Emil Sodersten News Today

The hero shot is the bane of good architecture. Form follows photos. Its a manifestation of container over contained: the exterior, not the internal. It should be space, light, use, quality. Those are the things that make architecture. I rail against the hero shot’s ubiquity, and architects’ obsession with it.

Four layers of wallpaper were steamed off in one of the bedrooms.

Four layers of wallpaper were steamed off in one of the bedrooms.

Four layers of wallpaper were steamed off in one of the bedrooms.

Four layers of wallpaper were steamed off in one of the bedrooms.

Sydney’s most breathtaking movie palace, demolished 50 years ago, has been brought to life by a filmmaker.

Sydney’s most breathtaking movie palace, demolished 50 years ago, has been brought to life by a filmmaker.

Sydney’s most breathtaking movie palace, demolished 50 years ago, has been brought to life by a filmmaker.

The Provisional Parliament House, as it was originally known, became the ‘old’ one when the ‘permanent one’ on Capitol Hill was opened in 1988. Designed and built in three years (1924-27), Murdoch was dismissive of some of its charms, mostly because of the haste he felt, and yet has all the traits of his best architecture.

Advertisement In the midst of World War II, Sydney architect John Crust climbed Mount Ainslie to paint a watercolour of the newly built Australian War Memorial in Canberra. It was not long before the official handover of the building he had dedicated years of his life to and which would become one of the most iconic in the country. Lost and found: Drawings of the Australian War Memorial by one of its architects, John Crust. Credit:Australian War Memorial “That was him saying goodbye to the...