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dc.contributor.authorFrancis, Kerry
dc.contributor.authorSmith, Gregory
dc.date.accessioned2011-06-15T23:55:44Z
dc.date.available2011-06-15T23:55:44Z
dc.date.issued2010-01-01
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10652/1580
dc.description.abstractIn Auckland in the 1950s a group of architecture students and young graduates were exploring innovative techniques of small scale construction. While these explorations can be seen in the context of a broader, global post-war interest in rational construction, they did appear to have a particularly New Zealand flavour; working as they were with a local light timber frame and its supporting concrete technologies. Collectively known as Structural Developments, this group was concentrated around the structural and material interests of Richard Hobin. This paper examines four houses designed and built by Hobin in Auckland between 1949 and 1953; the now demolished Strewe house in Glen Eden, the Taylor house in Devonport, the Bryant house in Forrest Hill and the J.M. Hobin house in Point Chevalier. The examination reveals the beginnings of a life long interest in structural and material innovation, unfortunately lost to this country when Hobin left for London in 1954, where he remained for the rest of his career.en_NZ
dc.language.isoenen_NZ
dc.publisherAustralian and New Zealand Architectural Science Associationen_NZ
dc.rightsAll rights reserveden_NZ
dc.subjectHobin, Richard (architect)en_NZ
dc.subjecthousingen_NZ
dc.subjectconcreteen_NZ
dc.subjecttimberen_NZ
dc.titleExperiments on common grounds: Four Auckland houses by Richard Hobin (1949-1953)en_NZ
dc.typeConference Contribution - Paper in Published Proceedingsen_NZ
dc.rights.holderKerry Francis and Gregory Smithen_NZ
dc.subject.marsden120103 Architectural History and Theoryen_NZ
dc.identifier.bibliographicCitationFrancis, K. & Smith, G. (2010, November). Experiments on common grounds: Four Auckland houses by Richard Hobin (1949-1953). In C. Murphy, S. Wake, D. Turner, G. McConchie & D. Rhodes (Eds.). On the border: Architectural science in theory and practice, Proceedings of the 44th Annual Conference of the Australian and New Zealand Architectural Science Association (CD Rom Ed.)en_NZ
unitec.institutionUnitec Institute of Technologyen_NZ
unitec.publication.titleOn the border: Architectural science in theory and practice, Proceedings of the 44th Annual Conference of the Australian and New Zealand Architectural Science Associationen_NZ
unitec.conference.titleOn the border: Architectural science in theory and practiceen_NZ
unitec.conference.orgAustralian and New Zealand Architectural Science Associationen_NZ
unitec.conference.locationAucklanden_NZ
unitec.conference.sdate2010-11-24
unitec.conference.edate2010-11-26
unitec.peerreviewedyesen_NZ
dc.contributor.affiliationUnitec Institute of Technologyen_NZ
unitec.institution.studyareaArchitecture


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