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SYDNEY REAR VIEW 28.01.02

    IN EXHIBITION : Before it became a densely populated traffic conduit, Sydney's harbourside "Wooloomooloo Hill" was a sought-after address. In the 1820s Governor Darling allowed cronies to build a series of mansions in what is now Potts Point / Kings Cross. Designs were personally vetted by Darling for less than altruistic reasons. About five of these houses remain. Drawings and paintings will be on view at the State Library of New South Wales until June 23.
SMH 26.01.02 (INCLUDES LINK TO MAP)
STATE LIBRARY OF NSW (OFFLINE 28.01.02)

ARCHICENTRE ADVOCATES HOUSE-WATERING 18.01.02

    In a move somewhat at odds with the Victorian Government's efforts to get us to stop watering the garden, the RAIA consumer arm, Archicentre, has said that watering your plot may prevent cracks from worsening in your house. Due to the severe drought in Melbourne, houses are shifting and cracking in record numbers as the land beneath dries out. Up to 65% of housing in North Fitzroy is affected. Read the full article here. [Age 18.01.02]

LA TOURETTE SUFFERING 17.01.02

    Le Corbusier's La Tourette monastery in Beaujolais, France, is deteriorating with cracking concrete and water damage, according to Jonathan Glancey writing in the Guardian. Five million pounds sterling is needed to fix the building. Read the Guardian article here. Visit the La Tourette monastery site here.

ANDO BLASTS MODERN JAPAN 08.01.02

    Tokyo Architect Tadao Ando, in an interview this month with The Japan Times, attacked the state of the Japanese city, laying the blame with greed and a lack of the right kind of education. Of his own students he says,"forty out of 50 students are merely there because they did well in the entrance exams. They are superficial elites." Read the article here.

SEE S.A.W. 08.01.02

    Sydney's architectural walking tours [SAW], run by archinut eoghan lewis and two other devotees, now has a website so you know when to turn up for the walks. "What began as a rambling, join-the-dots stroll between eoghan's favourite buildings, has since blossomed into 3 BIG WALKS.

MOBILE METROPOLIS 08.01.02

   IN EXHIBITION : Halfway through its Sydney run at the City Exhibition Space is an exhibition examining the history of Sydney's transport networks and their effects on the city. The exhibition runs till February 24, 2002, and includes tours of disused railway tunnels on February10.

POOL ON WOOLOOMOOLOO 08.01.02

   IN CONSTRUCTION : Ed Lippmann won the Andrew Boy Charlton Pool redevelopment in Sydney in late 1998. The structure is starting to take shape, perched over the waters at the western end of the bay. Site photos and basic design information are available at the pool's website, and see the architect's website for more photos.

GEHRY GONE? 06.01.02

   The revised programme for the Adelaide Festival 2002 was released today, with no mention of Frank O. Gehry's previously stated attendance. The festival recently suffered the departure of its artistic director which has caused a few changes.
   The Symposia series of forums is to continue, with guests ranging from "Charles Jencks to David Suzuki".

FIRES BURN HOLES THROUGH TEXTBOOKS 06.01.02

   The New South Wales conflagration is exhibiting fire behaviours never seen before. Firefronts of up to 25 metres in height have leapt rivers as they are fanned by wind. Fires are also coming back on land a second time to properly finish it off.
  Building at the edge of bushland seems more reckless than ever. The Australian [05.02.01] quoted the CSIRO as saying, "If you are 200m from the fire edge you probably have a 2% chance of your house being caught alight... If you are right on it your chances probably go to 100%." Your chances of getting burnt out increase the steeper the slope is, with houses that overhang bushland creating, "a situation that is almost impossible for firefighters to defend."

   The CSIRO bush-fire prone building recommendations include sensible advice on landscape and garden design (ie the use of fire-resistant trees); and advice on house design and location. This advice generally takes into account the fact that most house fires result from embers, not the firefront itself.
   House form design is more important than material selection. Complex walls and rooves are frowned upon as tehy can allow nooks for fires to develop, while the influence of roof pitch depends on local circumstances.

RELATED LINKS
Dr Malcolm Gill : House versus Bushfire.


