I think one of the reasons I’m such an architecture junkie is because I’m always trying to understand the polarising nature of the profession.

What I like about Philip Johnson’s Glass House is how humble it seems.

Mussolini got me thinking about the whole glass house concept.

What a perfect satire from the wonderful Chaplin.

The Casa del Fascio on the beautiful Lake Como was to be a temple to Fascism.

While Mussolini was getting on with his unique way of leading, in 1926 a group of seven young architects in Milan were introducing Rational Architecture.

Back to Mussolini and his aphorisms.

I remember first coming across the building known as Colosseo Quadrato (Square Colosseum) in Rome in the 1990s.

In Eudoxia, which spreads both upwards and down, with winding alleys, steps, dead ends, hovels, a carpet is preserved in which you can observe the city’s true form.

In Maurilia, the traveler is invited to visit the city and, at the same time, to examine some old postcards that show it as it used to be:

The city of Sophronia is made up of two half cities.

Looking back at these photomontages I made 20 years ago I’m reminded of European landscapes.

Sunny times in Melbourne, Australia.

Robert Prenzel produced a lot of ecclesiastical woodcarvings. When many of his private clients abandoned him during and after the … More

I’ve really enjoyed reading the National Gallery of Victoria publication about wood carver Robert Prenzel.

Another man good with wood was Robert Prenzel (1866-1941).

I’d like to see architect John Wardle design a chair. He is good with wood.

Architect Richard Neutra designed a collection of houses in LA in 1942

A pretty little dairy stool. A milking stool. Proudly aged.

We grew up with three-legged chairs.

I’ve always been a fan of the De Stijl movement (1917-1931).

While I was looking at Katherine Hattam’s chairs I was reminded of the relationship to John Brack.

Bright and shiny new bars must have been a lovely sight in Sydney circa 1935.

Contemplating the chairs we grew up with.

Let’s not forget about the inanimate objects in the perfect Chinese painting.