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Philip Sherwood King
Tony Richardson
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Architecture 1952-1967: Including the King+Christie Partnership 1954-1957
出版Urban Learning Limted, 2014
ISBN04732804269780473280420
URLhttp://books.google.com.hk/books?id=gBbKoAEACAAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api
註釋"Philip Sherwood King ... was one of that select group of post-war architects who introduced modernist architecture to New Zealand in ways that accommodated the local climatic and social environment. Influenced by the second generation of International Modernists such as Ernst Plischke, but never dominated by them, King's architectural career in New Zealand spanned only 15 years, yet encompassed a diverse output ranging from severe contemporary forms to a sympathetic addition to a late-Victorian villa. Probably best known for the MIRINZ laboratory at Ruakura and the Wool Research laboratory at Lincoln, [he] produced [an] ... array of domestic, commercial and public architecture as well as influencing the design of the airport expansion on reclaimed land at Rongotai that created the Wellington Airport we know today. Qualifying as an architect while employed by the ... NZ Co-operative Dairy Company ..., and engaged on many dairy industry projects, [he] also exemplified the outdoor life of the Good Keen Man ..."--Back cover.