This year, most of us have become much more familiar with our direct surroundings. For a while I stopped walking […]
Tag Archive for ‘Sydney’
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 […]
A grand prospect
There’s something wonderful about flying. Even crammed into Economy on a fourteen-hour leg, I’m happy to sit there and watch […]
Waste not, want not
Many a mickle makes a muckle is an old Scottish saying which means that a lot of little things can […]
Building bricks of life
Recently I was asked to contribute some thoughts about bricks for ABC RN’s ‘Blueprint for Living’. My chat with Jonathan […]
Building character
Character in a building makes us smile. Character implies something time-worn and wise, like laughter lines around the eyes. We […]
Coming home
The house next door has been demolished, leaving a rectangle of bare earth. In feng shui, that side of my […]
Cities that soar
The recent spate of terrorist attacks and the horrific Grenfell Tower fire made me realise just how much I still […]
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 […]