North Shore Architecture ?

Where   : Waitara, New South Wales
When    : 9-50am, 24th January, 2008
Weapon : Panasonic Lumix TZ3

• Is it Art Deco ? No, well influenced yes, there is some fluting, but no. 
• Is it Post Modern ? Is it Californian Bungalow ? No.Is it MacMansions ?



• No. Is it Beachcomber ? Is it Sydney Brutalist ? No.



• Is it Hollywood Spanish ? Nah - no arches, no whitewash and far too much glass.



• Is it Stockbroker Tudor ? Nope - no black and white timber or substitute.



• Is it Sydney P & O ? Mmmm ... well, partly - it's curved and may have a funnel shaped chimney and steel-framed windows - but no portholes, geometric motifs, parapet walls, cantilevered decks or glass bricks.

So, it's just a mess then ? Yes. So, er ...... ? 

It used to be I think a Brodie Lighthouse being one of a chain of similarly branded retail lighting emporiums, characterised by these rounded, glassy showrooms.

Here we are then with style being created by the product being commercialised, nothing to do with art, sentiment, environment, functionality, climate or materials.  Who knows what's on the upper floors ? Massage parlour, pilates gym, tae-kwon-do school, an office ?

Set the fuse !