Architectural historian. Director of @openchch & @Te_Putahi Blessed (& cursed) by love of architecture & Ōtautahi/Christchurch, NZ. Pākehā. She/her. Views own.
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One of New Zealand's greatest architects has died. Farewell and thank you, Sir Miles Warren (10 May 1929 - 9 August 2022).
Such a pleasure to work in a team with Miles to campaign to keep the Christchurch Town Hall after the earthquakes.
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Fantastic talk hosted by @Te_Putahi tonight: "Creating Intergenerational Wealth" with @sophiehowe, former Future Generations Commissioner for Wales.
The event was recorded and is available here:
youtube.com/live/3JuiBGHG9qo
(Also featuring the fab @jh_arch and @JosiahT_NZ!)
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One of my children has an autoimmune disease following covid. This interview was really helpful.
Prof Danny Altmann: the burden of long COVID rnz.co.nz/national/programme…
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This week the planet broke records for its hottest days in recorded history. Scientists are frightened and
begging us to act. Did you see this? Was it on front pages? No. And that’s why Just Stop Oil protest - because we are in deep, deep trouble and have our heads in the sand
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Also arch firms aren't founded around great male figures like they used to be. So the names don't spread as far. You can see some of the great new arch in our great new book tho! freerangepress.nz/shop/p/shi…
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“The importance of automobiles arises not due to the inherent superiority of driving, but because public transit systems in most metropolitan areas are slow, inconvenient, and lack sufficient coverage to rival the automobile.” @planningatil 🚘 @marincogan
vox.com/23753949/cars-cost-o… – at Richmond, VA
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“[Bub Bridger] said poetry didn’t have to be a florid Chaucer type thing. It’s really just drawing with words the things you’re seeing and experiencing — and trying to paint them for someone else to see.” Great interview with Bic Runga.
e-tangata.co.nz/korero/bic-r…
“Singing is sort of therapeutic, even just singing around the house . . . So I sing. That’s what I do. I just sing around the house to keep myself together.” — Bic Runga
e-tangata.co.nz/korero/bic-r…
“In the face of mass apathy about the impending climate crisis, a flow of magical thinking has seemed to congeal around the speciously desperate idea that somehow the forests can save us.”
Essays in the new book “Touch Wood” (@LarsMullerBooks) recognize the need for a shift in how we think about trees—and inadvertently show why it has yet to happen, writes @edwinheathcote. #sustainability #architecture
untappedjournal.com/issues/i…
Reminds me that this is such a good watch from @dvdjhnhll
youtu.be/7IdoGlsNnQc
I am besotted. #climateaction
ALT A sweater that says "Sweater Enthusiast for Climate Action" on a colourful landscape that is burning.
Reg Mombassa x Wah-wah wahwahaustralia.com/products…
Love a street section that includes tree roots.
Attention Street Design Nerds! One of the most intriguing cities in recent years at reconsidering streets for people instead of just for cars, Oslo Norway, has translated their Street Design Manual into English and put it on-line. Worth digging into. #Oslo
oslo.kommune.no/getfile.php/…
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Join our first Chch Conversations event for 2023 when we welcome @sophiehowe the first Future Generations Commissioner for Wales. Talking about creating intergenerational wellbeing.
🗓️ 25 July 5.30-7pm
🆓 Free
⛪ In person
💻 online
Bookings required
teputahi.org.nz/portfolio-it…
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Just so we're clear:
1⃣ The oil, gas, coal and meat industries are proceeding full tilt with their plan of making our planet unliveable for billions, pushing our climate out of the "human niche" where we can simply exist. Our governments are complicit.
theguardian.com/environment/…
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1/5 We need your help to keep an eye out for a new-to-New Zealand clam species recently discovered in the Waikato River at Bob’s Landing near Lake Karāpiro.
The freshwater gold clam (also known as the Asian clam) is native to eastern Asia.
ALT Image shows 7 gold clam with white background
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Speed: NOT if wheels are rubber or metal; it's if it has dedicated lanes. See Jakarta's.
Bus Rapid Transit, BRT costs a fraction of a subway, which means with same $$ you can do 10 times more kilometers. Capacity & speed: similar to 60% world's subways and all LRTs. #Flexibility
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“We have to be twice as good — impeccable — to offset the assumptions and racism of other students who believe we are so stupid and undeserving that we need to be given the answers to exams in advance.” — Dr Emma Espiner. @emmawehipeihana
e-tangata.co.nz/reflections/…
Where is the NZ research on this?
In Australia, improving the performance of nearly 11 million existing homes makes a bigger difference to housing energy costs + emissions than a 7-star energy standard for new homes.
theconversation.com/we-need-… via @ConversationEDU