Tumblr (3.0; @dunnhillamarchitects)http://dunnhillamarchitects.tumblr.com/“Design is not a passive act, it is a critical engagement with community and you have to be cognizant of the power that you have and how you use it. What we do is really important. We have a responsibility and it’s not just about making the next great form, there are many other things that go into architecture. We need more people to use their agency to make positive change.”<br/><br/> - <em><p><strong>Lori Brown, in conversation with Tania Davidge.</strong></p> <p><a href="http://architectureau.com/articles/lori-brown-feminist-activist-architect/?utm_source=ArchitectureAU&utm_campaign=d9b458b83e-&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_e3604e2a4a-d9b458b83e-39626046" target="_blank">http://architectureau.com/articles/lori-brown-feminist-activist-architect/?utm_source=ArchitectureAU&utm_campaign=d9b458b83e-&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_e3604e2a4a-d9b458b83e-39626046</a></p></em>http://dunnhillamarchitects.tumblr.com/post/52920862235http://dunnhillamarchitects.tumblr.com/post/52920862235Fri, 14 Jun 2013 13:35:00 +1000Lori BrownTransform 2013<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/912cb3aef73108eee2954da32685976a/tumblr_mobs9f7oCI1qduwpro1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Our latest harvest, the “wrong’un”.</p>http://dunnhillamarchitects.tumblr.com/post/52858434464http://dunnhillamarchitects.tumblr.com/post/52858434464Thu, 13 Jun 2013 19:41:39 +1000carrotharvestwrong'un<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/cfc5e975cfeb247c1eddf46e0385f4b3/tumblr_mo9edgks0K1qduwpro1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/315a148d662e7dd8ad068d52c4964439/tumblr_mo9edgks0K1qduwpro2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p>The final site photos for our C + T House. The clean up is done and the clients are in.  Thanks to all involved! </p>http://dunnhillamarchitects.tumblr.com/post/52760033598http://dunnhillamarchitects.tumblr.com/post/52760033598Wed, 12 Jun 2013 12:46:28 +1000C + T House<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/94df1f423c27d07b5d3049116fad038d/tumblr_mo95ygTFq91qduwpro1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><strong>Ormiston Gorge Camp Site</strong></p> <p>Early concept sketch made on site.</p>http://dunnhillamarchitects.tumblr.com/post/52747302774http://dunnhillamarchitects.tumblr.com/post/52747302774Wed, 12 Jun 2013 09:44:40 +1000Ormiston Gorgeconcept designsite sketch<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/650997aeddd4c3a37394f336face31ed/tumblr_mnnahaK2ta1rsd388o1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/d489827d52d31034ee7a437e3df7371a/tumblr_mnnahaK2ta1rsd388o3_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/1776dd7150267b5843c144c69e5ffeaa/tumblr_mnnahaK2ta1rsd388o4_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/9b1b91a029e7408d1a17df4d7d38dcdf/tumblr_mnnahaK2ta1rsd388o5_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/dde4ab51793137aaf529dce37d9b3fd1/tumblr_mnnahaK2ta1rsd388o2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/a02ca3756d3bd60e69ea960a3d6a3c50/tumblr_mnnahaK2ta1rsd388o6_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p><a href="http://wacky-thoughts.tumblr.com/post/51899581215/amazing-little-people-project-amazing-little" class="tumblr_blog" target="_blank">wacky-thoughts</a>:</p> <blockquote><p><a href="http://www.likecool.com/Amazing_Little_People_Project--Pic--Gear.html" target="_blank">Amazing Little People Project</a></p> <p>Amazing Little People tiny street art project by artist Slinkachu.