The Elegant Shed: New Zealand Architecture Since 1945

by David John Mitchell, Gillian Chaplin

Genres: Architecture

112 pages, Hardcover

First published April 25, 1985

About the author

Well-known architect and a lecturer at Univ. of Auckland.
(Source:
http://errol.oclc.org/laf/nb2005-4916...)

Reviews

[Marco Klein · Rating 3 out of 5]

The author builds a narrative with iconic buildings of New Zealand and their well-known architects, further describing how styles developed around these. A good overview of NZ styles based on regions. The language is a bit evasive, but otherwise readable.

The typical Christchurch typology is the cottage, as seen in Donnithorne House, 1952. Miles Warren was a proponent of brutalism, which heavily influenced the Christchurch style. Opposed to this is the flamboyant, ad-hoc style made popular Ian Athfield and Roger Walker.