Desert Modernism is a term for the style which captures the Palm Spring mid century movement best.
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Eichler homes of America
In the early chapters of Steve Jobs’ autobiography, writer Walter Isaacson details how the Apple cofounder’s upbringing and sense of aesthetic style was profoundly influenced by growing up in an architecturally designed home. Cofounder Steve Wozniak grew up in an Eichler home in California – […]
Post WW2 and the Small Homes Service
Post WW2 home interiors in Australia were featured prominently in women’s magazines and newspapers, alongside houses designed by architects. Small plans were made available via the main representative architectural bodies (e.g RAIA – Royal Institute of Architecture) Victoria and NSW. Plans were also sold by […]
P+S Facebook Group
I’ve received many words of thanks, encouragement and praise with this little blog on our big journey. It’s been a year since our new spaces became functional and we have been slowly working on the old space. This involves slightly less exciting tasks like replacing […]
Coast Modern, the film
I want to share our all-time favourite little documentary film about mid-century houses in the US. It’s a great backgrounder to the architecture of modernist and mid-century homes now loved by so many. Whenever I’m feeling a bit defeated, I sit back with a cup […]
The Work of John Wardle
One of my favourite architects of recent years is John Wardle. Although well known for the Westfield Commercial Tower in Sydney and several notable city towers and educational buildings, Wardle’s residential work is of most interest. In particular, the Fairhaven Beach House captures my heart. Its full-timber interior […]
Palm Springs
We’ve had the good fortune to go to many places and have been inspired a long the way, so I will try to add some of the best photos that express what I see in those places. Here’s a few gems that sum up Palm Springs […]
Vale Architect Ken Woolley 1933-2015
Vale Ken Woolley. I feel he has followed me around through his buildings somehow…having been born in St Margarets Hospital where he designed the 1956 Chapel, and then I spent many years in the University of Sydney Fisher Library as well as the Wentworth Building. […]
Houzz on Pettit & Sevitt
Photo: Lowline B by Ken Woolley for Pettit & Sevitt. Photo source: Modernhouse.co (Photographers © Michael Nicholson, © Tamara Graham) Houzz recently published a handy rehash of the reasons why P&S houses work on so many levels. It’s been hard to find much information about P&S […]
Architect Virginia Wong See
Good friend Architect Virginia Wong See and family made a big move to the NSW north coast. And who could blame them – clean air, open spaces and buckets of opportunities. Different opportunities to those offered by the relatively over-crowded, tightly contested Sydney market where […]
Architect Stephen Varady
A Stephen Varady designed house recently went up for sale in the next suburb. A rare gem in a street of otherwise fairly conventional homes, as well as some pretty disturbing knock-down re-builds. The Fullagar Residence, is just one of Stephen’s many great works. Published […]
Philip Johnson’s Glass House: Where is the doorbell?
We’ve been fortunate to see some wonderful buildings and places on travels over the years. With the tourist stuff out of the way, we usually look for more interesting sights when returning to a city we’ve visited before. Philip Johnson’s Glass House has always been […]
Sydney House. 