Tag: Alexander Turnbull

  • William Turnbull (1868-1941)

    Wellington City Archivist Adrian Humphris explores the life of William Turnbull, the architect who designed Alexander Turnbull’s Bowen Street house and ran one of Wellington’s foremost architectural practices at the turn of the century.

  • Alexander Turnbull – a sporting life

    Gavin Pascoe reveals the sporting obsession of Alexander Turnbull, showing how the library founder brought the same total involvement to yachting as he did to book collecting, helping shape New Zealand’s culture of sailing excellence.