Big sister goes solo in Parramatta
Monday's Parramatta City Council meeting was a classic example of force-fed ugliness.
Elizabeth Farrelly is a Sydney-based columnist and author who holds a PhD in architecture and several international writing awards. A former editor and Sydney City Councilor, she is also Associate Professor (Practice) at the Australian Graduate School of Urbanism at UNSW. Her books include 'Glenn Murcutt: Three Houses’, 'Blubberland; the dangers of happiness’ and ‘Caro Was Here’, crime fiction for children (2014).
Monday's Parramatta City Council meeting was a classic example of force-fed ugliness.
Abandon religion, by all means – if by "religion" you mean the badged and epauletted corporate hierarchy. Sooner the better. But never abandon the right to spiritual beliefs.
Trump's belligerent vulgarism has lowered the tone of the party, for sure. But still he is more symptom than cause. Everywhere you look, democracy is devolving into mob rule. It's as Washington (George) despairingly predicted. In universities, businesses bookshops and boardrooms, the mob is throwing its dumb and angry weight around. Race to the bottom accelerating, fast.
I don't usually have parties, especially not the birthday type. Sixty was tempting to deny but, for some reason I womanned up, and I'm glad.
Never think architects don't matter, and Frank Lloyd Wright demonstrates exactly why.
To relegate older women is to undernourish the entire human race.
The last thing our city needs is a panel of arm's length experts.
It's sad to see Canberra emulate the worst of Sydney development, Elizabeth Farrelly writes.
How can we infuse our metaphysical dreamings into physical reality? How can buildings offer this thing I call grace? (And why, actually, isn't this Architecture 101?)
Social media makes mob fury feel righteous, writes Elizabeth Farrelly.
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