100+ Southern Architecture Then, Now and Next

Our distinctive southern architecture will take centre stage in a very special exhibition opening soon at the Otago Museum. 100+ Southern Architecture then, now and next, from the New Zealand Institute of Architecture Southern Branch, celebrates over 100 years of architecture in the south.

Featuring the celebrated, as well as the hidden gems of architecture in the southern South Island, 100+ includes a wide variety of projects ranging from North Otago to Invercargill.

The focus is as much on the present as the past. The exhibition looks at how architecture has developed over time, the personalities and leaders in the profession, and the practices and organisations that shaped it. 100+ tracks architecture in the south from early figures such as Edmund Anscombe to modern legends such as Ted McCoy, and the women who played a pioneering role in the industry.

Architecture plays a defining role in the identity of the south. Dunedin Railway station defines historical Dunedin while the wineries and holiday houses of Central Otago provide a modern view point. This exhibition looks at the southern identity as a combination of architecture in striking natural settings, both a gift and a challenge to the architects that have worked here.

From New Zealand’s first ‘skyscraper’ to Dunedin’s one and only wooden roller coaster, the development of New Zealand’s civic identity was largely shaped in the south. 100+ includes not only the grand large scale churches and commercial buildings, but the small and perfectly formed buildings of rural New Zealand, such as Gore’s Coronation Library.

100+ is a collection of images, objects and stories which tell the story of the development of architecture in the south. Much of the content has been drawn from the practitioners themselves. The exhibition includes over 400 objects, photographs, plans and drawings from the period 1908-2009.

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