Inspirational resources

My tipper in Taipa has come through again, thanks James. Taipa for those who have never come across it on your travels is a community north of Kerikeri, north of Cooper beach within Doubtless bay region of the far north. To access the township you need to traverse a one lane bridge and the school is situated just behind the dunes of a beautiful pristene beach.

In his spare time James likes to inspire his students, one of his places to gain inspiration is through an italian architecture website. Here is his report:

http://www.domusweb.it/en/news/2014/11/06/all_i_own_house.html
"the photo essay is good  with graphic plans and elevations but the video feed is great because it is very personal to the client and right up our alley of student blogging their progress in a personal fashion. you need to be quick to get all the info that is popping up!"

 (if you are not familiar with domusweb.it - each article on new new design or architecture or art has a a number of photos and then the last one will have a bunch more photos under it. Domus is just the best and I view it every two days or so for global updates in cutting edge design. essays too) 

http://www.domusweb.it/it/notizie/2015/03/12/modular_artificial_reef_structure_mars.html

is about an artificial reef structure. great design sketching in one of the images.

http://www.domusweb.it/it/notizie/2014/11/28/spark_home_farm.html

great conceptual design for urban sustainable food growing with mint flow diagrams.

James advises that this website changes every few days with new and exciting resources http://www.domusweb.it/it/home.html