</p></blockquote> <p>Little People</p>http://dunnhillamarchitects.tumblr.com/post/51920984139http://dunnhillamarchitects.tumblr.com/post/51920984139Sun, 02 Jun 2013 09:30:06 +1000<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/6a53110e79fe68b635850d606c804be5/tumblr_mnn20vOJN81rsd388o4_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/c48d474972a4b42a82dbb95ef1c91909/tumblr_mnn20vOJN81rsd388o3_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/d782c1b57642c0895b542e45640972f2/tumblr_mnn20vOJN81rsd388o1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/084bc27afb254e4ddb6d8b1649718354/tumblr_mnn20vOJN81rsd388o6_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/ba47a1fd0cd50152bc1765898bc5d513/tumblr_mnn20vOJN81rsd388o2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/4b82622722f2c4272e10836e1d53ced1/tumblr_mnn20vOJN81rsd388o5_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p><a href="http://wacky-thoughts.tumblr.com/post/51869431126/fujian-tulou-ancient-earthen-castles-of-china" class="tumblr_blog" target="_blank">wacky-thoughts</a>:</p> <blockquote><p><a href="http://www.amusingplanet.com/2013/04/fujian-tulou-ancient-earthen-castles-of.html" target="_blank">Fujian Tulou: Ancient Earthen Castles of China</a></p> <p>Fujian Tulou is a collection of earthen houses, impenetrable by outsiders, built between the 12th and the 20th centuries, located in the mountainous areas in southeastern Fujian, China. A tulou is usually large, several storeys high, and built along an inward-looking, circular or square floor plan. The doughnut shaped house has a central open courtyard and can house up to 800 people or 80 families each. The outside wall is a solid block served by only one entrance, and windows to the outside are located only above the first floor. Tulous were built for defense against armed bandits that plagued southern China from the 12th century to 19th century. The people of southern Fujian first built strongholds on top of mountains as a defense. These early strongholds later evolved into Fujian Tulou.</p></blockquote> <p>Earthen Castles, wow!</p>http://dunnhillamarchitects.tumblr.com/post/51920889653http://dunnhillamarchitects.tumblr.com/post/51920889653Sun, 02 Jun 2013 09:28:43 +1000<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/baece2b0d23ce4a557aae6c3ab878ecd/tumblr_mnqmd0atFH1qduwpro1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/607e4d73b78fcc9807570ea36ca01c67/tumblr_mnqmd0atFH1qduwpro2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/2cfc7c03b9b28183e13ee0dcb0611701/tumblr_mnqmd0atFH1qduwpro3_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p>Vivid Sydney</p>http://dunnhillamarchitects.tumblr.com/post/51920615239http://dunnhillamarchitects.tumblr.com/post/51920615239Sun, 02 Jun 2013 09:24:35 +1000vivid<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/96836480616055f436b4eb6c465f885a/tumblr_mnflveSj9q1qduwpro1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>The Sydney Opera House, flirting with the Sydney Harbour Bridge.</p>http://dunnhillamarchitects.tumblr.com/post/51434105257http://dunnhillamarchitects.tumblr.com/post/51434105257Mon, 27 May 2013 10:40:26 +1000sydney opera housesydney harbour bridgetedx<p><img alt="image" src="http://media.tumblr.com/5782ed167de87bc72b669557f839070c/tumblr_inline_mn68qvGRy41qz4rgp.png"/></p> <p>Less than two weeks till the Transform discussion day and debate about gender, agency and the future of architecture. Lee Hillam is on the panel and will be sharing her views on the state of practice, architecture and the role of women.</p> <p>Guaranteed to be an informative day.</p> <p>Will you be there too? </p> <p>For more information visit the Parlour website: <a href="http://www.archiparlour.org/transform/" target="_blank"><a href="http://www.archiparlour.org/transform/" target="_blank">http://www.archiparlour.org/transform/</a></a></p> <p>And read this article: <a href="http://architectureau.com/articles/transform-altering-the-future-of-architecture/" target="_blank"><a href="http://architectureau.com/articles/transform-altering-the-future-of-architecture/" target="_blank">http://architectureau.com/articles/transform-altering-the-future-of-architecture/</a></a></p>http://dunnhillamarchitects.tumblr.com/post/51024756301http://dunnhillamarchitects.tumblr.com/post/51024756301Wed, 22 May 2013 09:20:00 +1000<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/4a806af431a227392d3fae0dc28f143a/tumblr_mmvs9gyrRI1qduwpro1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/3955d691d8baeae4ccabd18b8d2cfcd6/tumblr_mmvs9gyrRI1qduwpro2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p>The South Coast House renovation and additions are coming along nicely. The cladding is on, the window frames are in and the slab has been poured out the back.