There’s a scene in Woody Allen’s ‘Midnight in Paris’ when the 1920s flapper played by Marion Cotillard wishes she lived […]
Tag Archive for ‘Le Corbusier’
Never mind the quality
I had a meeting recently in a particularly lovely space. The office was in one of Sydney’s old warehouses and […]
What’s in a name?
Do you reckon you’d feel different if you’d been called something else? I mean, if you’d been called Benedict instead […]
Turning a deaf ear
I was at a talk recently where an architect took us through the idea of baugruppen*. This is the German […]
A proper hello
I’m a fool for a doorway. Thankfully, there are several Instagram sites that feed my addiction so I can peruse […]
Sunshine and playing favourites
Recently my friend, writer Victoria Blake, recommended my blog for a Sunshine Blogger Award. I was very touched, especially as […]
Natural balance
You know the thing – a postcard showing a view of a town or a building and in the corner […]
Standing for something.
What do you think of the word iconic? Rather like the word luxury, it’s thrown around with abandon: I can […]
Utopian dreams and reality
2016 was not exactly a year filled with inspiration and it says something that many of us are greeting 2017 […]
The same old story
My suburb is undergoing an explosion of growth. Due to a change in local planning law, it is now possible […]