Shopping strips face stiff competition as mammoths descend on neigbourhoods
Re: Suburban life - the shops just get bigger as cars and convenience rule.
(SMH 28.01.02)

Streets ahead
Re: Burwood, Sydney - Appian Way, a timewarp to the 19th century..
(SMH 30.01.02)

Stinking slum briefly rises to the surface in the old wild inner-west

Re: Sydney, Broadway, archaelogical dig at major Australand site uncovers a miserable history.
(SMH 26.01.02)

'Don't mansion it
Re: Darlinghurst / Potts Point, NSW. Exhibition to open which rediscovers quite a different Wooloomooloo.
(SMH 26.01.02)

L.A. Architect to Lead Sci-Arc
Re: Los Angeles - Eric Owen Moss replaces Neil Denari at Sci-Arc.
(LA Times 25.01.02)

Why Tim may be barking up the wrong backyard tree
Re: Collen Morris responds to Tim Flannery's call for us to ditch exotic plants.
(SMH 25.01.02)

Auckland's new hospital steadily taking shape
Re: Auckland, new hospital building by MSJ and JASMAX under construction.
(NZ Herald 25.01.02)


Classical' architecture a blot on modern suburbia

Re: Auckland, the state of the 'burbs.
(NZ Herald 24.01.02)

Egypt plans museum to match its treasures
Re: Egypt - competition to open to decide architect.
(Otago Daily Times 22.01.02)

Thirty years of friendship across the line of hatred ends in hail of bullets
Re: Israel / Palestinian Territories - US born architect murdered in Bethlehem.
(SMH 19.01.02)

History on the move to riverside park
Re: Melbourne - Yarra River, Birrarung Marr to open next week, and to include old speaker's corner.
(The Age 19.01.02)

Buffer zones to limit buildings near vents
Re: Melbourne, citylink fume vents cause development no-go zone.
(The Age 18.01.02)

Cafe chaos among the grand old columns: sacrilege, some say
Re: Sydney GPO - plans to add cafe tables to colonnade.
(SMH 18.01.02)

Creating the 24-hour city with a heart
Re: Parramatta NSW - Sydney's second CBD seeks some vibrancy.
(SMH 17.01.02)

The Towers Tomorrow
Re: New York, more ideas for the hole. Cesar Pelli and William Pedersen speak. (NY Village Voice 16.01.02)

A View of the City, From a Movie Lover
Re: New York, architecture in film. (IHT 15.01.02)

Winter Garden at the Attack Site Looks to Spring
Re: New York, Cesar Pelli's World Financial Center and Winter Garden, reconstruction amid the debris (NYTimes 15.01.02)
registration required.

Divine inspiration
Re: Le Corbusier's La Tourette is suffering from age and a low budget.
(The Guardian UK 14.01.02)

Furore over height limit plans
Re: Melbourne, city council moves to lower height limits.
(The Age 14.01.02)

Residents tackle the height of bewilderment
Re: Melbourne,Carlton, recent "blob" developments.
(The Age 14.01.02)

Architects aiming high despite Twin Towers
Re: Tall buildings and the future of tall architecture - by Deyan Sujic.
(Otago Daily Times 14.01.02)

Out of Minimalism, Monuments to Memory
Re: Memorials to the dead. World Trade Centre, Vietnam (Maya Lin), Holocaust (Peter Eisenman) (NYTimes 13.01.02)
registration required.

Grim developments
Re: Sydney, editorial, problem with LendLease's Pyrmont development, and developments in general.
(SMH 12.01.02 - scroll down)

Fury over illegal housing claims
Re: Sydney, many houses not good enough for occupancy certificates.
(SMH 12.01.02)

Oaklands Park takes water conservation several steps further
Re: Melbourne, a housing development that gets serious about water conservation, Tract Consultants.
(The Age 06.01.02)

Lend Lease clearing "Ground Zero"
Re: Clean up in New York to be under control of Bovis LendLease.
(The Australian 05.01.02)

A dwelling for the gods
Re: Ludwig Wittgenstein house in Vienna, exhibition at Royal Academy (London), potted history of house, current state.
(The Guardian UK 05.01.02)

Renzo Piano reveals NY Times building - image
Re: 52 storey building Renzo's first in NY.
(The AJ 03.01.02)


 

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