Tuesday, January 7, 2014

Another One Bites The Dust!


The sad demise of Perth's FESA building.

A rant.

As a West Australian who is not a Philistine (see December 29 post on Modernist Australia's facebook page), and a lover of Brutalist architecture, I feel it would be remiss of me not to mention the continued lack of foresight by the big-wigs who make decisions in our state.




This is the Fire and Emergency Services building, built in 1979. Feast your eyes on its concrete magnificence while you can, because it's about to bite the dust to make way for another five star hotel. While I know it's probably not everyone's cup of tea - it is a very special building which (i.m.o.) should be preserved as a rare (and beautiful) example of architecture of its type. There are not many buildings like this (left) here in the West.

There is a history of stuff like this happening in Perth. So many amazing buildings gone and forgotten, because, in a nutshell, money talks. In the 80's I went to school in the heart of the city, and even then as an ignorant teenager I knew it wasn't a good thing when I noticed the wanton destruction of lovely old buildings around me. And there were many of them - their replacements, for the most part, truly diabolical!

Unfortunately the FESA building missed out on a heritage listing, the new hotel destined to replace it is a done deal. What a shame. People are gonna scratch their heads about this decision one day...some of us already are.

Thanks for reading x



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Saturday, January 4, 2014

Clowning Around

   
via the always fabulous messy nessy chic (seriously, this blog never disappoints i.m.o.) Source

I saw this pic and had to share it. Nice (intriguing) to see the much maligned clown get a bit lot of love for a change. Could you decorate your bathroom like this? Would you be bold enough, or does it scare the life out of you? The 'experts' say every home needs a bit of quirk, but do you think this is taking it just a bit too far? Just wondering...

Speaking of bathrooms, we still don't have one! I'll keep you posted x

p.s. actually, current circumstances in mind, this one is starting to look good!