There is no practical reason – it’s cultural. “For example in Australia, people in Victoria build in brick veneer but people in Western Australia build in brick cavity. He says: “My research has explored what I call the ‘culture’ of building.īuilding houses is not driven principally by technology – it is driven by culture. Professor Miles Lewis, from the University of Melbourne’s School of Design, can name the era and architect’s distinguishing features just by looking at pictures of an Australian streetscape. Like any design fashion they had a heyday with later periods of revival. You’ll see influences from ancient cultures, British or European colonialism, trends brought back from faraway lands, as well as imprints of waves of migration. The design features of today’s buildings map a city’s history. Why are they there? What did they mean to say? You’ll see decorative features and skilled stonework, sometimes faces and mythical beasts staring back at you. It always pays to look up when you walk around cities.
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