• The above article has just been published in GOLF ARCHITECTURE no. 12, 2010 Read more

  • Brick Letterboxes

    The following 14 brick letterboxes are just a sample of those designed in my Popular Art, Architecture and Design course at the University of Melbourne.  A selection of the students’ letterboxes will be built by apprentice bricklayers from Holmesglen Institute of TAFE later this year. Audrey Zerafa Kate Fitzgerald Claire Welsh Ying Li Alexandra Wall Read more

  • Next MELBOURNE CHINESE STUDIES GROUP seminar Date: Friday 3 September 2010, 6pm Admission $2   All Welcome Venue: Jenny Florence Room, 3rd Floor, Ross House, 247 Flinders Lane, Melbourne (between Swanston and Elizabeth Streets) Topic: The forgotten Chinese architecture of Arthur Purnell Speaker: Derham Groves Arthur Purnell was an Australian architect who lived and worked in Read more

  • Evora: Town wall; Igreja de Santo Antao on the town square; Cathedral of Evora; Igreja de Na Senhora da Graca; the Moorish church on Avenue Dr. Barahona; storks nesting on the steeple of the church on Rua D. Augusto Eduardo Nunes; the Roman viaduct (and houses) on Rua do Cano (2 images); house with chimney Read more

  • Views of Tokyo

    Sensoji Temple (2 images—the temple being renovated and a giant sandal hanging on a temple gate); Hama-rikyu Garden (2 images—struts supporting a tree branch and two 18th century duck hunting hides); Odaiba Seaside Park (2 images—the Fuji TV building designed by Kenzo Tange and a small version of the Statue of Liberty); ‘crazy’ Japanese billboards Read more

  • A test video using my new incredible Flip Ultra HD camcorder. I’m no Ed Wood…yet. Read more

  • This year the Popular Culture Association conference was held in St. Louis, but I had a few days in Los Angeles beforehand. Anaheim: Disneyland (7 images— Disneyland’s entrance and railway station; the Walt Disney and Mickey Mouse statue; Sleeping Beauty’s castle; Storybook Land and the Casey Jones train; It’s a Small World After All building; Read more