The Architect and the Artists deeply engaged in both expressive

deeply engaged in both expressive and pragmatic architecture’ — Cathleen McGuigan

this book places the gallery at the heart of the story of Whanganui and marks its triumphal reopening in 2024

How contemporary religious art and modernist architecture were fused

with candour and courage

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The Architect and the Artists deeply engaged in both expressiveHow contemporary religious art and modernist architecture were fused Awarded Best First Work of Illustrated Non fiction at the 2022 Ockham New Zealand Book Awards A beautiful and important book about the remarkable collaboration between the modernist architect James Hackshaw (a member of the famous Group Architects), the painter Colin McCahon and the then young sculptor Paul Dibble on twelve New Zealand buildings from churches to houses. Drawing on