Our Parliament’s library
It provides the research hub for our MPs and their staff, with its thousands of books, vast stacks of newspapers and more documents relevant...
Seeing stars in Sydney
Visitors to Sydney who take time to explore the slopes above The Rocks may wish to direct their steps up Observatory Hill. At...
I K Brunel’s masterpiece
It was a late autumn day in 1973. We had just left Plymouth and turned a corner on the A38. There it was branded...
Tolling for peace
Christchurch has a Peace Bell. In 2007, the pavilion in which it is now suspended scored three design awards — two from the New...
A Dinky-Di 75th . . .
The bridging of Sydney Harbour took 117 years. The notion was first voiced in 1815 by convict and architect-about-town Francis Greenway, who designed many...
The Louisiana Superdome
No building came to make us so aware of the human misery caused by Hurricane Katrina and its aftermath than did the Louisiana Superdome....
Our Old Government Buildings
British architect Andrew Waugh recently spoke eloquently on national television as to the virtues of wood, specifically when it comes to rebuilding Christchurch. ...
Beijing’s Beaut Birds Nest
Dr Rodgers takes a gander at the auspicious centrepiece of China's 2008 Olympics
Its image has appeared in newspapers and on television for...
Christchurch’s Cardboard Cathedral
Japanese-born Shigeru Ban is a remarkable designer. In the media he is sometimes known as The Emergency Architect. He studied in the early...
That Old Brickyard
It is the largest single sporting facility in the world. It is the second oldest surviving automobile racing track in the world. It is...