resources
Art Deco Buildings
Melbourne-based photo blog of all things Deco.
Planetizen
Bleeding big website with a lot of contributors. They say: “It is a one-stop source for urban planning news, commentary, interviews, event coverage, book reviews, announcements, jobs, consultant listings, training, and more.”
The Grafik Museum
Brought to you by a mudwrestling Australian and his friends: “TGM (The Grafik Museum) is a design blog, filled with posts from many creative industries, such as graphic design, architecture, art, fashion and much more. These come from creative individuals and design studios all over Australia.”
ICOMOS Burra Charter
“The Burra Charter provides guidance for the conservation and management of places of cultural significance (cultural heritage places), and is based on the knowledge and experience of Australia ICOMOS members.”
Museum Meiji-Mura
“An open-air museum for preserving and exhibiting Japanese architecture of the Meiji period (1868-1912).” Contains a good sized chunk of Frank Lloyd Wright’s Imperial Hotel, transplanted there in the 1960s. The reassembled foyer serves as the tea room.
SAHANZ
Society of Architectural Historians, Australia & New Zealand
Washington Architectural Foundation
“The Washington Architectural Foundation’s mission is architects serving the community. Whether it’s teaching children through Architecture in the Schools, giving free design services to nonprofits through Community Design Services, or helping to end hunger through the CANstruction program, the Foundation leverages its modest budget to help a region-wide community.” (WAF, 2009)
Published Art Bookshop
Shop 2, 23-33 Mary Street
Surry Hills
NSW 2010
Australia
Ph: +61 2 9280 2839
F: +61 2 9280 2841
Subtopia
This blog’s front page will keep you reading for days – it is about a mile long – and all interesting. “A field guide to Military Urbanism”.
Just Practising
Su Butcher: One of my major objectives with writing this blog is to encourage discussion about what good architects do, so I hope you’ll join in and give us your 2 pence worth.
Design Research Institute
“The Design Research Institute [RMIT] fosters new knowledge and innovative practice, products and environments through transdisciplinary design research (TDR).
SpaceInvading
Photo blog, “collecting the best architecture & design from across the webosphere”.
MyarchN
Billed as “your friendly network about Architecture”. Loads of stuff – blogs, photos, forum posts, uploaded by an international community.
Visions Splendid
“Christopher Vernon examines four newly acquired architectural drawings by Marion Mahony Griffin, which highlight the evolution of her distinctive graphic technique.”
Modernism in Australia
Google map put together in late 2008 on the occasion of the Powerhouse exhibition, Modern Times.
Videos at dwell.com
A pile of well shot vids of younger U.S. architects and the like. These can also be found on YouTube.