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et, en conclusion, où est-elle la signification ?

mais, je ne parle pas francais

excepte, ceci pa un bon regard!!

queest-ce que je peux dire ?

et puis?

like....getouttmawayblackcat,...heh?!!

and, it's a really bad digital B&W with Elle looking at the cat like she's talking across the sea at her. is this a bit deep?

stop it or you'll go blind

i knew it wasn't our fault!!

shamu does birthday blog

shammy is shameless!

Food, glorious food!!

Ha, Ha......Margaret Johnson's got nothin' on us

stop it or you'll go blind

remind you of any buildings you know?

favourite buildings 3

Heide I, II, III

These photos are of Heide III, visited a few weeks ago in the raging heat affecting Victoria, just a few days before the horrendous fires.  A really wonderful history and experience.  Must get back to spend some time in the gardens. See here for access to stories and photos on Heide I,II & III

favourite buildings 2

Poll 1

arrived today, very nice little book. some usual suspects though, including one dear to our hearts!!

bicycles, bicycles... i love to ride my bicycle

italy 2006

col d'sampeyre

the down hill run

trusty steed indeed.... in need of a bit of clean up!

things tyler and i agree on

No 1: aircraft seats!!

favourite buildings 1

and now an ongoing selection of favourite buildings, randomly chosen as opportunity, circumstance, or mood, dictates. 

 

Corb's Villa Sarabhai (as published in FT Weekend 14/15 feb 09, god bless 'em!) 

photos courtesy of Le Corbusier Alive, Dominique Lyon, Terrail 2001

stop it or you'll go blind

this theme will identify and expose situations where perfectly good buildings, new and sometimes not so new, have been ruined by excessive attention to "les nouvelles idees" , and perhaps one or two too many starchitecture magazines and too much fancy computer generated imagery!!  a bit cynical, i guess, but a good building is a good building, and a good architect should know better!!

so here we have a quite nicely put together affair, albeit a little "a la renzo". the curtain wall works well and is reflective of earlier campus buildings (this is the new business school at UWA) as well as taking us on a little sentimental journey to Lever House in NYC. the random openings in the circular section are worrisome and indicative of worse to come! horribly, it sort of looks like SOM meets Libeskind meets CC&N (authors of the "silver city" in east perth)

this carbuncle, adjacent to the curtain walled entry, defies me. I am guessing it houses a lecture theatre, and is a gesture to the little expressionist building elsewhere on campus, or a really bad homage to FOG ( he sure has a lot to answer for!!) it certainly f***s up an otherwise nicely proportioned entrance.

around the corner we go, and it gets worse. a photo etched wall of aluminium and copper colours with more random openings.  note the piano references!

snap!

last trip to tulsa 2

hey, who has my vinyl!!

sunday morning coming down 2

and this is how shamu feels!

sunday morning coming down

and this how i feel this morning!

more lennie

the unknown girl in the middle of this photo seemed to know all of the songs, all the words and all of the fascial expressions needed to fully enjoy the LC experience!! the lady in the hat looks like she's into it as well, but deeper.....!!

the pedal steel guitarist looked like he had just arrived from his day job as an accountant in the city.....!
 

big lennie!!

well, the Leonard Cohen concert proved to be all it was promised to be. a religious experience, at least for some, but three hours of beautifully rendered classics with, as you would expect, a fantastic band of musicians and backup singers. and just when you thought it might getting a bit dour, a cracking version of "if it be your will" performed by the webb sisters (part of the backup vocals trio). the saxophone and spanish guitar were standouts in this line-up, and LC just kept on going with wit and passion and cheerfulness. not an unhappy person in the audience, that i noticed, at least.

all ably supported by augie marsh and paul kelly.

mardie does 81

we took mum out for a birthday lunch to celebrate 81 big ones.  mood was thankfully cheerful.

last trip to tulsa

now playing on sunday morning coming down.  neil at his obscure best!!

favourite photos 4

art & architecture 2004

favourite people 2

and so as make sure you  are all included (this may take some time, so don't be impatient)

favourite people

at the risk of offending someone!

favourite photos 3

one of a number of photos taken when an enormous bushfire reached the coast north of broome. makes you wonder what fred williams was seeing!

le bébé mignon

what can i say, except probably one of many....!