Visual Acoustics

Narrated by Dustin Hoffman, VISUAL ACOUSTICS celebrates the life and career of Julius Shulman, the world’s greatest architectural photographer, whose images brought modern architecture to the American mainstream. Shulman, who passed away in 2009, captured the work of nearly every modern and progressive architect since the 1930s including Frank Lloyd Wright, Richard Neutra, John Lautner […]

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Silver City Museum – An Un-built work by Glenn Murcutt

Glenn Murcutt’s work has captivated me over the years. His attention to detail is phenomenal, he leaves nothing unchecked. I have spent countless hours with magnifying glass in hand looking at his working drawings, this exercise never gets old. It seems the more you look at them the more you learn. As a designer, there […]

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Frank Gehry – Louis Vuitton Foundation Building

Never afraid of unconventional shapes and design techniques, Frank Gehry has wow’ed the world again with a stunning geometrically complex building for the Louis Vuitton Foundation. The images being published so far are a strong indication that it will not disappoint. The building is due to open late 2014. Enjoy! The new museum for the foundation […]

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Zaha Hadid at the GSD School or Architecture

The work of Zaha Hadid seems like a dream from another timeframe. It feels worlds apart from our micro efforts to build and design Australian houses in the suburbs of Brisbane for between $1200 and $3000 dollars per m2. The two pursuits hardly seem like they are even in the same profession. This being said […]

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Gregory Burgess – Forum Lecture Series 2012

Gregory Burgess graduated from the Faculty of Architecture, Building and Planning at the University of Melbourne in 1970. For the past 32 years he has led the Melbourne architectural practice known as Gregory Burgess Architects, for which he is the principal designer. Burgess has received over 40 professional and community awards including the Sir Zelman […]

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Bleuscape’s Top 10 Australian Architectural Firms for 2012

10. Bark Architecture Bark is run by husband and wife team, Lindy Atkin and Stephen Guthrie. Their aim is to create buildings that are designed from the inside out. Responding directly to the needs of the people who use them, buildings integrate delicately with the natural landscape, ensuring minimal environmental impact and maximum sustainability. Visually, […]

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The Winged House

Richard Goodwin is an architect and artist. I have long admired this little house he designed in Tasmainia completed in 2007.           The  site is very steep, with panoramic views across Bass Strait, the expanse of ocean  separating the island from mainland Australia. It is the southernmost  part of Australia and isubject to […]

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