It’s amazing what can be accomplished in a single day! I started the day climbing Mt Manaia (Whangarei, New Zealand) with friends and thanks to long-haul travel and timezones ended it eating seafood at Fishermans Wharf in San Francisco.
I’m in San Francisco attending the Subscribed Conference hosted by Zuora to learn from both the company and its customers about their platform and plans for the future.
I really enjoy San Francisco having first visited in 1997 shortly after joining Cadimage and it was great to get out for a long walk from Market Street across to the Wharf (via the Apple Store) and then a cable-car back to the hotel.
I’m in the middle of a couple of busy weeks which have seen me in Japan and now Hong Kong and then after the weekend in Budapest I’m off to Las Vegas next week.
It was therefore great that we covered off the work we were doing here a little earlier then planned and I found myself with some down time to walk around Hong Kong.
I first visited Hong Kong in 2008 but we were staying in another part of town far away from the CBD. While I remember seeing the HSBC Building from a taxi cab it was great to actually be right in front of it.
I heard a lot about the Norman Foster designed HSBC building during my time studying architecture. I think from memory it was the most expensive building ever built up to that time.
The structure is certainly impressive when starting upwards at it.
I’m in the process of moving to Budapest, but before I could apply for my Residence Permit I came close to using up all my visitor days. Rather then head back to NZ I’ve jumped across to the UK which is enough to leave the Schengen Area.
Somewhat surprisingly the mercury hit 31 degrees which is definitely the hottest I’ve felt in London.
I used the opportunity to walk about the City of London admiring all the new architecture. There are buildings like Llyods which have been here a few decades now, but the skyline is ever changing with a number of new sky scrapers popping up.
I’m currently in our Cadimage Bristol Office, after a few days we had in London. Taking at photos at night is always difficult, but as we walked in the early evening around the old City of London both new and old Architectural Gems stood out.
London is one of my favourite cities to revisit as there are so many places to explore and currently the skyline continues to change. I’m not sure I’d ever want to work there, but a fews days every once in a while is always great.
I’ve just got back from a quick visit to Malmö catching up with Magnus Dulke who I first met at a GRAPHISOFT Conference in 2000 or there about and have enjoyed catching up with at subsequent conferences.
I first visited in 2011 and while some of the sights are the same there are a number of new buildings that have been added to the skyline.
We went to the Skybar at the top of one of the newer buildings Malmö Live which gave us a great view of the inner city.
A project combining contemporary digital fabrication techniques with traditional MÄori craft methods and design approaches has won James Durcan the 2015 Cadimage Group Student Design Awards.
It’s that time of year again where 12 architecture students from Auckland University, United and Victoria University get prepared and undertake their presentations for the Cadimage Group Student Design Awards .
As with previous years the level of design thinking and presentation levels increased.
This years winner James Duncan of Victoria Wellington had even created his own large format 3d printer that “combined contemporary digital fabrication techniques with traditional Maori craft methods and design approaches”
The project proposes both a building for a Maori community on the Poverty Bay coast and the off-grid technology that will enable its construction. The work is a most impressive fusion of contemporary digital fabrication and indigenous craft culture. It combines digital design, self-taught craft skills, material experimentation and inventive engineering, and was made possible by the author’s personal commitment and the support of the local Ngai Tamanuhuri iwi. The project is the product of huge engagement, and reveals a willingness, on all sides, to learn and collaborate to realise a meaningful outcome.
Judges citation
Tessa Ford of Auckland University and Unitec’s Hannah Broatch received Highly Commended Awards.
I continue to be immensely proud to support these awards – the effort put in by the students is immense – and the results are outstanding.
Admittedly I haven’t travelled to Christchurch too regularly following the devastating earthquakes a few years ago. However, today as part of a nation wide series of seminars we’re undertaking I was in Christchurch.
The location of our seminar was ideal for a quick look at the Cardboard Cathedral.
While the cathedral may have sparked a great deal of opinions I found the building exrtemely well thought out. Some very simple forms assembled with clean and crisp details create a building that allows the church to continue functioning while the main Christchurch Cathedral remains in limbo following significant earthquake damage.
The Len Lye Centre, along with a Len Lye Sculpture that doesn’t fit inside !
Designed by Pattterson Associates the building is a sculpture in and of itself, the exterior is absolutely stunning and the concrete interior provides a wonderful contrast.
The level of detailing is some of the best I have seen.
While New Plymouth isn’t on the ‘main road’ between Auckland and Wellington it now sports a piece of World Class Architecture (in amongst many other gems) and is well worth a visit – even in the rain!
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