Title & Author:

Zeal and crusade : the modern movement in Wellington / edited by John Wilson.

Publication:

Christchurch, N.Z. : Te Waihora Press, [1996]

Description:

112 p. : ill., facsims., maps, plans ; 25 cm.

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Modernising Wellington / Ben Schrader -- For(war)d thinking / Julia Gatley -- Europe to Wellington / Anne Beaglehole -- The urban & urbane / Linda Tyler -- A brilliant spectacle -- Greg Bowron -- A break with tradition / Bruce Petry -- For modern living / Julia Gatley -- A well kept secret / Wayne Nelson -- A breath of fresh air / Lesleigh Salinger -- Order from chaos / Paul Walker -- A contemporary dwelling / Julia Gatley -- Simplified & scientific / Greg Bowron -- Modernity arrives / Linda Tyler.
The Ford building, Seaview -- Ernst & Anna Plischke -- Ester and Helmut Einhorn -- Ernst Plischke's Kahn house -- The Centennial Exhibition buildings -- The State Fire Insurance Building -- Government blocks of flats -- The fortress at Wrights Hill -- The Architectural Centre Inc. -- Replanning Te Aro -- The Firth house -- Massey house.

Summary:

Thirteen essays about modernism in Wellington which focus on architecture of the 1930's, 1940's and 1950's.

ISBN:

0908714084 (pbk.)
9780908714087 (pbk.)

Subject:

Architecture, Modern 20th century New Zealand Wellington.
Architecture, Domestic New Zealand Wellington History.
Architecture New Zealand Wellington.
Architecture.
Architecture, Domestic.
Architecture, Modern.
Buildings.
Wellington (N.Z.) Buildings, structures, etc.
New Zealand Wellington.

Form/genre:

History.

Added entries:

Wilson, John, 1943 April 12-

Holdings:

Location: Library main 191672
Call No.: ID NA1607.W455.Z3; ID:97-B2671
Status: Available