“the Third & the Seventh” by Alex Roman

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Over the net and on the table

Doomed, all doomed

Architects are no friends to art museum visitors and in New Zealand they often feel like enemies. Anyone who has found themselves dazed and confused as they struggle to find the exhibitions at the New Dowse will know what we mean. Then there are the glass atriums that have been clipped onto the Christchurch Art Gallery and soon to the Auckland Art Gallery. 

Transparency is all very well, but it can be a big limitation when you’re exhibiting art. Certainly it’s a no-no for many of the corporate events (often quoted as part of the reason for constructing these large atriums in the first place). Many of these kind of events demand blackout for the projections and spectaculars they create and don’t appreciate lots of light. Besides which glass atriums are often too hot, too cold, too exposed or too narrow for anything like a pleasant gathering place.

In fact feature atriums are a bit of a worry all round. Art museums with good exhibition spaces like Dunedin and Christchurch could easily do with an atrium redesign in favour of easier access to the exhibition galleries and better space allocation for openings.

As for the exterior look of new museums, since Te Papa we seem to have slumped into mall/shopping centre/car showroom mode with a dash of airport. While this might be consistent with the ‘if we build it they will come’ metaphor, it does leave us with a track record of uninspired buildings. The Tauranga Art Gallery is a notable exception.

Anyway, next off the rank is the proposed new Hawke’s Bay Museum & Art Gallery which we are told is, “A new wing [that] will form a contemporary but contextual addition to the streetscape of Art Deco Napier.” LOL. Has the architect actually looked at the photograph of the model? The building looks like a local council admin building that would fit right into any small city in the world. If there is even one architect living in the world who truly believes that this building is ‘contextual with Art Deco’, the profession is doomed.

Images: From the top, Christchurch Art Gallery, the nearly complete Auckland Art Gallery, the recently commissioned Hawke’s Bay Museum & Art Gallery and a proposed National Art Gallery to stand next to Te Papa.

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Clubbing at the Hills – Michael Hill’s Clubhouse Published on 2Modern Blog

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The Hills Clubhouse Published On Contemporist Website

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NZ Herald – Winning design at the Auckland Architecture Awards 2010

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Auckland Harbour Bridge Lighting Proposal (Video Clip)

 

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Floodlit bridge a winning idea

Residents unhappy at Orakei changes

The Hills Clubhouse Published On Kanye West Blog

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NZ Herald – Jeweller to put homes on course

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Southland Times – Hill free to build underground houses

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Botanic Gardens – Christchurch City Council Panel Assement Report

Christchurch City Council – Botanic Gardens Centre design chosen

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Scoop – Concept design for new Botanic gardens Centre

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Press – First glass centre for first-class collections

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Christchurch Botanic Gardens – Pattersons Description and Images

 

 

 

 

 

 

  

 

Orakei Waterfront Village Masterplan

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

NZ Herald – Cone plan eases residents’ concerns

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

New Zealand Herald – Michael Hill cleared to build residential bunkers

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Otago Daily Times – Michael Hill allowed to build underground houses

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Southland Times – Michael Hill’s ‘invisible’ houses get go-ahead

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

TVNZ – Auckland’s tin shed makeover criticised

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Pattersons Summer St. House features in AAA Architecture Tour

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Southland Times – Planners under fire at hearing

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Andrew Patterson speaking at panel discussion

Kiaora Air NZ Magazine

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Phill, NY, USA wrote

“Love it!!
Great to see such elegant Architecture coming from such a beautiful country,”

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The Dominion Post

Kiwi designs rank among the world’s finest……….

New Zealand Herald

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Scoop Independent News – A double honour for New Zealand architect

 

 

 

 

 

 

Stuff.co.nz – NZ designs among world’s best

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

nzlive.com – A double honour for New Zealand architect

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Architecture NZ – Resene National Awards Edition – The Mai Mai House

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Architecture NZ – NZIA Supreme / National Awards Edition – Hills Clubhouse

 
 
 

 

 

 

Architecture NZ – Resene National Awards Edition – AJ Hackett Bungy Centre

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Award – NZIA Resene Supreme New Zealand Award for Architecture – The Hills Clubhouse

 

 

 

 

NZIA Resene New Zealand Award for Architecture 2008 – Residential Catagory

For The Mai Mai House

NZIA Resene New Zealand Award for Architecture 2008 – Hospitality and Tourism Catagory

For The A J Hackett Bungy Centre

NZIA Resene New Zealand Award for Architecture 2008 – Hospitality and Tourism Catagory

For The Hills Clubhouse

New Zealand Herald – NZIA National Awards

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Andrew Patterson – Biography

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Strategic Partners

Supreme Award Citation

The Pavilion perfectly houses the clubhouse program involving back of house suppport, entertainment and observation, and makes a splendid divot like sculpture just off the eighteenth green.

New Zealand Award Citation

A wonderfully sophisticated bunker that incorporates a flexible functional brief, sensitive siting, and plety of drama.

TVNZ One News

The clubhouse at Michael Hill’s golf course in Arrowtown is honoured as one of three jewels in the crown at the New Zealand’s Architecture Awards.

City Development

“Hi Andrew, Congratulations on your awards at the New Zealand Institutes of Architects dinner on Saturday. Well deserved. Kind regards,” / General Manager City Development

Urbis Magazine

Hi Andy, Just wanted to drop a quick line to say congratulations on the Clubhouse taking the NZIA Supreme award – well deserved! We are so pleased we were able to feature it. Hope everything else is going just as well for you! Cheers, / Urbis Magazine

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