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Featuring beautifully lit, atmospheric photographs of dilapidated buildings, industrial settings, and domestic interiors, this unique record highlights the vanishing components of New Zealand. A collaboration between the photographer and five writers, this handbook features handpicked photographs accompanied by short essays examining the city of Wellington and its endangered buildings. Each photograph focuses on a particular theme--including the exploration of workshops, environmental portraits, and specific buildings demolished for highway expansion--and illustrates the fate of a metropolis.