Author: Marcus Trimble

  • Big House is Big

    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…

  • Watsons Bay House

    The Watsons Bay House is approaching completion. The project page has been updated with a number of construction photos.

  • September 11 Pager Intercepts

    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…

  • Readymix

    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…

  • Pecha Kucha 13

    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

  • The Cloud

    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.