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In the wilds of Coburg lives a sustainably designed and built house, complete with a garden up top. It's a welcome change to a sea of roofs and solar panels. Created by Emilio at Nest Architects, it was built in the backyard of another property after it was subdivided. It's small, but very beautiful. More details and Nic Granleese's photos: www.nestarchitects.com.au/projects/florence-street  Greening the rooftops
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The good thing about hiring a driver in India is that they're very happy to essentially be at your beck and call for a pre-determined time. So if you want to spend half an hour inside a cathedral or 10 minutes looking at that interesting thing over there - they just happily wait. Of course, you pay for this privilege but to an Aussie, it's a nominal fee. We spent half a day in different locations around Old Goa before returning to our digs, in what was about a 60km trip, and I think it worked out to be about A$20.  Well, this is a bit of a mess isn't it? This is the Sé Catedral de Santa Catarina, (aka Se Cathedral) in Old Goa. It’s about 500 years old, the largest church in India and dedicated to Saint Catherine. It’s only fitting then, that I should go there for a sticky beak.  Maybe someone will leave it to me in their Will. Winter in Hampi: 36c, blue skies and sunshine and more sunscreen than you’ve ever seen in your life. We pre-arranged a touring day with Raj from a local tour company, and met up with him shortly after watching the morning elephant washing ritual on the banks of Tungabhadra River. Raj had organised wheels for us (3 motorcycles and a tuk-tuk) to move about between monuments and we managed to cover quite a bit of the Vijayanagaran empire area.  Elephant Stables - big doorways for elephants (and fat heads) The Hampi shrines and memorials contained in the UNESCO world heritage site are a sub group of the broader Vijayanagara ruins. Most of these were built between 1336 and 1570. The notable exception is the Virupaksha Temple which is a 7th century Hindu temple. The area contains various examples of civil, military and religious architecture and includes the Sacred Centre, the Royal Citadel, Hemakuta Hill Temple Complex and Zenana Enclosure.
If you had a competition for best big temple-like structure in Hampi and it was judged by monkeys, which one would win?  "Oooh...what are they building over there?!?" I have to confess, I totally love the ramshackle corrugated tin number. A for effort, surely?
Located at the Paris end of Collins St, 101 was designed by Denton Corker Marshall and opened in 1991. It is still considered one of the premier buildings in Melbourne. First triptych from final folio for 2012 exploring large interior spaces. These images were shot on a non-sitting day between group tours in order to have the place devoid of people. The La Trobe Reading Room in the State Library of Victoria - with clouds and a bit of Latin overlay, and St Paul's Cathedral, Melbourne (Holga old style). I photographed this new property for a building designer. Great people, lovely residence, lots of windows so tonnes of natural light. Shame about the clouds - they couldn’t decide if they were coming or going. Lecturers tell us photography is 10% technical, 10% creative and 80% furniture moving and they’re not wrong. It seems to take ages to set things up and it feels unnatural moving personal belongings around in someone’s home. I wonder if I’ll get used to it? First Angle Building Designers: https://firstangle.squarespace.com ANZAC Day is just around the corner.  Lest We Forget mural in the Entry Courtyard at The Shrine This year we have to photograph an assignment on the day - we can choose dawn services, ANZAC parades, breakfasts, lunches.... even the football (which I personally don’t see as having ANYTHING to do with ANZACs and is just an excuse to get more people to go to the football, but I digress...) so I’m planning to go to the dawn service at the Shrine of Remembrance in Melbourne, and the main parade in the city. Lots of documentary work; must remember to get names of people; must wear warm clothes, must not sleep in!
Some low light stuff to kick off the uni year. Webb Bridge at Docklands is a beautiful piece of work. I’ve seen some fantastic shots of it from all different angles. It’s a popular place so it vibrates when enough people are running on it.  Bouncy Webb Bridge (Architects: Denton Corker Marshall) I know it looks a bit weird but I love it. Great shapes and colours. And it's very green on the inside too - it's carbon negative. That's even better than the very on-trend carbon neutral! It's actually designed to create more energy than it uses.   Pixel Building, Carlton / Architects: studio505 I've been spending a good bit of time photographing buildings, both at dawn and dusk as well as during the day. So I figured I was just a bit tired when I thought I saw a bike up a wall. I know parking's become a problem in the CBD but this is a bit ridiculous isn't it?!?
Melbourne has some of the best street art! The place is filled with lanes and alleys that have full scale art works plastered all over them and they often last only a short time before someone paints something new in their place. Good places to visit include AC/DC Lane, Corporation Lane, Hosier Lane and Croft Alley. And some weird-arse buildings...
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