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Windsor shower curtain good vibes
DCM’s plans for the Windsor Hotel move a step closer to fruition.
31.07.09 in architects
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Backyard pools
Emergent Urbanism reports on a different type of subdivision. Miami’s outer suburban subdivisions apparently must have their own reservoirs. Looks odd from a satellite.
30.07.09 in urban-planning
Eastern Cemetery Mausoleum
Phillip Harmer’s newly opened Eastern Cemetery Mausoleum in Geelong has attracted an enthusiastic write up in the Geelong Advertiser. Perhaps by the real estate department.
28.07.09 in buildings
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Wind turbines not passed
Robert Rockefeller’s plans to mount giant wind turbines to catch the Southerly blusters from his Hobart buildings have been furled in by the council on heritage grounds. The debate was “heated”, possibly by a coal-fired power station.
28.07.09 in sustainability heritage
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Lonsdale House doomed?
Planning permit approved . Going, going…
27.07.09 in buildings heritage
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Moscow crumbles
The Moscow Architectural Preservation Society has released an update to its 2007 report on the sad state of many of the city’s important buildings. In an atmosphere of gung-ho development, more old buildings are at risk than ever. Here are a few.
26.07.09 in heritage
airport design
Here’s a “History of the airport” slideshow by Witold Rybczynski. Things are not looking up.
26.07.09 in buildings
The last Seidler
The practice continues, but the Clarence Street Alliance Francaise building, which is opening in Sydney, is the last penned by him. I can’t find any pics other than the interior one in the BT article.
26.07.09 in architects
Student towers enhance the skyline: official
RENDERING OF INITIAL DESIGN
26.07.09 in urban-planning
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Bridge House
Architectural Record’s House of the Month, Max Pritchard Architect’s Bridge House in Ashbourne, South Australia, is arousing passions on the AR website . Seven pages worth! Is it a gleaming train or a smashed plane?
23.07.09 in buildings
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Bogong moth
The one day I spent living with a Bogong Moth (clinging to the ranch sliders at Bermagui) was pretty strange, especially what it got up to with the fly screen… So I can only find it strange to hear that this huge scary moth was Callum Fraser’s inspiration for his latest hotel for ski bunnies, Quay West Resort & Spa (previously known as St. Falls).
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On you Open House
For those in Melbourme too set in their Sunday ways to make it, Open House was the place you should have been. According to one volunteer, it was four times the size of last year’s. The concept is pretty basic – open up private buildings to the public for the day, and let them see what’s behind the facade. My visit concentrated on the rapidly growing part of town that is Docklands. Not necessarily growing very well, but there are some gems in the dirt.
19.07.09 in buildings
House > smithereens
In the NZ Herald : “House blows apart on highway” – speeding?
18.07.09 in weird-wonderful
broke
I’ve just updated the site software and a lot of things aren’t looking right at the minute. Hope it isn’t a long night fixing code…
17.07.09 in random-debris
Let's spend some money
At the Planning Institute of Victoria forum on Wednesday, Professor Rob Adams announced some startling findings, from a report commissioned by the DPCD.
17.07.09 in urban-planning