Category Archives: architecture

vietnamese inspiration

Vo Trong Nghia Saigon 'Stacking Green' house
Vietnamese / Japanese architect collaboration Vo Trong Nghia are the masterminds behind the Saigon house ‘Stacking Green’. The front and back facades are made up of layers of concrete planters cantilevered from two side walls. The effect is a stunning green wall of beautiful, tropical plants. Each of the planters has been designed with the [...]
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Dutch South African meets Coogee

Coogee Beach House MPRDG
With the long awaited summer finally arriving in the last week or so in Sydney, the beach house vibe is a calling!! I love to trawl the Internet searching for refreshing and beachy houses that have cropped up on our coast lines since the last bout of summer weather. This fantastic house standing tall at [...]
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just the colour green can make a difference…

vallo sadovsky architects ba-lik
A few weeks back I received this little tidbit in my inbox from archdaily.com. The Civic Association in Bratislava, Slovakia together with Vallo Sadovsky Architects have been working together to bring some green life back into the urban environment. They have created several green projects, one of which has been dubbed “Urban Intervention” – a [...]
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what could have been…

The 1980s Festival Markets
Have you ever wondered what some of Melbourne’s iconic streets and buildings may have looked like if it wasn’t for the bureaucratic red tape and/or lack of funding? (Yeah, that old chestnut…) Well, I was pondering over this the other day and started a little research. Here are some interesting alternatives I came across that [...]
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callum morton @ heide museum of modern art

Callum Morton, 2004 Medieval World - Image from www.roslynoxley9.com.au
For all you  fans and followers, an exhibition at Heide Museum of Modern Art in Melbourne is currently in full swing. Callum Morton, for those who would love to get acquainted, is a Melbourne based artist who’s fresh approach to existing architecture and how he transforms it has made him well known on the international [...]
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hit the slopes

Mountain Refuge Los Canteros by dRN Architects
As our ski season draws to a (very) sad close this year, I felt inspired to search the globe for other ski destinations and amazing lodges that offer the perfect respite from a long day on the slopes. Daily Tonic came up with the goods and have featured a great build by dRN Architects (CL) [...]
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eccentric and playful

Hundertwasser in New Zealand in 1998 - wikipedia.org/
I thought I would give the late, ‘eccentric and playful Viennese artist’ and architect ‘Friedensreich Hundertwasser’ a quick plug. From what I can gather he was an outspoken individual that worked across a variety of design mediums, writing manifestos, designing posters and stamps and traveling to places such as Morroco, Tunisia, Nepal, Tokyo and Siberia [...]
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stick work

'Uff Da Night' - http://www.stickwork.net/
My colleague Jess in Melbourne was recently surfing the www for inspiring sculptural ideas to decorate her new outdoor space when the amazing Patrick Dougherty caught her eye. Patrick creates incredible organic sculptures from tree saplings that have an almost eerie ghost like quality. These sculptures are truly larger than life and each one is designed [...]
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falling water continues to inspire….

Frank Lloyd Wright - 'Falling Water'
The other night I was sitting around thinking about my perfect house – as you do. I started by scribbling down some rough floor plans and elevations, then after about an hour, (…it’s amazing how time fly’s) I flicked off all the eraser dust, stood back and smiled upon my creation with utmost pride. Wow, [...]
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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 [...]
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