Author Archives: Brendan

A new take on “living in a hole in the ground”

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One can only imagine the complications when asked to design a residential house right next to a world famous architectural icon. Do you complement it? Contrast it? Pretend its not there? Sit around and ask questions? Re-design the Death Star? Situated right next to Peter Zumthor’s Thermal Baths in Vals, the architects’ have gone for [...]
Written by Brendan. Posted on April 14, 2012. Filed under architecture, houses. No comments.

tealight wit!

Tealights
We all love a bit of mood lighting while entertaining with good mates, cuddling up with a good movie or a lovie dovie night in. One designer that I really love is London based Martha Freud who works with a very natural ascetic. Her designs have a very natural feel which is what I love [...]
Written by Brendan. Posted on October 18, 2011. Filed under Uncategorized, design events, design exhibitions, furniture design, garden art, homewares, interior design. Tagged . No comments.

new retail concepts that last

Pure and General - Map
While I was out walking my dog Darcy (or Percy to some),  I discovered the ’Pure and General’ store in Potts Point. This is the creation of Linda Gregoriou and architect Dale Jones-Evans of dje.com.au. This store brings a fresh new retail concept to the Sydney market and first began when Linda, who was a [...]
Written by Brendan. Posted on September 28, 2011. Filed under Uncategorized, furniture design, homewares, interior design, retail design. 1 Comment.

unity, function, simplicity and scale

Donnell Garden - The deck with oaks - By Cara Ruppert - Flickr
I have recently begun reading a great book on the late Thomas Church called ‘Gardens are for People’, first published in 1955. Thomas Church in my eyes is one of the leading Landscape Architects of the past 100 years. He studied at both Berkley and Harvard University and later in the 1930′s started up his [...]
Written by Brendan. Posted on June 30, 2011. Filed under exterior design, garden art, garden design, landscape designers, pool design. Tagged , , . No comments.

a Swiss woodie

Tree Museum by Enzo Enea- Photography by Martin Rütschi ©
An open-air tree museum located on 10ha of land near Lake Zurich has just opened it doors. This open-air museum is the brainchild of well know Landscape Architect ‘Enzo Enea’ and showcases an array of trees he has collected over the past 17 years. I personally love to stroll around the MCA or the Art [...]
Written by Brendan. Posted on June 29, 2011. Filed under Uncategorized, architecture, exterior design, garden art, garden design, landscape designers, sustainable greenery. Tagged , , , . No comments.