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Mitchell And Watt
John Mitchell and Robert Martin Watt were a pair of New Zealand architects who designed numerous buildings, primarily educational buildings, several of which have been heritage listed. Mitchell and Watt entered into a partnership in 1892 as architects for the Auckland Education Board until at least 1905. John Mitchell John Mitchell (1859–1947) was born in Ramelton, Ireland, he trained as an architect in Ireland before heading to New Zealand in 1888. He was an early adopter of reinforced concrete and developed a baked earthenware block. In 1912 he went to England before returning to New Zealand a decade later. Mitchell spent the later years of his life in Rotorua, where he would die in 1947. Robert Martin Watt Robert Martin Watt (1860–1907) was born in Shotts, Lanarkshire, Scotland. Watt studied architecture in Glasgow under H & D Barclay before immigrating to New Zealand 1878. Watt was a member of St Stephen's, Ponsonby, for which he designed an extension. In 1906 Watt was el ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Auckland Education Board
Auckland ( ; ) is a large metropolitan city in the North Island of New Zealand. It has an urban population of about It is located in the greater Auckland Region, the area governed by Auckland Council, which includes outlying rural areas and the islands of the Hauraki Gulf, and which has a total population of as of It is the List of cities in New Zealand, most populous city of New Zealand and the List of cities in Oceania by population, fifth-largest city in Oceania. The city lies between the Hauraki Gulf to the east, the Hunua Ranges to the south-east, the Manukau Harbour to the south-west, and the Waitākere Ranges and smaller ranges to the west and north-west. The surrounding hills are covered in rainforest and the landscape is dotted with 53 volcanic centres that make up the Auckland Volcanic Field. The central part of the urban area occupies a narrow isthmus between the Manukau Harbour on the Tasman Sea and the Waitematā Harbour on the Pacific Ocean. Auckland is one of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Auckland Town Hall
The Auckland Town Hall is an Edwardian architecture, Edwardian building on Queen Street, Auckland, Queen Street in the Auckland CBD, New Zealand, known both for its original and ongoing use for administrative functions (such as Local authority, Council meetings and hearings), as well as its famed Great Hall and separate Concert Chamber. Auckland Town Hall and its surrounding context is highly protected as a 'Category A' heritage site in the Auckland District Plan, registered by Heritage New Zealand as a List of category 1 historic places in Auckland, Category I Historic Place. History Building Since as early as 1872, there were plans to create a town hall for the city of Auckland. The corner of Greys Avenue and Queen Street was chosen as the location in 1880, and the corner was requisitioned by a formal act of parliament, the Auckland Reserves Exchange and Change of Trust Act 1881. The area proved to be too small, so the municipal government purchased the adjoining properties ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Newton Council Chambers And Fire Station
Newton most commonly refers to: * Isaac Newton (1642–1726/1727), English scientist * Newton (unit), SI unit of force named after Isaac Newton Newton may also refer to: People * Newton (surname), including a list of people with the surname * Newton (given name), including a list of people with the given name Arts and entertainment * ''Newton'' (film), a 2017 Indian film * Newton (band), Spanish electronic music group * ''Newton'' (Blake), a print by William Blake * ''Newton'' (Paolozzi), a 1995 bronze sculpture by Eduardo Paolozzi * Cecil Newton (''Coronation Street''), a character in the British soap opera ''Coronation Street'' * Curtis Newton, "real" name of pulp magazine character Captain Future * George Newton, a character in the film series ''Beethoven'' * Newton Gearloose, a Disney character, nephew of Gyro Gearloose * Newton, a character in ''The Mighty Hercules'' animated series Places Australia * Newton, South Australia Canada * Newton, Edmonton, Alberta * Ne ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
NZ AK Stables (Former) (1)
New Zealand () is an island country in the southwestern Pacific Ocean. It consists of two main landmasses—the North Island () and the South Island ()—and over 600 smaller islands. It is the sixth-largest island country by area and lies east of Australia across the Tasman Sea and south of the islands of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga. The country's varied topography and sharp mountain peaks, including the Southern Alps (), owe much to tectonic uplift and volcanic eruptions. New Zealand's capital city is Wellington, and its most populous city is Auckland. The islands of New Zealand were the last large habitable land to be settled by humans. Between about 1280 and 1350, Polynesians began to settle in the islands and subsequently developed a distinctive Māori culture. In 1642, the Dutch explorer Abel Tasman became the first European to sight and record New Zealand. In 1769 the British explorer Captain James Cook became the first European to set foot on and map New Zea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
