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  1. Ellenbrook South Pavilion by Chindarsi Architects

    2017-06-10 18:03:10 UTC
    Local government sportsground facilities in Perth, and probably the rest of Australia, have a long reputation of being utilitarian, unadorned, and all round uninspiring. Driven by the need to be highly cost effective, pragmatic and extremely robust, the outcome is often unapologetic and downright unwelcoming. Just picture your local footy…

  2. Railway Square, Midland by Place Laboratory

    2017-05-30 04:23:00 UTC
    I don’t often have much reason to go out to Midland, so when I had a meeting nearby I took the opportunity to sneak in a visit to Railway Square, Midland - a recently completed MRA project delivered by MG Group, with landscape architecture by the talented folks Place Laboratory…

  3. St Denis Church. A Mid-century Marvel Hiding in Joondanna

    2017-05-01 07:42:00 UTC
    Perth, being the sprawling octopus that it is, tends to hide man of its architectural gems deep in the suburbs. The St Denis Church is one such gem. Located off Wanneroo Road and nestled amongst suburban housing in Joondanna, I only discovered this church by chance when cycling the backstreets…

  4. Showing Some Love for Perth 6061

    2017-04-22 14:31:00 UTC
    What was supposed to be a quick 10 minute walk to the shops, in a not so pretty corner of Perth, to buy some stuff for dinner (pancetta, olive and basil pizza, followed by a pear, walnut and goats cheese pizza for dessert) quickly turned into a bit of a…

  5. Photographing a large government department fitout

    2017-04-04 07:32:00 UTC
    Designed for a large government department in central Perth, by MODE Design, with fitout works carried out by SHAPE Group, this commercial interior was an absolute pleasure to photograph Spread out over four levels the interior design employs the use of colour coding as a way of place making and…

  6. An architectural photographer just having a fun day out in Perth

    2017-03-28 09:30:00 UTC
    Some days, plain and simple, you just have to get out there and have fun. Architectural photography is about telling a story. That story is sometimes told beginning to end in a single image. Sometimes it is a longer narrative where relationships between detail, space and light are slowly revealed…

  7. Kings Park Education Centre - photographing it four years on

    2017-03-20 16:51:00 UTC
    The Kings Park Education Centre in Kings Park Botanical Gardens, Perth Western Australia, marks the fourth project within the park for architects Donaldson and Warn - projects that range from a treetop walkway on stilettoes to a subterranean dugout, and a few in between The Education Centre is buried into…

  8. Northam Library - an architecture and photography road trip beyond the Perth city limits

    2017-02-01 10:34:00 UTC
    So what does an architecture nerd and photographer do on their day off? Yeah you guessed it - take pictures of buildings On this day though I only had one thing on my mind, and that was to take a short road trip out of Perth an head to Northam…

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