Plans to convert Auckland’s Civic Administration Building into apartments are causing a stir over how to keep the original features of the Category A historic building. Developer John Love and heritage experts are grappling with replacing the facade of the city’s first skyscraper, regarded as a fine example of modernist...
The draft of the refreshed Auckland Plan for the next 30 years was released this week. Built and historic heritage is completely absent from both the Plan Overview and the Full Draft Plan. It seems that environmental and cultural heritage are now the only types of heritage in Auckland. A...
Building 5 at Greenlane Hospital is still empty, neglected and surrounded by a mesh fence 10 years after it was mothballed in 2007. Civic Trust has been regularly contacting the Auckland District Health Board over the years to find out the intentions for the building. Its in a neglected condition,...
With news this week that the historic Kings Arms in Newton has been sold for redevelopment, the last of the music venues in heritage pubs in Auckland will disappear. Recently the Herald profiled historic pubs across the country that had contributed to the country’s live music scene over the years....
It’s good to see the heritage recognition that modernist architecture is now getting – see this interesting item broadcast recently on RNZ’s Standing Room Only programme. Click here for the link.
The SOUL campaign, working to protect land next to the Otuataua Stonefields reserve, is continuing to gather supporters and be profiled. TVNZ’s Sunday programme has produced a thorough and thoughtful item on the issue. The SOUL campaigners outline why this special land should not be used for housing, and Fletcher...
CTA was approached to support the petition to save Crater Hill in Papatoetoe, a scheduled Outstanding Natural Feature on which the Independent Hearings Panel had permitted the building of more than 550 houses. We provided the following comment: Civic Trust Auckland is concerned about rejection of past local and regional...
Otuataua Stonefields, situated on the Ihumatao peninsula, north west of the airport and south of the Mangere Treatment Station, has been controversially designated as a Special Housing Area. The land in question is known as the Wallace Block, and has been owned by the Wallace family since 1856, when it...
Current city planning ideas for laneways are supporting our commercial heritage. The popularity of the shared streets in Auckland such as Elliot St, O’Connell St are showcasing the existing heritage buildings and adding to their value. Laneways developments in Newmarket have been successful, as have the newly created lanes in...
The stunning Art of Remembrance project, which covered the face of St David’s Church in Khyber Pass in 2015 over the Anzac Day period, is now showing at Te Papa, for Anzac Day 2016. The brass quatrefoils artworks by leading NZ artist Max Gimblett, who has had a life-long association...