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The wall revisited: bulge
posted 04.22 in news.
This post has been pieced together rather slowly. It’s the latest and possibly last in a series that began nine years ago, concerning the collapse of a brick wall in Swanston Street one very windy day, March 28th 2013. Three young passersby...
Shifting sands at Oriental Bay
posted 11.19 in news.
Oriental Bay, 2015 (PJ) In the past 100 years the “rotunda” at Wellington’s Oriental Bay has been buffeted not just by wild seas, but also the less predictable winds of change. Shifting needs, mores, and economies have...
Swanston street wall - "Responsible" Authorities
posted 08.19 in news.
Most of the authorities involved in the Swanston Street wall collapse site moved quickly to defensive positions. None have come forward with solid initiatives that might make a permanent difference to public safety. The responses of the council and...
Swanston street wall - Prevention matters
posted 08.19 in news.
Six years have passed since a brick wall collapsed on Swanston Street in central Melbourne, ending the lives of three students walking by. In the early days authorities rushed to be seen to be doing something, placating a city wanting answers....
Swanston Street wall - 5th anniversary
posted 03.18 in news.
March 28, 2013 (Twitter: Jason Lian, via ABC) A few people have asked recently what ever came of the investigations into the wall collapse. For those not familiar, a long section of brick wall fell to the footpath at the C.U.B. site in Swanston...
The wall, two years later
posted 04.15 in news.
Kegs lined up against the wall, c. 1980s (VHD) An old brick wall collapsed in central Melbourne two years ago, killing three young students walking past on a busy footpath. I cobbled together a history of the wall and published it. Then time...
That fallen wall - part 3
posted 04.13 in news.
Perhaps read these first or things won’t make sense: FIRST POST SECOND POST Late last week I received a batch of photographs taken in 2010 and 2011. The sender wishes to remain anonymous. This was something of a relief as I had been scouring...
That fallen wall - part 2
posted 04.13 in news.
A week ago three people died while they were walking down Swanston Street. One was a French research fellow at Monash. The other two were a young brother and sister on their way to the footy. I published a post about the wall that collapsed on...
That fallen wall
posted 03.13 in news.
On Thursday afternoon two young pedestrians were killed by a falling brick wall in central Melbourne, and another 18 year old was ferried to hospital in a critical condition but died on Easter Sunday. This article tries to assemble some of the...
To infinity and beyond
posted 03.13 in news.
“I want architectural excellence and height … I want buildings that inspire Victorians. If this can be done in the right place, and with beauty, then the sky’s the limit.” Matthew Guy, April 2012 Tower Melbourne –...
Tall skinny stories
posted 10.12 in news.
Tower Melbourne (left and middle), Abode 318 (right). Elenberg Fraser “This is where Melbourne comes of age” Callum Fraser, Tower Melbourne architect Elenberg Fraser’s elegant Tower Melbourne proposed for Bourke Street...
Docklands cast shadow: the redux
posted 09.11 in news.
I’m not sure I get this. The one part of the New Quay promenade at Docklands that gets any sun is to be built out in the interests of providing customers to nearby shops. I will go and figure… Early sketch – North is to the...
Parliament Square - a year of it
posted 01.11 in news.
On the day before the night before Christmas, the latest episode in a year of courtroom tussling over a key site in Hobart. At the Supreme Court of Tasmania’s last session of the year, Justice Wood upheld an appeal against the Appeals...
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