Sir Miles Warren at Ohinetahi, his self-designed garden at Governors Bay, Christchurch
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Celebrating the achievements of leading New Zealand architect, Sir Miles Warren, this exhibition reveals his contribution to modernist architecture and his success as a watercolourist and gardener.
Celebrating the achievements of leading New Zealand architect, Sir Miles Warren, this exhibition reveals his contribution to modernist architecture and his success as a watercolourist and gardener.
The exhibition traverses the career of Sir Miles, from his formative years and the design of the Dorset Street flats, to such landmarks as College House, the Christchurch Town Hall and the New Zealand Chancery in Washington.
It opens at the same time as the Ellerslie International Flower Show and reveals Sir Miles as an extraordinary garden designer, featuring the formal garden at his Governors Bay home, Ohinetahi.
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Date:
7 March – 14 June 2009 -
Exhibition number:
823 -
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Miles: A life in architecture
Best known for the Christchurch Town Hall and Wellington's Michael Fowler Centre, Sir Miles Warren is the doyen of post-war New Zealand architecture, the first New Zealander to be knighted for services to architecture, an Icon of the Arts Foundation of New Zealand, and a leading figure in the arts in Christchurch. The garden at his Governors Bay home, Ohinetahi, beautifully crafted by Miles with his sister Pauline Trengrove and her husband John, has also secured for him a reputation as one of our most remarkable garden designers.