to meet the people of The Wellington …
A high school, a private hospital and several apartment blocks are among the 49 Wellington buildings identified with combustible cladding similar to what fuelled the fatal Grenfell Tower fire in …
Nearly 50 buildings with Grenfell-like cladding identified in Wellington Read More »
More than 100 new social housing units have been unveiled in Wellington. Report from RNZ, 17 September 2018 The development has one- to four-bedroom apartments and five are designed for …
First look at Wellington’s new social housing units Read More »
Plenty of affordable fun on Friday, with a book fair, an architecture exhibition, and celebration of Te Wiki o te Reo Māori through reading, singing and film. The Karori Lions …
The Green Building Council hopes an award-winning Wellington building will show others that old office blocks can become great spaces. Report from RNZ by Tom Furley, 9 September 2018 tom.furley@radionz.co.nz Aorangi House Photo: New Zealand …
As part of Tertiary Open Day on Friday, the Commercial Music course at Massey University will showcase its brand new studio facilities packed with top-end gear in a music course …
World class music course ready to roll at Massey Read More »
The new Airways air traffic control tower at Rongotai may be the last such physical structure built in New Zealand. Photos by Mark Cubey The $20.18 million tower opened on …
Plans for a proposed Movie Museum as part of a Convention Centre complex in Cable Street have been abandoned. Artist impression of the proposed Convention Centre and Movie Museum The …
Joint plan for Movie Museum and Convention Centre abandoned Read More »
Wellington’s Town Hall moved closer to becoming a centre for civic and cultural events in the city after the signing of a binding Collaboration and Redevelopment Agreement between the New …
Town Hall deal inked between WCC, NZSO and VUW School of Music Read More »
Victoria University of Wellington pocketed $28 million for selling the Karori Teachers College campus to Ryman Healthcare. Property records revealed yesterday show that a company controlled by retirement village operator …
The demolition of Gordon Wilson Flats, one of only two buildings of its kind in the country, will almost certainly happen. But two students from the university that owns the …