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    Ooi House by Kerry Hill Architects

    Aug 05, 2019 4 minutes
    Words by Brett Mitchell
    Photography by Peter Bennetts

    Can you recall the images of architecture that first left a lasting impression on you? For me, there are three: Magney House by Glenn Murcutt (1984), House in Nipponbashi by Waro Kishi (1992) and Ooi House by Kerry Hill (1997). These modern minimal images persist in my memory despite my own distance from the works. Each project is a specific, highly refined response to constraints and local conditions; but I propose that there is an openness within images of these projects – filled with the viewer’s own imagined experiences – that defies the stasis of their photography.

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