Eye Candy
My favourite buildings
“Because you can see further standing on the shoulders of giants”
-Sir Issac Newton
A BAKERS DOZEN
Santiago Calatrava's Bridges
Notre-Dame du Haut Ronchamp Chapel
France 1955
Flatiron Building
New York 1902
Beach House
St Andrews 1992
Tadao Ando's Chapels
Japan
Grant House
Officer 1986
Robie House
Chicago 1910
"Bathumi"
Lake Mulwala, Yarrawonga
Musee d'Orsay
Paris 1900 (1986 Reno)
South Lawn Underground Carpark
Melbourne University 1972
Manchester Unity Building
Melbourne CBD 1932
National Gallery of Victoria
Melbourne 1968
THE AUSTRALIAN VERNACULAR
Travel anywhere in Australia and you’ll see extraordinary traditional functional architecture. It doesn’t line the pages of Design Magazines but its history, weathered patina and stark beauty never ceases to capture me. A few personal favorites:
+ Lake Mungo shearing sheds
+ The Geelong Wool Stores
+ Countless silos across countless towns
+ Old railbridges – Orbost, Kilcunda etc
+ Pambula Racecourse grandstand & showground pavilion
Australian Silos
Lake Mungo Woolshed
Mungo National Park, NSW
Murtoa “Stick Shed”
Murtoa Victoria
Trestle Railway Bridge
Kilcunda, South Gippsland Victoria