I never met
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A book by Mary Gaudin & Matthew Arnold
This is a book about a modern architectural movement that bubbled up in a small, conservative city at the bottom of the world.
During the 1960s, Christchurch, New Zealand exploded with a creative force which developed into a distinct style of architecture that was widely admired and imitated and remains influential today.
For a decade Christchurch architects worked with a potent energy and urgency, creating hundreds of homes (and many of New Zealand’s best public and commercial buildings) in a regional style that is arguably the closest thing the country has to a modern indigenous style of architecture.
The 12 homes illustrated in the book are just a small representation of the style and architects of the period. They remain as intact examples of the ideas, materials and optimism of the time.
- Houses SJ Wilson Warren & Mahoney 1962
- RC Webb Warren & Mahoney 1963
- J Messervy Allan Mitchener 1964
- PNG Blaxall Griffiths & Moffat 1967
- O Spencer Bower DA Cowey & McGregor 1967
- G Steven Beaven, Hunt & Associates 1967
- JH Elworthy Warren & Mahoney 1968
- HR Irving Warren & Mahoney 1968
- B Jones Ian Athfield 1968
- SG Erber Nicholas Kennedy 1969
- ML Paynter Minson, Henning-Hansen & Dines 1970
- RC Ballantyne Warren & Mahoney 1973
