Last month, residents of (and visitors to) Melbourne’s Federation Square were invited to crawl through a vast network of semi-transparent tubes suspended nearly 20 feet in the air. If that sounds like a carnival ride you’d rather ...READ»
Australian architects McBride Charles Ryan finished an addition to a junior boys school in the suburbs of Melbourne recently. It’s a bizarre thing, with a sharply gabled, windowless black facade that looks like a haunted house -- ...READ»
You’re probably as tired of hearing about whimsical little pop-up stores as we are talking about them. But! This one’s just too damned good -- it’s got hosiery strung up every which way, creating a massive, silky web that looks ...READ»
How much are those grand-slam groupies worth? Depends on location. The U.S. Open, in New York, serves up about $420 million in economic impact, counting 720,000 spectators. But last year, Melbourne hosted 600,000 and generated just ...READ»
What’s better than one dry academic conference? If you said “two dry academic conferences,” do read on. iLeaps (also known as the Integrated Land Ecosystem-Atmosphere Processes Study) and GEWEX (the Global Energy and Water Cycle ...READ»
Happy New Year! I hope this message finds you well and that you had a great holiday! I thought I’d update you with some things that have been going on in and out of the office.
We started our vacation with our annual ...READ»
