The School of Architecture at Auckland University College (now the University of Auckland) modernised in the 1950s and early 1960s. This in itself is not unusual. But the process was atypical in that it was led by a long-serving Chair and Dean rather than a newly appointed one, and indeed a person not known as a modernist. Cyril Roy Knight (1893–1972) was an Australian who graduated from the University of Liverpool in 1923 and served as New Zealand’s first Chair and Dean of Architecture from 1925 to 1958. This article explores Knight’s attitude to modernism, and the modernisation of the Auckland School. It shows that he was conscious of New Zealand’s geographic isolation and worked hard to understand international developments in architectural education before instituting change at the Auckland School. His approach was one of considered gradualism. It included the appointment of multiple new staff members in the postwar period. This had unintended but important effects for the School and for the direction of New Zealand architecture.

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“回到南方”：Cyril Knight 与奥克兰建筑学院的现代化

奥克兰大学学院（现为奥克兰大学）的建筑学院在 1950 年代和 1960 年代初期进行了现代化改造。这本身并不罕见。但这个过程是非典型的，因为它是由一位长期服务的主席和院长领导的，而不是新任命的，而且确实是一个不为现代主义者所知的人。Cyril Roy Knight (1893–1972) 澳大利亚人，1923 年毕业于利物浦大学，1925 年至 1958 年担任新西兰第一任主席和建筑学院院长。 本文探讨了奈特对现代主义的态度，以及奥克兰的现代化学校。这表明他意识到新西兰的地理隔离，并在奥克兰学校进行变革之前努力了解建筑教育的国际发展。他的方法是一种被认为是渐进主义的方法。其中包括在战后时期任命了多名新工作人员。这对学校和新西兰建筑的方向产生了意想不到但重要的影响。