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Bell Hill House (Reichelt’s Building)
Built: 1872, 1873, remodelled 1935 Address: 110-114 Princes Street Architects: Henry Frederick Hardy (1872 and 1873); Stone & Sturmer (1935) Builders: Charles Prouse (1872), N. & A. Wood...
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Clifford Muir 1904-1968
‘C. Muir, Chief Architect’ (1960). Otago Education Board records. AG-294-48/93. Hocken Collections – Uare Taoka o Hākena. A progressive figure in New Zealand school design during the mid-twentieth...
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Ruby and Ambrose Hudson’s house
Built: 1926-1927 Address: 28 Tweed Street, Littlebourne, Roslyn Architect: Henry McDowell Smith (1887-1965) Builders: Fletcher & Love One of Dunedin’s most impressive 1920s homes is on the market....
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Angus Motors Building / Spanish Restaurant
Built: 1874-1875, 1908 (addition), 1938-1939 (remodelling)Address: 471-473 Princes StreetArchitects: Unknown (1874), James Annand (1908), Stone & Sturmer (1938)Builders: Key & Ashton...
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Scurr’s Buildings
Built: 1912 (back portion 1908-1909) Address: 21-33 Princes Street Architects: Salmond & Vanes (James Louis Salmond) Builders: Callender & McLeod (back portion C.W. Wilkinson) Otago Witness, 1...
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Plume, formerly the Ernest Adams shop
Built: 1909 (building), 1929 (shopfront) Address: 310 George Street Architects: James Clark (1909), Miller & White (1929) Builders: George Lawrence (1909), Ross, King & Mullenger (1929) Glass...
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Philip Laing House, the former Government Life Building
Built: 1971-1973Address: 144 Rattray StreetArchitects: Collins, Hunt & AssociatesStructural consulting engineers: E.G.S. Powell, Fenwick & PartnersMain contractor: Naylor Love Construction Ltd...
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Lost Dunedin #6: Janitor’s house, Otago Boys’ High School
Built: 1885 Address: 18 Arthur Street Architect: John Somerville Builder: William Duncan Demolished 1971 The house in September 1964. Gary Blackman photographer. From a Kodachrome slide. Gary...
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Daniel Heenan’s mausoleum
Built: 1900-1901 Address: West Taieri Cemetery, 1130 Lee Stream-Outram Road Architects: Mason & Wales Builders: J.W. Joseph contractor, William Dick stonemason On the outskirts of Outram is the...
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Something to mark ten years, 2012-2022
This month marks the tenth anniversary of the Built in Dunedin blog. The first post I wrote, in July 2012, was about the Hallenstein factory in Dowling Street, so I thought it would be fitting to...
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Milnes’ Building
Built: 1877Address: 34 George Street, Port ChalmersArchitects: Mason, Wales & StevensonBuilder: Robert Bauchop James P. Milnes’ store, Port Chalmers, Hocken Collections, Uare Taoka o Hākena. Ref:...
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The Hudson house – and now some early photographs
Since writing the last post about the Hudson house at 28 Tweed Street (currently for sale) I have been able to copy these wonderful images by photographer C.M. Collins, taken soon after the house was...
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Ruby and Ambrose Hudson’s house
Built: 1926-1927 Address: 28 Tweed Street, Littlebourne, Roslyn Architect: Henry McDowell Smith (1887-1965) Builders: Fletcher & Love One of Dunedin’s most impressive 1920s homes is on the market....
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Co-operative Dairy Company of Otago factory and offices
Built: 1951-1954 Address: 90 Anzac Avenue Architect: L.W.S. Lowther (1901-1970) Builders: Love Construction Co. The building as it appeared when new in 1954. Image courtesy of Naylor Love. The 1950s...
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Mosgiel Cenotaph / Taieri Fallen Soldiers’ Memorial
Built: 1923 Address: Anzac Park, Gordon Road, Mosgiel Architect: David Gourlay Mowat Contractors: H.S. Bingham & Co. Hocken Collections / Uare Taoka o Hākena. Foster Series No. 4, Box 136. Over 500...
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Hardwicke Knight: Through the Lens
The newly-released book Hardwicke Knight: Through the Lens is a compilation of colour images of 1950s Britain photographed by Hardwicke Knight (1911-2008). It has been exciting to be part of this...
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Dunedin in Kodachrome 3
The first ‘Dunedin in Kodachrome’ post on this blog showed a Ray Hargreaves image, looking south along George Street in 1957. This fascinating image above, taken by David Green, makes an excellent...
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Dunedin Railway Station: its architect and style
Guest post by Michael Findlay Built: 1904-1906 Address: 20 Anzac Avenue Architect: George Troup Design supervisor: John Coom Building supervisor: F.W. Maclean (District Engineer) Foreman of works: John...
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