Laura Harding
@lhsyd
Draws…writes…knits…imbibes tea…thinks about architecture and urbanism…sighs a lot… Please do not replicate or copy my content onto any other platforms. (The beautiful flowers are Brack)
Wonder if the SMH series on developers bring cosy with politicians (ex and current) is also doing a side service in radicalising us to the banality that is bad AI illustrations…?
Of course it belongs on SBS - it would be a travesty for it to be anywhere else where the coverage would be rubbish! The world game belongs on our multicultural network. It’s been totally brilliant.
Ok…Wordle spoiler alert. Finally had time to look up the offending word. Got a belly laugh…well played..!!
Hilarious! The boys in the Premier’s Office appear to be picking the winner!!
Jennie Officer gave a masterclass in density in the suburban housing context…
John Ellway showed light, intelligent, breezy dwellings effortlessly negotiating sloping terrain
Martin O’Dea gave a fantastic presentation about Cool Streets and the importance of ‘wide soil’ for tree growth.
Things I saw yesterday….at an event organised by the brilliant Cairns City Architect Ellen Buttrose…in the most extraordinary venue in Cairns…a thread…
Checked Sky to see if the ‘banner’ was also top story on their news…and yes…yes…it was…Maybe call Crimestoppers - and report racism and vilification of minorities instead…
A trillion dollars for housing indeed…well in this age…if you leave a void - morons will fill it…in the letterbox South Sydney…
Growing up in Western Sydney - we didn’t get to experience ‘A’rchitecture very often - but gosh I have such a clear memory of the power of this building, still in Maryong, by Michael Dysart. Someone we should all know more about. Vale. (Image sourced from Brutalist Sydney, by Max Dupain)
An evergreen reminder…canopy, real deep soil and real infiltration leave green walls for dead…sometimes literally….
Excuse this horrendously incompetent photograph - but this tree I passed yesterday evening had grown these sort of resinous icicles that I have never seen before. I presume this means it is in intense distress…?
How to use a Sydney bus stop - as a screen from that very big puddle that’s about to spray the footpath with the next traffic flow! 😂
A design competition to determine the ‘look and feel’ of a highly strategic urban precinct. Honestly - save the time and money - get a couple of political staffers, a developer, Scotty Cam and a perspective artist in the room - she’ll be right mate…
People…in the streets…moving past Parliament…as it should be…long may it continue… #publicsydney
What an extraordinary statement. Artists do not perform to flatter and sate us - they inspire, confound, confuse, enrage, discomfort and delight us - so that power can always be held to account, and may not ever hide behind its conceit.
The wonderful Durbach Block Jaggers - 2026 Institute of Architects Gold Medallists
If they really believe this they should never govern again… #publichousing
Called into the university bookshop yesterday - to see what was currently of interest. Expected to be a little disappointed, but was astonished. “Developing Property Sustainably” and “Lost in Palm Springs” We are a deeply, unserious country….
An astonishingly beautiful series of steel and timber pavilions…for watching wood chopping…in Nowra
Here’s a graph showing the impact of their advocacy for more effective regulation. The first dip in listing numbers is Covid. The second is the introduction of NYC Airbnb regs in 2019…from a peak of 55,000 to 5,000 listings.
From Inside Airbnb to Housing Justice: The Role of Civic Urban Technology. Using data to empower advocates and decision makers. If you don’t know Murray Cox’s Inside Airbnb, or Jack Moon’s work at Tenants Union of NSW - keep an eye out for the recording on the Halloran Urban Research Institute yt.