The State Library of Queensland is hosting the Asia Pacific Architecture Forum this March. Lucky for me, I am one of two local designers who've been invited to rummage through the library's collection of Queensland ephemera, select a couple of pieces and respond in some way.
I've always loved this photo of a diving competition held at the disused Morningside quarry, and it's got me thinking.
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Grayden Provis is a former Manager of Parks and Gardens in Perth, Western Australia.
He has a great blog discussing all things street tree: the challenges, the risks, is it really such smart thinking for council's to let you cover the verge outside your house with artificial turf, and above all, why street trees are a really, really good thing.
Click to visit Grayden's blog.
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Last year I bunked off a conference session in favour of the David Bowie exhibition at ACMI. It was a good decision.
Listen up...
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We are excited to see Studio 217 in the company of some fantastic projects in the current issue of Mezzanine magazine.
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Well friends, here we are at the end of another year. (No, I can't quite believe it either)...
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Let’s address the elephant in the room first, shall we?
Y is also for Yule, and in case you hadn’t noticed – perhaps, say, you have a hearing disorder which means you don’t register the sound of carols played loudly, and on heavy rotation, in every retail establishment, in which case I commend you on your evolutionary advantage – the festive season is bearing down upon us with the speed and scariness of a bullet train laden with plutonium.
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