Christchurch Town Hall by Warren and Mahoney, Christchurch. Image: Christchurch Town Hall - Christchurch, New Zealand 01.jpg by Michal Klajban, Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Drawing Practice: Miles Warren Watercolours 1949 to 2007
Exhibition of Sir Miles Warren's watercolours spanning six decades, at the Sir Miles Warren Gallery, Objectspace Ōtautahi, Christchurch
Location: Sir Miles Warren Gallery, Objectspace Ōtautahi, Christchurch
Date: 7 November 2026 to 13 December 2026
Drawing Practice brings together watercolours by Sir Miles Warren made between 1949 and 2007, at the Sir Miles Warren Gallery in Objectspace Ōtautahi, Christchurch, from 7 November to 13 December 2026. The exhibition is presented by The Warren Trust and curated by John Walsh, a former editor of Architecture New Zealand who staged an earlier Warren watercolour show at the same gallery in 2023.
The paintings run from Warren’s student years in Christchurch and Auckland, through his time in London in the early 1950s and his working life, to the annual European painting trips he made after retiring in 1994. Works named include the Chapman Block at Christ’s College, a London scene from 1953 and sketches for proposed flats for Dorset Estates. Objectspace’s Christchurch opening hours are Thursday to Sunday, 10am to 4pm.
Warren, who died in 2022, founded Warren and Mahoney in 1958 and designed College House and the Christchurch Town Hall, so the show is a look at the hand behind some of the city’s best known buildings. For architects, it’s a reminder of drawing as a daily discipline rather than a presentation tool.
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