Jeni Porter

Jul 28, 2024 | thelocalproject.com.au | Jeni Porter

Originally Featured in The Local Project Issue No. 15 Originally Featured in The Local Project Issue No. 15 Issue No. 15 Issue No. 15 features work from Smart Design Studio, Fearon Hay, Aires Mateus, MA+Co and Neometro, Faulkner Architects, MCK Architects, Richard Stampton Architects, Jolson, Archier, Neil Architecture and more.

Dec 22, 2023 | wallpaper.com | Jeni Porter

Jade Chan and Christian Hammer Juhl are transformers, changing perceptions of everyday materials by treating them in a novel way and presenting them in another context. Although early in their practice, the Copenhagen-based couple who work as Christian+Jade have already demonstrated a deft touch, conceptually and tangibly, with diverse materials – wood, glass, waxed paper or aluminium – the material often dictated by circumstances or context.

Sep 28, 2023 | smh.com.au | Jeni Porter

From the outside, on its unprepossessing site ­surrounded by busy roads, it looks more like a factory or a barn than a church, an intentional contrast that amplifies the effect of its interior. The church space is intimate, with a wide and shallow nave, above which the 18-metre span of white-painted reinforced concrete cascades like the billowing clouds Utzon had seen in Hawaii. The diffuse light, with no obvious source, envelops the congregation.

Sep 28, 2023 | smh.com.au | Jeni Porter

Lin Utzon recalls her father's gentle humanity, that time the King of Spain called and the rapprochement with Australia she never thought would happen. By Jeni Porter Save Spring in the Hellebæk beech forest, when the floor becomes a carpet of white anemones flowering in the vivid green moss, draws Lin Utzon back to Denmark most years. Foreseeing the moment when the darkness lifts and the sunlight touches the earth in the forest, she returns from Mallorca, where she mainly lives.

Sep 28, 2023 | brisbanetimes.com.au | Jeni Porter

, register or subscribe to save articles for later. Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. Like many young architects, Jørn Utzon threw all his creative wherewithal at the first house he designed for his family.