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Excellent graphic of the great Australian bloat in average house size since 1960

Henry on populist governments acting in their, & their constituent’s, self-interest, not in the interest of future prosperity & equality. “I will state it plainly.Those who believe this nonsense cannot be trusted with the wellbeing of future generations.” theguardian.com/business/2025/…

Important research by the The Pew Trusts shows that 4-6 storey apartments with a single fire stair do not put residents at any greater fire risk (as compared to 2 stairs) Single stairs are also cheaper, and could allow much more housing to be built! pewtrusts.org/en/research-an…

Almost there: 144 new dwellings in Richmond for Homes Victoria. Architect designed for high amenity, high performance, safe, secure, accessible & modern public housing. 1, 2 & 3 bedrooms. We hope it offers a welcome & inclusive homecoming to its community.

Clifton Towers. 1963. A wedge shaped block of 9 apartments by Architects Lewis Martin and George Porter. One of several excellent towers along Oriental Parade in Wellington, NZ.

House Australia too. Make Melbourne a City of ‘Yes’. Balance risk & opportunity to ease adaption of existing buildings to house people. BVN hosted a terrific session last week at MPavilion - #citiesofyes - around just such possibilities. houseeurope.eu/19-join-now

“Tradition is not something that is received as a legacy, but rather something that is built everyday.” - Gae Aulenti. Aulenti’s adaptive re-use projects are more and more pertinent to our everyday. Eg her masterful transformation of a railway station to Musee D’Orsay.

Stupid. Isn’t the purpose of an Aus standard to set out specifications to help make products/services safe & reliable? Why then accommodate vehicles that increase injury to pedestrians & cyclists? Increase applicable tax not space for these beasts that btw kill streets too.

Bandaids rather than wider reform of the major issues facing the nation - climate, housing, inequity etc - apparently enough to retain government because there is no competition. The serious problem of no serious opposition. thenewdaily.com.au/news/politics/…

Says The Australian. Love the irony.

Fascinating diagrams of the shift from major parties to independents

It should be easy to obtain a planning permit for a new house such as this, regardless of heritage overlay. When heritage drives the design of new buildings we risk poor patterns being replicated. Better to thoughtfully reconfigure to reflect today’s living/amenity expectations.

Tonight on SBS Australia Chernobyl: The Lost Tapes. Interesting timing.. #Auspol2025

“If Melbourne’s middle suburbs - those between two & 20 kilometres from the CBD – were as dense as those of Toronto, that increase in density alone could accommodate all of the 800,000 extra homes the state government plans to build over the next decade.” theconversation.com/victorias-plan…

Interesting density stat from The Conversation. Worth a read.

How about a “great government of allies”? Excellent thinking here from #richardflanagan

“As you read, a line might hit you. You feel struck. You pause. Here’s where close reading happens. Hold up. Linger with that line. Read it again, a few more times. What gives it its force here in its immediate moment? Work out its power.” defector.com/close-reading-…

Enjoying reading one right now, more so knowing I can leave it - for a month, a year, who knows - and return where I left off. No expiry. The ultimate reader freedom.

The battle for Los Angeles (Financial Times UK), 14 Jun 2025 “In these vibrant neighbourhoods…this hybrid mixture of languages and customs, cuisines and ideas, energy and ambition, fuels the country for its global challenges.” digitaleditionapp.ft.com/i9DX/f0xli6kp

“The myth I’d like to dispel is that creativity is somehow hampered by thinking about business. The days of just holing away in a studio & never thinking about money - we’re just not living in that time.” James Blake’s fight against ‘free music’. True of all creative industry