<<The centre's axis is east-west, parallel to the roads below and hills behind, but antithetical to passive solar design principles: Where daytime temperatures can reach 45 degrees, passive solar design cannot provide great comfort levels. Nichols is also not interested in the large windows, overhanging roofs or verandahs that such a plan would necessitate. Windows would reveal too much instead of making the buildings contents precious, while verandahs 'appropriate the country', conjuring up images of owners sitting around in a proprietary way, masters of all they survey.>>

quote : DOMUS 11/01 : Anne Susskind on Woodhead International's Karinjini Visitor Centre, WA, Project Architect John Nichols

canberra, ACT
canberra house - a good site examining housing styles and architecture through the century.

melbourne, victoria
aardvark - RMIT guide to Melbourne architecture - well stocked with maps, photos and profiles.
l'erma - a great Melboune-centric site with photos of projects in construction (up to 1999), good links too.
melbourne mansions database - Dr Miles Lewis' text database of old melbourne mansions.
canons of melbourne architecture - analysis by Doug Evans of the ways and means by which a building gains status.
the secret life of contemporary melbourne architecture - essay by Doug Evans at RMIT.
urban heart surgery - Port Phillip Council join forces with 4th year architecture students at Deakin to look at ways to remedy the fracture between the city and South Melbourne. Some work is exhibited on site.
virtual exhibition - a web based exhibition of University of Melbourne 5th year students.

sydney, new south wales
art deco society of nsw - site with an interest in buildings of the period, and a well-stocked links page.
city exhibition space - space dedicated to the city, with changing exhibitions. At the refurbished customs house.
national trust of NSW - a busy site with lots of event listings.
sydney scrapers - a small collection of pics of some tall buildings in Sydney (obscure.co.nz).
twentieth century heritage society of NSW - not visited.

auckland
auckland on the edge - a Monument magazine feature showcasing contemporary auckland architecture. OFFLINE NOV 2001
napier
art deco napier - a photo gallery of some of Napier's many art deco buildings built after the 1931 earthquake.
wellington
heritage building inventory - a huge Wellington City Council site that with good descriptions and profiles of buildings [includes modern].