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Articles by Fleur Watson
Burnt Earth Beach House by Wardle
Burnt Earth Beach House constitutes the latest in a trilogy of residential projects that continues John Wardle’s commitment to pursuing architectural experimentation through the design of his own family home.
Driven by flexibility: Divided House
The term “neighbourhood character” heavily features in debates around the gentrification of our inner-city suburbs and, increasingly, our regional centres as we test the potential of escaping the grasp of the city. It seeks to define how the qualities of “place” might be maintained during development and how new additions to the street might choose to respond to the existing built environment.
The New Curator: Exhibiting Architecture and Design
Table of Contents Foreword: Deyan Sudjic, Emeritus Director, Design Museum, London Introduction: Fleur Watson Curating and collecting contemporary design in the local/ global context. Aric Chen (Hong Kong/Beijing, China) in conversation with Kayoko Ota (Tokyo, Japan) Chapter 1: Design as Exhibit (Curator as Space-maker) Meta-curation for inclusion and diversity.
Beauty is in the Back Story: Diversity, Complexity and Collaborative Making in the Australian Condition
Curator and author Fleur Watson and Martyn Hook, Dean of the School of Architecture and Urban Design at RMIT University in Melbourne, talk to John Wardle, principal of John Wardle Architects. Wardle explains that his conception of beauty is in understanding where an object has been made, by whom, when and why. His practice therefore works very closely with craftsmen, even in these technology‐enhanced, post‐digital times.
A real character: Avery Green
Through the intimate reimagining of a small terrace house in Melbourne, Onomatopoeia explores the notion of personhood in architecture – the transformation of Avery Green being guided by “her” character and history. A few years ago a former national park, Te Urewera in New Zealand’s north island, was legally granted the status of “personhood” – a move that ended a long dispute over its ownership and that grants it the same rights as a human citizen.
Customisation and collectible editions
The past few weeks have seen the international design media alight with the news that Australian designer Marc Newson has joined the Apple team to work directly with his friend and senior vice-president of design Jony Ive. The announcement seemed carefully orchestrated less than a week before Apple launched the new iPhone 6 and the highly anticipated Apple Watch – a product where the humble timepiece has morphed into a multifunctioning platform of “wearable technology”.
Brighton House (1968) revisited
Modesty is not a word usually associated with the manicured, well-heeled streets of Brighton. Yet among the baroque excesses of revivalist mansions lies a string of politely sited and quietly elegant modernist gems. One is Neil Clerehan’s Brighton House – completed in 1968 and, apart from some minor incursions, found in next-to-original condition.
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