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“Time for a Change. Winkler & Eisenhofer: the New Zealand Houses of the 1960s

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Poppelreuter, Tanja (2011) “Time for a Change. Winkler & Eisenhofer: the New Zealand Houses of the 1960s. In: Paper presented in the 2011 Research Seminar Series , Department of Art History, University of Auckland, New Zealand. not published. 10 pp. [Conference contribution]

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Abstract

During the 1960s the booming economy allowed a greater clientele than before to employarchitects to create modern and individually designed houses. Examples that demonstratethis are the 1965 Littlejohn House in Karori, Wellington and the 1969 Tustin House in LowerHutt. Both were built by the partnership of the Austrian immigrants Erwin Winkler and FritzEisenhofer. Swimming pools and carports demonstrated, among other things, the taste ofthe inhabitants for luxurious living and the influence of modern North American, mainly westcoast, houses. The use of an American house as model was not a singular event. During the 1960s atrend can be discerned that displays the growing influence of American ‘lifestyle’ in housing,furniture, and fashion.  This led to a critique of the usevalue of the vocabulary of a modern style outside of the socio political and cultural climate in which it had emerged. Intentions that led to the adaptationof role models were reflected upon because the long discussed question arose again asto how a distinct New Zealand identity might express itself in its built  environment.

Item Type:Conference contribution (Paper)
Keywords:New Zealand, Modernism, State Housing, English Cottage Style, Ranch Style House, Immigration
Faculties and Schools:Faculty of Art, Design and the Built Environment
Faculty of Art, Design and the Built Environment > Belfast School of Architecture
Research Institutes and Groups:Art and Design Research Institute
Art and Design Research Institute > Art and Context
ID Code:23998
Deposited By:Dr Tanja Poppelreuter
Deposited On:22 Nov 2012 21:51
Last Modified:19 Apr 2013 11:19

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