Draw freely on your imagination

The ability to imagine is something both exhilarating and powerful.  Human powers of Imagination may be misused, ignored or harnessed.  The quote for today:

"I am enough of an artist to draw freely upon my imagination." Albert Einstein

Architecture is a social act

It seems that social networking is becoming the primary way for persons everywhere to interact and communicate with one another.  Yet, social networks theoretically exist in an electronic, online, even virtual form, somewhere in the cloud ...

This reality generates new implications for today's quote:

“Architecture is a social act and the material theater of human activity." 

Spiro Kostof

 

One of the most 'social' of buildings is a Theatre.  We are the designers and architects for a new, signature Theatre project here on the Sunshine Coast.  Here is a link to the relevant page in our Project Gallery.

You can view a series of Spiro Kostof's lectures at this link.

The house is a machine for living in

One of the interesting effects of advancing technology is that it can cause us to re-interpret the world we live in.  Houses have existed for thousands of years - but machines have not existed so long.  Yet the machine is in many ways a suitable metaphor for our place of residence.  Thus, we have our quote for the day:

"The house is a machine for living in."

Le Corbusier (Vers une architecture, 1923)

Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication

We at Dimond Architects would like to share some inspiring and challenging quotes with you, principles that we find architecturally significant.

The first in the series is:

"Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication." 

Leonardo da Vinci

If the success of the iPhone has taught us nothing else, it has certainly taught us that people in general yearn to surround themselves with things that are simple, easy to comprehend and understand.

Architecturally speaking, this principle speaks in favour of design that is uncluttered - design that accomplishes its goal, and is engaging without being confusing.

Stay tuned for more quotes...

A little bit About Us

Dimond Architects Pty Ltd were established on the Sunshine Coast in 1998. We have commenced our 14th year in architectural practice headed up by visionary directors Ian & Sharyn Dimond.  

We have gained a respected reputation from both clients and peers, expressed by the high percentage of repeat business we enjoy (see our Testimonials page).

    

Managing Director Ian Dimond has over 41 years industry experience in architectural practice in Australia, South East Asia and USA. Ian is a former director of one of Australia’s largest architectural companies.  You can connect with Ian on LinkedIn.

The project types of Dimond Architects are broadly based and include:
health care; commercial; professional offices; fit out and multi unit residential.

In recent years, Dimond Architects has been involved in several large federally funded education projects including a ‘benchmark’ $13 million Performance Centre at Matthew Flinders Anglican College, Buderim (see Project page here). 

In addition, directors and key staff have been involved in excess of 150 large Aged Care projects in Australia and South East Asia.

You can follow Dimond Architects on LinkedIn.

 

Performance Centre receives approval in local media

Dimond Architects were the Designers and Architects for the almost-completed Performance Centre Project. The Principal was recently quoted in a newspaper to have said:

"We are so proud to have this state of the art facility on the campus, this is the best building we have built here to date."

Earlier in the same newspaper article, the following positive observations were made:

Flinders principal Anthony Vincent said the performance centre would become a premier arts venue on the Coast.

The state-of-the-art centre will offer students and the wider community a quality space to celebrate the performing arts.

Quotes from the BUDERIM CHRONICLE, November 3, 2011, page 3

This project is located on the Sunshine Coast, in Queensland, Australia.

Good Collaboration and Co-ordination are Vital

At Dimond Architects, we take pride in good co-ordination and efficient collaboration with all project stakeholders.  One Client said:

The Dimond Architects team exemplify many admirable consulting and client liaising skills, consistently juxtaposed with design innovation, economy and industry relevant insight. (link)


We have worked on a number of projects over the years with this Client, including a multi-unit residential development on the Sunshine Coast.