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Make Us Proud - NZOC Olympic Campaign

NZOC Olympic campaign launch for the London Olympic Games - Make Us Proud - moments that make us proud to be Kiwis.... here's one from me...

David Lange's Oxford Union Speech - March 1985 / ... and a more recent piece by Tiki Tane:

Spiral Joy

Love this material palette... & the spiral stair beyond (source: unknown)

Autumn Textures

One of our most treasured rituals is a morning walk in Western Park with Eddie followed by a coffee in the courtyard at the local Cafe - a real little community & a great way to start the day.... at the moment we are experiencing this beautiful autumn light - the texture & shadows on the neighbouring wall (above) is rekindling my love of concrete as a material...

... the aging of the material is only crafted over time... the weathering of the carpark walls in the background of this image..

the colours of an in-situ wall found in a carpark in New Plymouth....

... and the combinations of stone, concrete, greenery (the natural) against the clarity of glass, white walls & strong geometric lines....

... the stunning balance of textures in Eduardo Souta de Moura's work - magic, one would imagine with the changing of the seasons

Off the blog... The Bulwagan Foundation Trust

The Bulwagan Foundation Trust is a cause to celebrate humanity... they are embarking on a quest to develop a centre, a "hall" ('Bulwagan') - a community facility in Wellington for Filipinos in NZ

... architecture as a vehicle to bring people across cultures together - good luck for the project!

Ponsonby's Orlando??

we ran into this sculptural moment one morning walking in Western Park (itself a mid-19th century distinguished open space).... & immediately thought of Sally Potter's adaptation of Virginia Woolf's Orlando - the scene where Tilda Swinton (Orlando) rides into post-modernist England on the motorbike & sidecar with her daughter/  everything shaped in white, evidencing form & stark drapery of that era


we await the moment of unveiling for this plastic cover & what it will poetically tell us about the future....

Saw Bums - Cycle Rail Adventure!

... saw many on the Trail.... we're just back from the Otago Rail Trail... brilliant landscape over the turn of autumn - vibrant crisp textures & colours; fresh air; fresh apples from wild trees; family & friends/  you can understand how those from this area are inspired & passionate about preserving the environment down here/  we are truly spoilt in this country.... get out & experience it if you can!!!

... and finished with the Taieri Gorge Train back into Dunedin for the wonderful local cuisine at Nova Cafe in the heart of the Octagon...

Design Daily Debut!

Design Daily enthusiastically picked up on the architecture-sport-community theme that was swirling around my head.... a daily news e-resource for NZ designers and architects, Design Daily meshes all sorts of goodies that cause us to question & think about what we are doing - got to be good!!

Here's the link to Design Daily