The Watsons Bay House is approaching completion. The project page has been updated with a number of construction photos.
- This is embarrassing. New Australian houses are, on average, the largest in the world with an average size is 214sqm. Even worse, NSW has the highest national average at 262.9sqm. The USA is close behind Australia at 202sqm.
I guess, we architects are partly to blame for this—alterations to existing buildings are very rarely undertaken with the intention of reducing area, and we are complicit with clients who view floor space ratios as targets to be hit with as high a degree of accuracy possible.
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08:47:46 Arch [0901509] B ALPHA Someone just told me there was an explosion at 08:47:48 Arch [0901509] B ALPHA wtc….BR 08:50:25 Arch [0901509] B ALPHA A plane crashed thru the twin towers. Real bad..BR
wikileaks has released half a million pager intercepts from the New York and Washington DC area on the morning of the September 11 attacks. Mass confusion, misinformation, militarisation and the collapse of architecture rendered as text messages. There is some good discussion of some of the more relevant messages taking place on reddit. Related: Jan Utzon, son of Joern, is a 9/11 sceptic.#
- Readymix Logo, Nullabor Plain. 2 mile long by 1 mile high. The world’s largest lettering was inscribed in the desert in 1965 by the Radymix concrete company as they sealed the Eyre Highway running between South Australia and Western Australia. The sign was formed by stripping the thin layer of topsoil of the plain away to reveal the limestone base of the Nullabor Plain beneath.
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Pecha Kucha 13
Monday, 23rd November 2009 Tweet
Pecha Kucha Volume 13!!
This Thursday 26th November at 6:30pm
At the Red Rattler theatre, 6 Faversham St, Marrickville NSW 2204
$10 on the door, or purchased online from Moshtix
- Dan Hill at City of Sound on The CLOUD, a massive interdisciplinary proposal for an observation deck and giant data display over London for the duration of the Olympic Games.
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- Extra Ordinary—the Australian Institute of Architects 2010 National Conference. The conference under creative director Melanie Dodd, will have a focus on collaborative practice with Urban Splash, Sean Griffiths of F.A.T, and Elemental among others lined up to speak.
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- Accident Sketch—”Create a Perfect Sketch of Your Accident”
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- A photo series of the interiors of the fridges of: Nurse, Crossing Guard, Science Teacher, Bartender, Short Order Cook
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