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Christchurch Style Architecture
Christchurch Style architecture (also referred to as the Christchurch Movement and the Christchurch School) is an architectural style and movement that began in the late 1950s in Christchurch, New Zealand. It is considered New Zealand's only example of a modern, locally-developed architectural vernacular. Its inception is credited to the post-war architects of Christchurch who developed it as a regional response to the Modernism, modernist style, particularly Miles Warren, Maurice Mahoney, Peter Beaven, Don Donnithorne, among others. Christchurch Style is characterised by elements of Brutalist architecture, New Brutalist architecture and practical, Minimalism, minimalist interiors influenced by mid-century American and Scandinavian design, Scandinavian aesthetics. It evolved from the Modern architecture, modernist movement. In its later period, some architects adopted aspects of Gothic Revival architecture, Gothic revival and the late functionalist elements of high-tech architect ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Warren And Mahoney
Warren and Mahoney is an international architectural and interior design practice - one of the few third generation architectural practices in the history of New Zealand architecture. It is a highly awarded architectural practice, with offices in New Zealand and Australia. History The practice was founded by Miles Warren in 1955, and with the award of the Dental Nurses Training School (now known as Central Nurses' Training School) Miles sought the assistance of his fellow atelier colleague Maurice Mahoney. In 1958,Warren and Mahoney Christchurch City Libraries, retrieved 2012-04-30 the partnership of Warren and Mahoney was established. The partnership created a distinctive form of architecture utilising a modern, brutalist architecture, brutalist style (described by Warren himself as "const ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
