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Over the past month I’ve done a bit of travelling – to Hawke’s Bay/Gisborne branch (in Napier) and Canterbury (Christchurch) – and I’ve been struck by the amount of activity going on around the country. Ath had given a talk to around 250 people in Napier the night before I was there and I’ve just been hearing about a site tour in Rotorua, which a number of Aucklanders will be attending. It is great to see what’s happening and I’m keen for us to make the most of opportunities to communicate events like these to each other. Hearing that there is a tour of recent building going on somewhere might well spark a visit!
Events (although a fair way in the future) are on the agenda on a national level too. Next year’s Awards dinner is scheduled for Christchurch, CPD days are in the calendar again, and we’ve started thinking about a conference in Auckland in February 2012 (a change from the usual wintry exercise). The next step is to get a group of people together to work on this - so if anyone has a strong personal relationship with the likes of Jacques Herzog we’d like to know about it!
The next Council meeting is in August, which will be followed with a strategic planning session that will give us the opportunity to consider the broader issues ahead. We last did that two
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July 2010
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Need for Building Act change signalled to Minister
The NZIA’s ‘addenda’ to its response to the Building Act review, which was instigated by the membership vote at this year’s AGM, was presented to the Hon Maurice Williamson, Minister of Building and Housing, this week.
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Cultural influence
Recently the University of Auckland’s teaching and research programme Te Pare, run by Bill McKay, Dr Deidre Brown, and Rewi Thompson, has allowed students from both Auckland and the University of Queensland to gain insights into the unique issues of indigenous people in Australia and New Zealand.
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Blinded by the light
A movie about IM Pei (Learning from Light: The Vision of I.M Pei) is the sole architectural standout in Auckland from this year’s New Zealand Film Festival, which will be screening around the country over the next months.
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Events around the country
It’s more usual for the provinces to complain about the lack of events that carry CPD points. But during May/June, Hawke’s Bay/Gisborne has had a number of events to pick and choose from reports Yvonne Forrest - and this continues into the coming months both there and in the Waikato.
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Fast Forward
2010 Gold Medallist Marsh Cook kicked off the Fast Forward lecture series, hosted by the School of Architecture and Planning at The University of Auckland. In August he's followed by international highlights Momoyo Kaijima and Hitoshi Abe.
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In brief...
Find out more about taking a trip across the Tasman to hear Rick Joy, entering the Timber Design Awards, a virtual flight over Tokyo, and Auckland's historic landscape.
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Diary dates
From films on IM Pei, Samuel Mockabee and the Paris Opera to Japanese architects Hitoshi Abe and Momoyo Kaijima and Auckland's super city debate... there's plenty to keep you awake this winter.
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Building energy end-use study survey
BRANZ is currently running a research project that aims to better understand non-residential building energy and resource use, as well as occupant comfort and productivity.
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Long term relationship
At this year's Awards, the NZIA and Resene marked the 20th anniversary of the company's support for the national architecture awards programme. Nick Nightingale, the company's managing director, answers some questions about their interest in the profession and plans for the future.
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