Architecture in Australia... - Page 1
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author: westfw
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: August 19, 2020, 05:15:25 am
content: Seems like a neat place! Near Brisbane...https://www.realestate.com.au/property-house-qld-karalee-134205378?fbclid=IwAR35Irt4HfaAxMABk4Gsw65kTxYbAjnZ2j1HhOGDpEb6NeSNqWeePNMoIcE

author: BurningTantalum
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: August 19, 2020, 05:25:47 am
content: 'Why?' is the question that needs answering.I'm just glad that they don't live near me - we have enough eyesores with the hippy-dippies across the valley, and the lackadaisical and non-consistent application of planning regs by the local Shire.BT

author: John B
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: August 19, 2020, 05:47:24 am
content: I wonder how they got that through the planning authority. I expected it to be on some rural property, but it's surrounded by houses in a residential area. Quite a feat when in some areas you can't even paint your fence. I'm half thinking the house is a giant troll. From the satellite view it looks like a giant outcropping of breasts.

author: olkipukki
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: August 19, 2020, 06:34:56 am
content: Is it small copy version of 'Pierre Cardin’s Bubble House'?

author: Red Squirrel
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: August 19, 2020, 06:38:48 am
content: That's actually kind of cool actually.

author: westfw
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: August 19, 2020, 08:57:17 am
content: It’s a pretty good size, and the interior seems quite nice (big library!)Nicer than “the flintstone house” near me.https://www.claimsjournal.com/news/west/2019/04/05/290247.htmI don’t want to see the estimate for exterior painting, though!

author: Halcyon
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: August 19, 2020, 10:07:54 am
content: Oof, those colours.

author: Ash
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: August 19, 2020, 11:21:43 pm
content: Hi,I actually live near-ish to the Bubble House.. Didn't even know it existedWe found another "interesting", and newer house when we were searching for our current home. This one is much closer to me.https://www.realestate.com.au/property/79-sheep-camp-rd-mount-crosby-qld-4306Ash

author: themadhippy
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: August 20, 2020, 12:21:30 am
content: The crazy house in dalat Vietnam has to be one of my favorite pieces of architecture

author: GlennSprigg
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: August 20, 2020, 03:35:58 pm
content: Ggrrr.... Many years ago, (in Adelaide, Australia), I went through 6 months of waiting for the damned local Councilto approve my very standard shed I wanted to erect. FINALLY, after not tolerating any more 'pissed-off-ness', I wentin in person, and demanded to see the boss! He came out, and looked at my detailed plans. (Not his plans/copy of course!).In a matter of literally 5 mins, he said it all looks above board, considering the whole design & encumbrances and STAMPEDit as approved. Geeeze I hate council bureaucracy!!!

author: SparkyFX
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: August 20, 2020, 03:41:39 pm
content: Quote from: Red Squirrel on August 19, 2020, 06:38:48 amNa, the furniture for it would need to be invented as well...But if you want more floor space, just raise it up by a few inches.I admit, its got something of a subnautica base.

author: Tom45
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: August 20, 2020, 03:49:29 pm
content: I'm guessing there were drugs involved during the planning stages.

author: The Soulman
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: August 20, 2020, 04:36:14 pm
content: How it was build: LOLhttps://youtu.be/dJoOoedMp0w?t=480

author: John B
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: August 20, 2020, 09:51:02 pm
content: Giving it a bit more thought, it's super impressive. Given the age of the house, I wonder if it was designed on a computer or by hand drawings. Trying to model the structural elements to ensure it meets all engineering requirements would have taken a very creative and talented engineer.Once you start moving away from flat planes and prisms, protecting against water ingress becomes a big challenge too. Also, regular houses have different structures that are able to move and expand, ie the brick veneer has a measure of independence from the timer frame, the roof is able to flex too. I can see some cracks in the rendering around windows, but I'm surprised the whole structure isn't filled with cracks. It would be interesting to know how it was made, and what the dome structures are made of. Maybe cement and fibre meshing?

