Three Things

Accidental Archway

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I have had an interest in classical and classical-revival buildings for some time, and so most of the drawing and digital modelling I do leans towards that style. The Sketchup model here doesn't represent an actual building, or even a serious attempt to design one, but was basically an accidental creation. It began as an attempt to model a Doric column, and quickly got out of hand, as parts were added and elements repeated. For me, it's a rather nice illustration of just how powerful the rules of classical design can be.

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Sir John Soane's Breakfast Room

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Built between 1808 and 1812, this small space is quite easily one of my favourite rooms in any building. I think the thing that I was most struck by was the way in which the design managed to be ornate, yet at the same time restrained, striking a balance between the Spartan and the convoluted. Furthermore, every design feature and decoration is carefully proportioned,ensuring that the space remains relatable and inviting. The brilliantly considered lighting (indirect and overhead in typical Soane fashion) further softens the space. In short, I consider the Breakfast Room to be a triumph of domestic design, and one that leaves many contemporary buildings, with their uniform expanses of polished concrete, for dead.

Sunset on the South Coast

This may not be the best composed or the highest quality photograph in existence, but I like it nonetheless. I took it on the final night of my schoolies week in the Spring of 2013 as I waited for a friend to come back from fossicking in the rock pools that sit just out of frame on the right. The sunset was spectacular in itself, but there was something about the colour of the sky and the massing of the clouds in the east that really caught me. The entire trip itself was something of a coming of age journey for me and this photo represents the perfect conclusion to that.