From my regular series of Design Icons written for ABC RN Blueprint. You can find others on my Blueprint page […]
Archive for ‘Architecture’
The alchemy of renovation
Our plans for the house are progressing. For the couple of months we’ve been here, my mind has swung all […]
Looking back to move forward
It took us twenty years to do it but finally we’re here. In late 2001, we took the plunge and […]
Look at it this way
This year, most of us have become much more familiar with our direct surroundings. For a while I stopped walking […]
The Conran effect
It was poignant to read this morning of the death of Terence Conran. It made me reflect on how much […]
The secret service of style
Where does our personal taste come from? I reflect on this occasionally, especially when I see new buildings going up […]
Le Corbusier’s house in Argentina
A few years ago, I watched a film called ‘The Man Next Door’. It was about an industrial designer living […]
A Glasgow kiss
I’m posting my pieces on two rather wonderful buildings in Glasgow, which were part of the Lost and Found: Glasgow […]
Who teaches us about architecture?
The other day I visited an exhibition in the lobby of one of Sydney’s finest office towers, Australia Square. Completed […]
The bare necessities
As I walk into the hotel lobby I notice two things: the stupendous view over Lake Lucerne on one side, […]