</p>http://dunnhillamarchitects.tumblr.com/post/50564524960http://dunnhillamarchitects.tumblr.com/post/50564524960Thu, 16 May 2013 17:46:28 +1000dalmenytimber cladding<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/4513aaac41194b64b5eefe5a19ab274f/tumblr_mmv7ynk8pQ1qduwpro1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>I went to TEDx last weekend (along with 2200 others!) in the Sydney Opera House. Notable was the number of great Australian minds spending their working lives overseas- Simon Jackman, Danny Kennedy,Marc Newson, Andrew Parker, Jennifer Robinson, David Sinclair. It makes me simultaneously depressed and proud.</p> <p>As is typical, those that held great expectation were the least thrilling (Marc Newson particularly) and those I expected little from blew my mind (all the musical performers, Bill Pritchard, Marita Cheng)</p> <p>The sheer amount of information starts to overwhelm at points, but the inundation feels good.  You come away with the impression that everyone in the world is doing intensely interesting things, and feeling inspired to pick up your own game and join them.</p> <p>Photo of Dr. Lisa Murray (with me in the fourth row!)</p>http://dunnhillamarchitects.tumblr.com/post/50537920754http://dunnhillamarchitects.tumblr.com/post/50537920754Thu, 16 May 2013 10:27:59 +1000<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/bc0dee0fc66b7e19b1c02417f21d082c/tumblr_mmpzrkoSZf1qduwpro1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/b3fed158b27c4ce1358a775bc8bffa75/tumblr_mmpzrkoSZf1qduwpro2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/adc5e03612b33b342a3c366349146fc4/tumblr_mmpzrkoSZf1qduwpro3_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p><strong>One from the Archives.</strong></p> <p>In light of a recent post about old skool photo montages and with reference to the pending redevelopment of the Amatil building; here is an image from my 1997 graduation project at UNSW.  Note the toaster in early construction, and the view we had for so brief a time of the trees and sandstone cliff of Macquarie St and the Botanic Gardens.  The white model in the photo, to the left is one of the proposed toaster buildings.  The building in balsa and gold paint was a proposal to subsume the Amatil (not demolish it), to colonise over the Cahill Expressway with theatre shapes suspending in a concrete frame and to reclaim the Cahill as a promenade connecting the Botanic Gardens to Observatory Hill. Now, why can’t we do that ? And if they really are looking for ideas well, I can tell you there were about 60 other people in my graduating class and we all had the same site and brief.  </p>http://dunnhillamarchitects.tumblr.com/post/50321830806http://dunnhillamarchitects.tumblr.com/post/50321830806Mon, 13 May 2013 14:42:56 +1000amatilcity of sydneyamp capitalmirvaceast circular quay<a href="http://www.architectureanddesign.com.au/news/venice-biennale-shortlist-announced-for-2014-austr?utm_source=SilverpopMailing&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Architecture%20and%20Design%20Newsletter%20-%20send%20-%3E%2013/05/2013%2010:11:29%20AM&utm_content=">Venice Biennale – Shortlist announced for 2014 Australian creative directors</a>: <p>Grace in our office is part of the “Under Construction” team who made it on to the shortlist for the creative director of the Australian Exhibition at the 2014 Venice Architecture Biennale.