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Part One – South Korea A trip to the beach rendered as an image of insane, franchise supported, congestion. Part Two – Las Vegas The Stratosphere. An entire tower top one stop amusement park extravaganza. Various theme park attractions are strewn around the top of tower. A serpent like rollercoaster wraps itself around the top…

Next Wave! We love a good surfing analogy in reference to Australian architecture. And the wave is the best of them. Particularly prevalent in Sydney architecture, the wave has a lot to answer for, has seduced the best and the worst of architects and has become the defacto and ill-advised, ‘coastal style’. Anyway. Following on…

New Project added. This is a competition entry for Proposition 6707: Ningaloo Reef. It was a two stage ideas competition run by AR magazine in Australia. It called for a 20 room hotel on Austraila’s western coast at Ningaloo Reef. Full details, and loads more images may be found on the project page. The shortlisted…

In Tianducheng, on the outskkirts of Hangzhou in east China’s Zhejiang Province a Pariisan streetscape facsimile is taking shape. It has all the bits you make expect from an alternate Paris: an Eiffel Tower, a tree lined boulevard, mansard roofs galore. 2000 people reportedly live there, We are aware that reporting on zany building in…

Sydney is positively giddy about this week’s APEC meeting. With the leaders of those Asian, North American and South American countries bordering the Pacific Ocean coming to town this week, talk of road closures, helicopters flying around non-stop, the last minute pull out of Laura Bush, the change of plans by her husband that is…

The Verilux HappyLite Deluxe Sunshine Simulator: “At 10,000 lux, our ever-popular HappyLight ® Deluxe provides the level of energizing light that the National Institute of Mental Health recommends, to activate your body’s own natural mood enhancers. Works wonders to help alleviate symptoms associated with Seasonal Affective Disorder (S.A.D.), jet lag, shift work fatigue and insomnia.…