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Otepoti Dunedin Architecture
A walking guide
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This fourth book in the series of handy pocket guides to New Zealand city architecture is the biggest yet. It features more than 130 Dunedin buildings curated into seven rewarding, self-guiding walks that range from the university district right across the city to the southern cemetery...
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This fourth book in the series of handy pocket guides to New Zealand city architecture is the biggest yet. It features more than 130 Dunedin buildings curated into seven rewarding, self-guiding walks that range from the university district right across the city to the southern cemetery area and out to Port Chalmers.
With easy-to-follow maps, a deeply informed and engaging text by well-known architecture writer John Walsh and images by architectural photographer Patrick Reynolds, it’s perfect for Dunedin residents and visitors to the city alike. Don’t go out without Otepoti Dunedin Architecture!
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ISBN: 9781991016867
Publisher: Massey University Press
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 13 August 2026
Country: New Zealand
Imprint: Massey University Press
Illustration: 135 Illustrations, color
Contributors:
- Photographs by Patrick Reynolds
Audience: General / adult
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 15.0mm
Width: 119.0mm
Height: 178.0mm
Weight: 300g
Pages: 360
About the Author
John Walsh is a writer specialising in architecture. For a decade he edited Architecture NZ and was managing editor of a stable of design magazines. He has contributed to numerous publications, including The Architectural Record (USA), Topos (Netherlands), Interstices, Metro, The New Zealand Listener, The New Zealand Herald, Here and Home NZ. His books include New New Zealand Houses (Random House, 2007); Home Work (Random House, 2010); Big House, Small House (Random House, 2012); City House, Country House (Random House, 2016); Far Pavilion: New Zealand at the Venice Architecture Biennale (NZ Institute of Architects, 2017); St Andrew’s College Centennial Chapel (Architectus, 2018); Auckland Architecture: A Walking Guide (MUP, 2021); Otautahi Christchurch Architecture: A Walking Guide (Massey University Press, 2023); and Te Whanganui-a-Tara Wellington Architecture: A Walking Guide (MUP, 2024).
Patrick Reynolds is one of New Zealand’s best architectural photographers.
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