Week 17/23: Harry Howard's house / An architravesty / The tepid EV policy / Welcome Cameron Bruhn / Bookends: Spaceship Earth
At a different scale when Lane Cove Council wanted to disguise the proliferation of yellow and red brick walk up flats, his advice was to narrow the streets, widen the verges, and plant Sydney Blue Gums. 30 years later the trees reached maturity, completely obscuring the ugly apartments behind, and equally importantly, provided views to a beautiful Australian landscape out of those apartments. Take a drive down Nundah St in Lane Cove to see his work, where there is a public garden and walk named in his honour.
Source: architectureanddesign.com.au