author: Ash
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: August 20, 2020, 10:31:12 pm
content: I found this short write up about the construction of the Bubble House.https://www.ipswichfirst.com.au/bubble-house/Ash.

author: HackedFridgeMagnet
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: August 20, 2020, 11:12:47 pm
content: If they cut some sections and turn them around they can have a mini Sydney Opera House.

author: VK3DRB
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: August 21, 2020, 03:25:13 am
content: The new Microsoft Flight Simulator has replaced most of Australian style architecture house with cheapo American style houses. I flew over Wangaratta where I used to live and the houses looked like they were straight out of Gomer Pyle USMC. Not only that, it placed the roof on the my old 12 square brick garage at 90 degrees. It was almost as insulting as when the Max Max movie was dubbed with American accents.MS Flight Simulator uses AI (Architectural Idioticy)Maybe it will improve over time. Even so, the flying software is pretty impressive. Gee, that Bill Gates is brainy.

author: eti
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: August 22, 2020, 12:06:30 am
content: Quote from: westfw on August 19, 2020, 05:15:25 amNeat? Looks a mess to me!(yes, I know what "neat" means)

author: not1xor1
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: August 22, 2020, 03:43:01 pm
content: Quote from: westfw on August 19, 2020, 05:15:25 amit looks like a fine home for teletubbies and the like

author: Bud
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: August 25, 2020, 09:16:36 pm
content: I guess they saved on roof shingles

author: helius
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: September 15, 2020, 06:29:19 am
content: 80 years ago Wallace Neff designed a house shaped like a balloon. There were thousands of his "bubble houses" built, it was a bit of a trend. They were made by spraying concrete onto an inflated rubber sac. Today only one remains in the US, formerly the architect's own dwelling:https://latimesblogs.latimes.com/home_blog/2011/12/wallace-neff-shell-house.htmlMost people who have spent time in Silicon Valley have seen the Flintstone House:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Flintstone_House

author: ChristofferB
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: September 15, 2020, 01:03:37 pm
content: Does the windows have iris blinds? If so I'm sold.

author: Red Squirrel
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: September 15, 2020, 01:22:58 pm
content: That's what it looks like, that's genius.

author: HackedFridgeMagnet
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: September 16, 2020, 11:01:23 pm
content: the bubble house looks the the 'Bini' shells constructed in some Schools in NSW, Australia.https://www.thevintagenews.com/2016/04/26/binishells-nsw-schools-fine-example-academic-architecture-hailed-revolutionary-time/My school had one that had two basket ball courts inside or it could seat close to 1000 people.Eventually they pulled it down as it was deemed unsafe, but I think some still stand today.I liked it and I think most other people did too.

author: aargee
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: September 16, 2020, 11:33:20 pm
content: There was also thishttps://www.museumofbrisbane.com.au/feeds/sunday-stories-space-city/, fell into disuse, vandalism, squatters then demolished. Usual story.As far as the house is concerned, furnishing would be expensive, everything would have to be custom made curvy stuff.

author: Cerebus
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: September 17, 2020, 01:34:46 am
content: Quote from: John B on August 20, 2020, 09:51:02 pmI'd imagine it was drawn by hand. - CAD was still a relatively new (and very pricy) thing in architecture at the start of the 80s and not the sort of thing that made its way into the hands of final year degree students. The architect, and occupant, designed it as his final year project when he was studying to become an architect. He started building it himself in 1983, working at weekends, and finished in 1993. The structure is made out offerrocement.

author: Cerebus
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: September 17, 2020, 01:36:11 am
content: Quote from: ChristofferB on September 15, 2020, 01:03:37 pmIt does.

author: helius
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: September 17, 2020, 01:40:38 am
content: The other thing the OP building reminds me of in terms of interconnected units is the JapaneseMetabolismmovement, most famously the Nakagin Capsule Tower.