The Catlins' landscape and tourist attractions and the needs
of small-community residents will be explored by Lincoln
University Bachelor of Landscape Architecture students during
a three-day field trip to Owaka this week.
The spectacular coastline north of Dunedin is full of
hidden gems and history. Charmian Smith does a reconnaisance
for The Taieri Rotary Club's Heritage Homes of the Coastline
tour on March 7.
The years are being peeled away and colours from the past are
re-emerging at the Otago Settlers Museum's former NZR bus
station building, thanks to some painstaking historical
detective work.
Library, winery, golf course club house, former stables and
several private homes were all recognised in Queenstown last
night at the 2009 Southern Architecture Awards.
Wellington's Beehive, home of the New Zealand Government's
executive, ranks as the third ugliest building in the world
according to a tourism website list.
