A busy looking site with lots of events and a newsletter.
Dr Miles Lewis’ text database of old melbourne mansions. A useful resource, but not easy to use. You can make it cough up screeds of historic addresses if you play around with it. TIP: Use the View As Table option on the left to looks at results of a search.
The local offshoot of the Dutch organisation whose mission is to, “draw attention to the plight of some of the pioneering early modern buildings which were decaying for lack of a current use.” Not a lot of action on this site, though there are occasional notifications of talks and conferences.
Site with an interest in buildings of the period, and a well-stocked links page. Unfortunately it is let down by the bombardment of pop-up ads that the webhost has decided to annoy people with.
A big group with a site that includes preservation information on about 160 buildings.
The United Nations site for World Heritage. A trove of information, the site includes the Exhibition Building in Melbourne, and the earthquake damaged Iranian city of Bam.
Dedicated to the conservation of the world’s historic monuments and sites. Link through to the Australian committee.
On the occasion of the V&A’s Modernism exhibition in 2006, Robert Hughes wrote this essay for the Guardian.
‘Soft Modernism’: The World of the Post-Theoretical Designer – Mike Grimshaw locates comfortable ‘wallpaper’ modernism on the ism timeline, with references to whiteness, ornament, Loos, Sullivan and Johnson. “…what is happening is a modernism without theory, without context, that exists as style alone”
New York Times (may require free registration) – “Now that this is a po-pomo world, how is Modernism to be understood? Artistic progress has proved to be an illusion. Manifestoes have become impossible.”
Fionnuala Neville delves into the relationships between gender and divisions within the house. [11/03]
Mon oncle! For that spoilt young brat who has everything: the PMW architects designed doll’s house with optional accessories by the likes of Ron Arad.
Elvis – On the occasion of the 25th anniversary of Elvis’ death. To note the occasion we are publishing this special photo of a backyard pool in Merimbula, NSW. And here’s the link to the virtual Graceland virtual tour (needs Quicktime). Thankyaverymuch.
A site from back in the days when hypertext was a common word. What do Boullée, Dorothy, Spacemen and TRON have in common? I don’t know, but they help to thread this site together. Bought to you be the kind people at Dellbrügge & de Moll. [Link by SG]
charles jencks – in this transcript of a Radio National interview, Jencks explains his “jumping universe” and discusses Federation Square, Piano and computers in architecture. You’ll no doubt be tickled pink to hear that he likes ARM and DCM more than Rogers and Foster (abc 02/01).