by JAK | Aug 16, 2013 | culture, TEDx, video
This week the cardboard cathedral finally opened in Christchurch. The cathedral cost NZ $5.6m which is a lot for cardboard but astoundingly it is designed to last up to 50 years. Whatever your thoughts on such buildings the actual architecture and design is worth...
by JAK | Oct 25, 2012 | culture, TEDx
Architect Andrew Paterson presented at the recent TEDxAuckland 2012. What I love about TEDx events is that we can have an architect talking on the same stage as a medical doctor and a poet and so on. This year 17 speakers all had a great time. Andrew’s talk was...
by JAK | Aug 9, 2012 | big ideas, culture
In 2008 the California Academy of Science building opened. It was designed by architect Renzo Piano and has a living roof. This roof is covered in plants and has two distinctive domes on the roof. In sustainable design terms “The Academy is now the largest...