Category Archives: New Design

Urban revitalization is by far the most interesting facet of architecture (in my view). It’s a combination of design and sociology and it’s blatantly obvious when it works – and when it doesn’t. Thankfully, Brooklyn’s Domino Park (North of the Williamsburg bridge) doesn’t disappoint. This area on the edge of the river was once aContinue reading “New Urban Design: Domino Park, Brooklyn”

So it’s best that I get this down now –  before, like childbirth, I forget the trauma of the move to New York and can only think of the good results. Not to trivialize childbirth as it’s not a process I’ve encountered yet, but I imagine there are some similarities. For example it’s painful, expensiveContinue reading “What you need to know for your move to New York City (from an Aussie expat)”

A weekend travelling to any new city is a taste. But a weekend in Malta you get the feeling it’s a tease. A real ‘malt’teaser (sorry, not sorry). One, you’re not going to be able to visit Gozo (the north island and according to all accounts the land where time slows down) and two, you’reContinue reading “Travel: 48 hours in Malta”

Rejkavik is a true enigma. The landscape is mysterious, harsh and at the same time enchanting. How people have managed to survive here over the years I struggle to comprehend- but I do know that it’s a place that lives up to its expectations. It’s every bit as ‘otherworldly’ as you can imagine. We hadContinue reading “Iceland Travel Tips: Rejkavik to Vik”

I used to live in Nørrebro. In fact, I lived down the road from Superkilen (before it was Superkilen and was just a stretch of rather bland bike path between Tagensvej and Nørrebrogade).  To be honest I’d generally cycle quickly through there. It always felt a bit dodgy and it was dimly lit. If you’reContinue reading “Urban Revitalisation: Superkilen (killin’ it) in Copenhagen”

La Sagrada Familia in Barcelona is architecture that speaks to the soul. It’s taken me a long time to write this post-visiting, purely because I wanted to digest what I saw. The emotion of this structure felt raw at the time. It actually made me cry. Maybe it was the closet believer within me (afterContinue reading “Architectural Wonder *Feeling emotional* @ La Sagrada Familia”

Attending the first exhibition in the new Levete designed exhibition space, I am initially struck by the descent into the gallery. Wooden stairs lead to the unknown – with shiny black lacquered cladding on either side. Mystery is the best part about this stair well. As you turn the corner you are greeted with anContinue reading “New Architecture in London: V&A – Exhibition Road Courtyard and Gallery”

I’m not going to say that there were no nerves flying to Turkey with all the current civil unrest in Istanbul and Ankara and its proximity to Syria. It’s not going to get better in a hurry though. And if you don’t go now then when? So, we opted for the nerves of excitement forContinue reading “Sail Turkey: Fethiye and to the East”

For those fans of Entourage, Johnny Drama’s biggest line was ‘not in any of my five towns’. Cinque Terre translation to English as ‘five towns’. The quote played over and over in my mind on repeat- while I dreamily wishes these were all my very own five towns. Dream on.  So we stayed in Monterosso.Continue reading “Italian Travel: Cinque Terre”