Building designers sometimes enlist incredibly talented artists to help create the mood and feel of a building. While travelling though Hamad Airport I particularly noticed that very special attention to detail was everywhere. There were no dead spaces. There were no visual eyesores. The entire and vast space was a visual delight. I’m not sure […]
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To me lighting is everything but usually its about how the light falls on the things around us. Sometimes though it is just about the lights and the lighting in Sydney’s ‘The Establishment’ blew me away. It’s more of a globular cluster really rather than a planet but I could not make that roll off […]
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It’s as if a rolling wave has come in from the ocean, traveled over the sand and grass and stopped just short of Henley Square. Somewhere in it’s travels this wave transitioned from water to wood, solidifying like a standing wave on a base guitar string. Photo: Robert Rath, ‘Water to Wood’, 1s f/5.6 ISO800 […]
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Looking down at the reflections in Henley Square’s subtle water feature I have often wondered what a gorgeous sunset would look like seen in this civic mirror. A half hinted promise of yet another gorgeous Henley Beach sunset faded to a few pastel hues as the sun retreated and twilight took hold. It’s not the […]
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It’s all splashes and sparkles and plenty of civic bling at Henley Square now that the construction work is complete. On a hot summer evening children play in the open-air water feature while an aerial light-show plays above. People mingle after dinner in one of the restaurants discussing their meal, their day or choosing which […]
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