</p> <p>Congratulations Grace!</p>http://dunnhillamarchitects.tumblr.com/post/50303414673http://dunnhillamarchitects.tumblr.com/post/50303414673Mon, 13 May 2013 10:37:00 +1000Grace MortlockVenice Architecture Biennale<p>Architectural Review have collated a pretty amazing collection of architectural drawings online. A great resource. </p> <p>Image credit: <a href="http://www.smoutallen.com/" target="_blank">Smout Allen</a> <img src="http://media.tumblr.com/879811aae2d4c91cc0ec221bbe3db73f/tumblr_inline_mmk3rjgu4i1qz4rgp.jpg"/></p>http://dunnhillamarchitects.tumblr.com/post/50050812114http://dunnhillamarchitects.tumblr.com/post/50050812114Fri, 10 May 2013 10:23:51 +1000<a href="http://www.carusostjohn.com/text/london-development-agency-framework-panel-if-i-was/">‘If I was Designing London’ by Peter St John « Caruso St John Architects</a>: <p>In light of much of what is being built in Sydney, it is worth reading this article by Peter St John of Caruso St John Architects in London. Replace London with Sydney and East with West and it is surprisingly and shockingly relevant.</p>http://dunnhillamarchitects.tumblr.com/post/49760592555http://dunnhillamarchitects.tumblr.com/post/49760592555Mon, 06 May 2013 17:37:00 +1000public housingurban design<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/be630e1902b74e35af62cc2fb8f3e182/tumblr_mm3thzGIbB1qz6f9yo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://thisisnthappiness.com/post/49340283999/the-end-of-democracy-and-the-defeat-of-the" target="_blank">never</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>“The end of democracy and the defeat of the American Revolution will occur when government falls into the hands of lending institutions and moneyed incorporations.” ― <a href="http://blog.vandalog.com/2013/04/sweet-toof-paul-insect-and-lush-in-mexico/" target="_blank">Thomas Jefferson</a></p> </blockquote>http://dunnhillamarchitects.tumblr.com/post/49389875533http://dunnhillamarchitects.tumblr.com/post/49389875533Thu, 02 May 2013 08:23:00 +1000<p>None of these silly sandbag tests, this is how you load test a truss&#8230;<img src="http://media.tumblr.com/6212fe5aa31b18eae19196048e78ed9e/tumblr_inline_mm3zx5IkCk1qz4rgp.jpg"/></p>http://dunnhillamarchitects.tumblr.com/post/49345654586http://dunnhillamarchitects.tumblr.com/post/49345654586Wed, 01 May 2013 17:39:53 +1000<p><img src="http://media.tumblr.com/cb5e1ef9aff583b8060424b3add53c9f/tumblr_inline_mm0anqq2ph1qz4rgp.jpg"/></p> <p><img src="http://media.tumblr.com/1d47658263bdd0ab0485756b3967075f/tumblr_inline_mm0alrKZXQ1qz4rgp.jpg"/><img src="http://media.tumblr.com/53f14ac6bc85c5e7bc8f1e19432722e4/tumblr_inline_mm0ao8YN8n1qz4rgp.jpg"/></p> <p><img src="http://media.tumblr.com/6f0e7eefc3c7bd83261ce506aff87239/tumblr_inline_mm0apfa8lM1qz4rgp.jpg"/></p> <p></p>http://dunnhillamarchitects.tumblr.com/post/49166041731http://dunnhillamarchitects.tumblr.com/post/49166041731Mon, 29 Apr 2013 17:42:01 +1000<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/8dadb091dd202bb99b1a5fff3e94ba4b/tumblr_mlw4crxsRA1qduwpro1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Breaking ground at the Congo (Dog Trot) House.</p>http://dunnhillamarchitects.tumblr.com/post/49024167684http://dunnhillamarchitects.tumblr.com/post/49024167684Sun, 28 Apr 2013 04:30:10 +1000Congodunn + hillam architectsDog Trot Housebreaking ground new house<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/e58207cde759531f8410bb7bf88adb3d/tumblr_mlsgj9pq0L1qduwpro1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>We stopped in Gunning NSW last week to get one of their amazing lamb burgers from the Old Hume Cafe. This sign/ piece of condoned graffiti caught my eye, a confident statement.</p>http://dunnhillamarchitects.tumblr.com/post/48942303190http://dunnhillamarchitects.tumblr.com/post/48942303190Sat, 27 Apr 2013 04:30:28 +1000GunningOld Hume Cafelamb burgers