Modernist buildings of Dunedin

Former NZR Road Services building, designed by Miller and White, 1939, now part of the Otago...
Former NZR Road Services building, designed by Miller and White, 1939, now part of the Otago Settlers Museum.
Law Courts Hotel, designed by McDowell Smith in the late 1930s, Lower Stuart St.
Law Courts Hotel, designed by McDowell Smith in the late 1930s, Lower Stuart St.
Then... Lawson and Lousely houses designed by Miller and White (1936-37) on the corner of Pitt St...
Then... Lawson and Lousely houses designed by Miller and White (1936-37) on the corner of Pitt St and Heriot Row.
Now... Lawson and Lousely houses designed by Miller and White (1936-37) on the corner of Pitt St...
Now... Lawson and Lousely houses designed by Miller and White (1936-37) on the corner of Pitt St and Heriot Row.
Former NMA Woolstore (now Spotlight) on the corner of Vogel and Crawford Sts - an early piece of...
Former NMA Woolstore (now Spotlight) on the corner of Vogel and Crawford Sts - an early piece of modernist industrial architecture designed in 1928 by Mandeno and Fraser.
The Hudson House (1938).
The Hudson House (1938).
The central stairwell in the Hudson house with undecorated paneling curving round the stairs.
The central stairwell in the Hudson house with undecorated paneling curving round the stairs.
The Hudson House (1938).
The Hudson House (1938).
The Hudson House (1938).
The Hudson House (1938).
The Hudson House (1938) is a significant Dunedin house in the Spanish Mission Modernist style.
The Hudson House (1938) is a significant Dunedin house in the Spanish Mission Modernist style.
Michael Findlay inspects the archways and beamed celing at the entrance to the Hudson house.
Michael Findlay inspects the archways and beamed celing at the entrance to the Hudson house.
The drawing room of the Hudson house with an Art Deco fireplace reflected in a curved mirror.
The drawing room of the Hudson house with an Art Deco fireplace reflected in a curved mirror.

New Zealand might be a long way from Europe and the US where the Modern movement in architecture started, but buildings of the 1930s show that architects here were abreast of the trends.

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