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Arachnophobia
Dangerous Dog House
Ship House
This is not just a house that looks like a ship…..Its actually part of a ship that has been lifted onto a cliff overlooking a lake. The ship was called the Benson Ford, owned by the Ford Motor company, it…
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Ghost Houses
Sometimes when you are driving round a housing estate you see a Ghost House. The house that was under construction and then for some reason everything stopped. Three, five, sometimes even ten or more years later its still half built….
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The Flying Triangle
A triangular building supported by a tripod like arrangement 2m above a park…..Weird or what? This is the Emerald Street Community Centre in Essendon. Originally erected in 1963 as an infant welfare centre it was designed by Garnet Price, the…
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Wood Wall Disaster
I recently saw this photo on the Home Design Library It’s a reminder that tall retaining walls are a serious matter with significant loads. Also its a warning that materials like timber might seem OK initially but over time can…
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Printer House
Global Warming Solution
Toilet Seat Art
Would you like either of these toilet seats in your house? They are examples of the work of the late Barney Smith who specialised in this art. Here is a photo of Barney outside his Toilet Seat Art Museum in…
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Living in a Pipe
I have spent a fair amount of my working life inside water pipes. . . . but I have never thought about living in one. It seems that some people in Honk Kong think differently. What do you think? Check…
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