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How Peter does it
A little interview by Igloo with Peter Maddison, host of Grand Designs Australia… and my old boss. Not that old.
18.04.11 in profiles video-clips
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Christchurch Dreaming
I’ve just woke up two hours early today from a dream that may have turned into a nightmare. I was living in Christchurch. Looking around me, a sizeable chunk of Melbourne’s architects were living there too. A few trams had made the journey too. I went on one house visit. The place was a bit like one of Boyd’s tiered hillside houses, except that each tier had moved independently of the others in the earthquake. I think the experience of that was disturbing enough to wake me up. Or maybe it was the bevy of noisy architects sitting on the top level in tricky chairs. Obviously time to check out what has been happening in Christchurch since the February quake.
29.03.11 in cities
Marcus White emerges
University of Melbourne lecturer Dr Marcus White has been named the inaugural National Emerging Architect of the Year at the Australian Achievement in Architecture Awards ceremony, run by the AIA.
25.03.11 in architects awards
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Site shift
Sorry it has been a bit quiet recently. Apart from being a bit flat out, my web host has been causing me some quite expensive grief. Upshot is that I am shifting the entire website and database to another web host. From now on, any new comments to the forum or this page may not appear on the new site.
23.02.11 in random-debris
10 Murray appeal rejected
The appeal by the Save 10 Murray group against Hobart’s Parliament Square redevelopment has been rejected by the Resources Management and Planning Appeals Tribunal.
16.02.11 in heritage
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Councils and fees
Grand Designs (Oz) presenter Peter Maddison recently advised Ballarat’s media what to do with its Civic Hall project, which was mainly not to ape historic styles.
16.02.11 in practice
Calling kiwis abroad
Any New Zealand architects or architecture graduates who now find themselves overseas, we’d like to hear from you. I am guest-editing an issue of Architecture New Zealand with Justine Clark and Paul Walker. It will focus on how the hundreds of NZ architects overseas are practising. To assist us, we’d be grateful if you could fill in the survey here . Please pass it on!
10.02.11 in call-for-submissions
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Arch NZ editor
The Big Idea website in New Zealand is advertising the position of Architecture NZ editor. If interested, make yourself known before Feb 10th.
Cyclone Yasi
As this category 5 cyclone approaches the Queensland coast, the Brisbane Times interviews some local architects about the possible effects.
02.02.11 in extreme-weather
Central Park News
This Fairfax video link is promotion masquerading as information. Nonetheless it is worth a look if only for the theatrical performance of garden wall guru Patrick Blanc. The topic is the Central Park development in Sydney – the Atelier Jean Nouvel building in particular.
30.01.11 in cities urban-planning
EAA offer Pro Bono services in Queensland
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14.01.11 in notices extreme-weather
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Lift to view
OK, so you’ve paid $32M for a site in Point Piper, but it’s not on the sea side of the road, and its pretty damn steep. First thing to do is clear the existing historic mansion. Next, build a new one. Then build a Bat Cave, but swap the bat poles for a bat lift.
05.01.11 in buildings weird-wonderful
Hearstiography
For a limited time, SBS online is showing Up To The Sky Episode 1: The Hearst Tower, a half hour german documentary (with English narration). It’s a mildly interesting doco, if you can call it a documentary – it is rather gushingly positive. It zigzags about between various topics – one of the more interesting tidbits to emerge was that Foster’s initial presentation to the Hearst board was taking place when the World Trade Center was attacked down the street.
04.01.11 in video-clips
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Site renos
27/12: Parts of the site will appear weirdly for about an hour while the main software is updated to Textpattern v4.3.0. Done.
27.12.10 in random-debris