News

5 May 2011 -

Wide ranging media coverage and talks

We have enjoyed wide ranging media coverage this year and Caroline continues to deliver talks on the work of the practice and her research. This has included:

Radio

At the beginning of February 2011, Richard Glover asked Caroline in to his afternoon show during the heat wave to talk about whether houses can deliver comfort without air-conditioners (which of course they can if they are well designed!), and options for improving comfort in existing houses.

At the end of February 2011, Deborah Cameron, host of the morning show, called Caroline to talk with her about an absurd plan to build a 4 storey house in a laneway in Darlinghurst.


Press

The winning subsmission made by PIDCOCK and Bluescope Steel has received a lot of attention in an article written by Tina Perinotto for the Fifth Estate.

The successful Morrison alterations and additions were featured in an article "All Decked out" in the Domain section of the Sydney Morning Herald on Saturday 9 April 2011. This was featured in both video and written article formats.

The March Home Beautiful featured the wonderful garden surrounding the Gillespie house in Wauchope that we helped renovate in the 1990's, in the article "Pastoral Care".

Babingtons Real Estate agency in Annandale has started a newsletter, with a focus on sustainable ideas. They asked Pidcock to contribute to their first one in April, and we will continue to offer ideas in the future.

The transformation of the Frith house at Castlecrag was highlighted in the article "Waving the Wand" in the February Green magazine on pages 48 - 54.

The Australian Living Eco Challenge at Rose Bay has been completed and has been covered in numerous on-line articles including The Age Domain October 23 2010, Green 08 March 2011 on-line projects section and Architecture & Design 09 March 2011. More stories will be coming, including the next issue of InDesign.

 

Talks

Australian Living continues to showcase the great ideas and research that was undertaken in the design and delivery of the Eco Challenge at Rose Bay. This has included two talks for the Australian Architectural Association (AAA) at the house in December 2010 and April 2011. Caroline joined Cameron in these talks.

Caroline will be delivering a number of talks on her Byera Hadley Travelling Scholarship over the next few months, including talks for the Home Ideas Centre, Construction Management Services and City of Sydney.