The ‘Wedding Cake’ house!
Columns can look classy . . . . .but there can be such a thing as too much.
There are 24 columns on the front and plenty more on each side.
I saw this house in a suburb North of Melbourne.
How would you feel about living in this house?
This house is actually one of the most famous homes in the world in architectural circles, and is known as the ‘Glass House.”
It was built for his own use by the well known architect Philip Johnson, in 1949.
Although I wouldn’t like to live in it it’s interesting as an example of what happens when a designer goes to the extremes.
It gets around some of the problems by being in the middle of private parkland, and having another “Brick House’ linked to it.
What to find out more?………….Go to the philipjohnsonglasshouse.org website for more info
People complain about the cost of land in Australia but land in Japan must be very expensive.
Would you want to build on a 30sqm triangular block?
Thats about the same size as some Australian driveways!
Although these photographs make the house look very narrow is does get a bit wider towards the back.
You can find more photographs on the dornob website where the interior shots make it look “deceptivly spacious” as the agents say!
On a summers day, during a period of dry weather, I came across these recently built houses with lines of sandbags!
You would think that the houses must have fronted a river!
So. . . . What’s the story?
Well its in a long established suburb where large blocks are being subdivided.
That means the drains, which were designed for an estate with lots of gardens, are now in an area where all the water quickly runs of the roofs.
Any heavy rain and the drains become overloaded and then water starts pooling on the road
Well the houses are built facing a low part of the street, so it doesn’t take long for the water level to rise to the footpath level and then start flowing down the driveways.
What makes it even worse is cars driving through the flood water and creating a wash!
This has to be one of the most impractical ideas I have seen.
I found this photo on www.architecturendesign.net
Would you like this Bookshelf?
How about if I told you you could buy it to convert to your coffin?
Seems a bit creepy to me. . . . . . but if you like the idea check out the following link
Well you would be wrong it’s a house that’s around 30 years old . . . . and no it hasn’t been subject to a fire, or water damage.
The reason why it looks like this is a couple of heavy smokers lived in the house for many years.
When they moved out it was thought that removing the carpets and a good clean would remove the smells.
That didn’t work so in the end the decision was made to remove all the plasterboard and refit the entire property.
40 or 50 years ago, with so many smokers around, they might have got a buyer, even with the tobacco smell.
Not these days.
This ‘renovation’ really upsets me because I think that smaller windows are a good environmental, and, living comfort, choice . . . .but this a demonstration of how not to do it.
As I was walking through Dandenong last week I looked down to see this cast concrete footprint.
No! It’s not art . . . . it is on a public footpath close to the town centre!
Did the guys who did the job this not care.
Did the council inspector not even get out of his vehicle?
I saw this letter box the other day on a main road near my house.
From a distance I thought tiling the top seemed like a good way to stop water penetration . . . . however when I got closer I realised a couple of big issues:
Definitely a construction FAIL.
