Alrighty... been a lil while since the last post it was a pretty busy week for how laid back it was. I have also noticed that when I type things in chronological order they show up in reverse so I apologize for the layout not being as smooth as it could be. 

Monday July 6th

We had our first studio pin up at Bill and George with Rebecca. We only got through three of the two groups before she had to leave so we made our way down to a cafe to finish the last two. Dan and I had a pretty good crit and got a lot of good feedback to further out design. 

Tuesday July 7th

First thing on Tuesday we met up with Adrian to go to Artspace. This was the location that Adrian lived in and was part of an ARI there. There were some pretty interesting installations and a lot of commotion going on  because the sprinkler system went off on one of the upper floors. 

Afterwards Dan and I went along the harbor to visit our site for our studio project. We cut through Darling Harbor. This was the first time I had been there thus far... it is pretty touristy but there was a floating stage where they had had a concert the week before. There is a pretty interesting building near the end of the site that we are looking at utilizing. The restaurant in the bottom had some fantastic lighting.  After getting a good number of pictures we headed back to Circular Quey to catch a train back to Newtown. 

We decided to stop and have dinner at and African restaurant called Kilimanjaro. The plates were made of wood and where a rounded rectangle.  Needless to say I really liked them. We split a lamb dish, beef dish, and an eggplant dish with rice and african bread. It all was delicious!! To top it off we had a drink that I can't remember the name of it but it was made from Hibiscus flowers. It was pretty good but VERY sweet. 

Wednesday July 8th

We started off the morning going to Tranby College. This is a college that focuses on the education of people in the Aboriginal community. Nick met up with us there and gave  us a little insight to the project and one of the professors also talked to us about the college and its history. Several people offered us tea/coffee and baked goods that they serve in the kitchen. This gives you an idea of what type of place it was. I don't know about you but I cant imagine UC giving anyone anything unless they overpaid for it. 

A few of us got Thai food before heading back to studio and getting some work done. Afterwards we headed back to the hostel for a bit before heading out to Kelly's for a few.

Thursday July 8th

This was a pretty sweet day. We caught the ferry over to Brian Zulaikha's house for a barbecue. He is a really well known architect and his house was featured in Dwell magazine. It was amazing. The details, the layout, the views, the food... it was all amazing. The japanese influenced house had all the original structure that he then converted into its current states. Everything slid open and let air in and overall was just fantastic!!!

Afterwards Emily, Dan, and I walked across the Sydney Harbour Bridge to North Sydney. The views from the bridge were pretty awesome. We went down to Luna Park which is kind of like a coney island. It has the creepiest face entrance thing then it was closed to add to the eeriness of it. The sunset was gorgeous... as always it seems and we headed back across the bridge. We stopped and got dinner at the Australian Hotel and got a Kangaroo pizza and an Emu pizza. They both were really good!! We all seemed to like the Emu more than the Kangaroo but they both were really good. 

Friday July 10th

The morning began at the Museum of Sydney. We visited the Glenn Murcutt Exhibit with the well known curator who put it all together. We then headed off to an exhibit of Julie Wrap's work with Julie Wrap herself. After a little walk to see the only interior done by an architect I don't remember we headed our separate ways. However most of us took a ferry over to Cockatoo Island for a little while. It was pretty neat and has an interesting history but it was mostly empty while we were there with a bunch of old warehouses so it was a little creepy. We watched the sunset then headed back to Newtown. The rest of my evening consists of updating the blog here and doing some studio work saying that our final presentation is this week!!!!aahh!!!