Field Notes

Field Notes gathers thinking about houses and how they answer to place, habit, and time.

It opens up the questions behind the work and the judgements that shape it.​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​

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What the Fibro Cottage Knew

I walk past a fibro cottage on Stringer Road most weeks over summer. Faded and modest, it will likely be replaced by something larger and more refined. Yet this small building once enabled a generous, forgiving way of coastal living, attuned to how people actually live and what they need from a house.

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