Saturday April 28 2018 / Sunday September 15 2019 / Sunday November 10 2019 Unlocked Soon after the house was finished I invited Emagn Tas to host an Unlocked event. Emagn is the Emerging Architects & Graduates Network of Tasmania. The Unlocked series is an opportunity for young architects to visit projects to gain a…
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Wednesday May 01 2019 Storage Having large-scale storage on the block wasn’t a necessity – until Mum sold the family home. She then needed somewhere to stash all of the furniture and her wordly belongings, acquired over 40 years while living in the same house. Location Location The original planning permit included a garage that…
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Inspiration for your quiet place somewhere Zach Klein, Steven Leckert, Niah Kalina This was a present from a friend who knew I had designed and built my own ‘cabin’. The book is small, but full of fabulous examples of cabins and shacks from all around the world, including one from Tasmania! Instantly recognisable…
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Sunday February 18 All photos taken by Jordan Davis …
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Wednesday January 24, Wednesday February 7, Monday February 12 Rage Against The Machine We had been waiting for ages for Greg’s fancy electronic spindle-moulder to be fixed – something was wrong with the motherboard that nobody in Australia seemed to know how to fix. After many false starts and nine months later I found out…
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Agency Tuesday November 28, 2017 I was honoured to be invited to present 60k House at the opening night of the national student architecture conference ‘Agency’ in Sydney. The format was a Pecha Kucha (20 slides for 20 seconds each) and included three other young architects and graduates. I interpreted the theme of the Agency…
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Friday February 2, Saturday February 3, Wednesday February 7 Third time lucky 60k House was always intended to be somewhat experimental, a testing ground for ideas, trying things that I haven’t seen or done before. Being my own house I had the freedom to trial different materials and techniques – without complaints from a client…
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The Danish Way to Live Well By Meik Wiking I bought this book as a gift for my mum after flicking through it at a friend’s place. Having lived in Denmark a couple of times I was familiar with “hygge”. This is a great introduction to the Danish way of life. Denmark is often…
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Wednesday September 20 2017 Update It’s been a while since the last post on the blog. I’ve been busy – among other thing, finishing the house! Photos, final budget and more blog posts coming soon! I also wanted to wait until I had an electricity bill for a full quarter since the installation of rooftop…
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Tuesday June 6; Tuesday June 13 The Best Laid Plans The original idea for heating 60k House was to install a small wood heater. Actually, the initial plan was to see how effective the passive thermal design was before deciding if I even needed any additional heating. I wasn’t around for winter last year –…
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