15hours and 35mins and still no reponse Justin, I suppose no ones even taken any notice not even the natives. but then again it is down the bottom and out of the way.

so how ya been choco?

lucky the settlements taking a while, no wind in brissie.

hmmm,

maybe blow it all on fancy windsurfing gear and go sit on a beach for 12 months.

Gestalt said...

i had another idea,

you pay sausage and myself to design you a banger of a house,

then we can go and blow it all on fancy windsurfing gear and sit on the beach for 12 months.

oh, you can come to the beach too.

Don't tell me you design "shoe boxes" as well? $hit they must have been handing out Diploma's every bugger i know is an architect

Gestalt said...

well, building designer would be a better description. [}:)]

i like a well proportioned box, sausage is into mdernism also so we can do you a box no probs.

reason you know so many designers is because they all windsurf.

"Building Designer" in all my travels around the world i have admired the old style buildings,they have a certain charm that would still be appealing in another 150 years time i have yet to see any modern building that in 100 years from now will have that charm and appeal and thats if it's still standing.
When you design something have you got the freedom to do what you want or are you restricted to the clients needs?
Look at Washington DC most of their buildings are copies of Greek/Roman style and they look great.

i guess it's interpreting a brief that is important. the client should be able to get what they desire or there is no real point to it other than self importance. leading the client through the brief is also very important.

old buildings might look great but their functionality can be sadly lacking. design wise a lot has been learnt in the last 200 years. true modernism has influences far and wide in contemporary architecture. lets give it another 50 years. the yanks produced some classic examples during the 50's, to this day the majority of internationaly respected architects the world over still have one foot well and truly in the modernist camp. it's a proven philosophy that produces the right outcome typically.

anyways, regardless of era or style, the real test is the experience.

Wow all this talk about building thingys makes me want to leave my cave and make one.We just got a thing called electricery and their talking about things that you can communicate with over long distances.Life truly is amazing.