The Beginning

“It began in Adelaide, South Australia where I was walking through the central business district admiring the architecture. For those not familiar with Adelaide, it’s a cultured city that saw great prosperity in times gone by and celebrated its success with great architecture. The latter part of the 20th century was less kind to Adelaide but, as a result, many of its older buildings weren’t torn down and replaced with glass boxes as was the case in more prosperous cities such as Perth.”

“Walking around Adelaide’s city centre I lamented the fact that current generations of architects lack the knowledge and skills to design buildings of such richness and beauty. It occurred to me that I knew at least something of the lost art and, perhaps, I could do something to keep the tradition alive: if not through real buildings, then at least though architectural drawing.”

 “I also remembered my friend, Chip Kaufmann, saying that the real value in heritage and tradition is not in worshiping the ashes, but keeping the fire alive. And so, an idea was born.”