Quote of the day 18/08
“In a way our buildings are ourselves. Their gestures to the world reflect our human responsiveness and our capacity to dwell and transform ourselves.” – Gregory Burgess
18.36.54 House – Studio Daniel Libeskind
To be honest I am not a huge fan of Daniel Libeskind’s work as I have questions regarding the site specific nature of the buildings however, the craftsmanship in this project is unbelievable. It is not often we see one-off residential homes come out of his office as he is famous for his large scale […]
The Trunk House
The project is a small cabin in Victoria’s Central Highlands. The brief for this project was to provide a two stage residential project including a cabin and a house, the first stage of which is shown here. The site contains a beautiful forest of extant Stringybark woodland. Our original interest was […]
Meeting Glenn Murcutt
This is a beautiful article written by Peter Robb about his day spent with the famous Australian architect Glenn Murcutt. It’s not everyday that you get such a candid and personal glimpse into the lives of those we look up too. Thanks Peter! Fathers & Sons: Meeting Glenn Murcutt Peter Robb It was a long […]
Quote of the day 08/05
One can look but not see. Observation is different. Observation is considered looking, or measured looking, which draws an appropriate conclusion. – Richard Leplastrier
Design’s Journey
Addressing a gathering of architects, Lady Macbeth advised, ‘Screw your courage to the sticking place, and we’ll not fail.’ Then she left the room and never identifying the sticking venue leaving that task to each architect. Many architects have spent their lives looking for that place to screw their courage to, what is it? Where […]
Quote of the day 30/04
An architect’s reach must exceed his grasp or what’s a building for? – Raimund Abraham
Kahn’s Franklin D. Roosevelt Monument
Below is an amazing article on the soon to be realised Franklin D. Roosevelt Monument designed by Louis Kahn 38 years after he died. This memorial will be just one of only a handful of Kahn creations in this world and New York’s first. Paul Goldberger, former architecture critic and editor of the New Yorker describes […]
Life Architecturally – Robert McBride & Debbie Ryan
Last week I had the privilege of listen to a recent documentary on the work of well-known Melbourne based architectural firm ‘McBride Charles Ryan’. The short film was called ‘Life Architecturally’ and was aired on ABC’s Artscape. McBride Charles Ryan are one of the most progressive architectural firms in our country, they seem to approach their […]
Quote of the day 04/03
One of the exciting things about architecture is that it gives you so many reasons to be modest. – Rem Koolhaas
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