I can tell we’re getting towards the end of our renovation because my thoughts are beginning to move overseas. While […]
Tag Archive for ‘La Tourette’
Design icons: the convent of La Tourette
From my regular series of Design Icons written for ABC RN Blueprint. You can find others on my main page […]
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 […]
Formidable Firminy
New towns don’t exactly have a great image and are often used as symbols of soullessness, like Cumbernauld in the […]
Learning from La Tourette
The sign at the entrance warns me that this is an espace de silence, a place of silence. I’m thinking […]
A Meanjin moment
I’m itching to write about my recent visit to Le Corbusier’s Couvent de la Tourette but in the meantime, click […]
For the love of concrete!
I wonder if it’s natural to hold affection for the buildings that were constructed in your youth. For me, as […]