Brutal Beauty - The Architecture of Sir Miles Warren

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Brutal Beauty - The Architecture of Sir Miles Warren

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For some the stark, functional lines of brutalist design will never seduce; for others it signalled a bold break from the dowdy houses of old. This Artsville documentary traces the career of Kiwi Sir Miles Warren, who designed some of New Zealand's most famous brutalist architecture including the Christchurch Town Hall and Wellington's Michael Fowler Centre. In this excerpt, Warren describes working on London council housing blocks and his first, oft controversial Kiwi commissions. Historian ...

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Video

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2011

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https://www.nzonscreen.com/title/brutal-beauty-architect-miles-warren-2011

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quadrangle / lawn / post war nz / public housing / architecture / sir miles warren / brutalism / ohinetahi / governor's bay / christchurch / warren and mahoney / maurice mahoney / christ's college / dorset street flats / dental nurse training college / london / roehampton lane / lavatory block / chapman block / library / victorian clutter / reinforced concrete / controversial / wellington / whitcombe and tombs / whitcombe & tombs / ballantynes / post-war nz / danish chair / georgian chair / european style / dorset st flats / council flat / council housing / christchurch style / christchurch modern / le corbusier / nz on air / new zealand on air

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