Sandy Anghie has been running a column in the New Homes pull out magazine in the West Australian on the weekends. Anybody who can get the word out on the value of good design is a friend of mine. We had a good chat about all things architecture and Perth - article link found HERE.
Growing up in Broadmeadows Victoria in the 80s was a formative experience living on the fringe of Melbourne - i now have a strong distaste of sprawling suburbia and high volume project homes but a wonderful love of multiculture and nature - we had access to farm land, creeks and a small national park not so far away. The BMX was used heavily! Perth is in a unique position to learn from the mistakes of our eastern counterparts and do it a hell of a lot better - im a huge fan of infill development, especially around transit stations and high volume roads - id like to think that the use of architects will significantly increase as people try to find unique solutions to tricky sites - heck its what we do best!