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Architects voice fear of extinction at conference
Architects voice fear of extinction at conference
Mark Wigley (centre) at the Institute of Architects Conference with Peter Davey (left) and Nigel Ryan. Picture / Kenny Rodger
04.06.05
by Chris Barton
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Mark Wigley (centre) at the Institute of Architects Conference with Peter Davey (left) and Nigel Ryan. Picture / Kenny Rodger
04.06.05
by Chris Barton
Bloody architects. What are they good for? Minister of Building Issues Chris Carter has just opened the Institute of Architects conference celebrating 100 years of the profession in New Zealand. He's talked a lot about "weather-tightness", the phenomenon more commonly called leaky buildings. It's a sodden issue very much on his mind, especially as he lives in an architect-designed house which, he tells the assembled, has "not a sign of weather-tightness in it" when it rains.
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Wigley, a New Zealander living in New York, is introduced as "a bit of a rockstar". It's an apt description. Not just because he is at the top of his game as Dean of the School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation at Columbia University. But also because there are clearly adoring fans in the audience.
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