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Open Home - Series Three, Episode Nine

Television (Full Length Episode) – 1994

So it came from Russia, but what is it?
– Susan Wood asks the big question about deconstructionism
In a house like this you feel you're permanently living outside, without worrying about the weather.
– Narrator David Cull on a Nigel Cook-designed glasshouse
Deconstructivist architecture is about keeping you very edgy indeed!
– Architect Mike Austin attempts to pin down deconstructionism
The whole things sounds like an argument with yourself.
– Susan Wood talking to architect Mike Austin on his deconstructed bach
I think a place like this is not something you'd come to if you felt like you needed excitement in your life.
– Todd Hunter, on living in rural New South Wales
If there's an electrical storm or heavy rain outside it's very entertaining ... it's a very enjoyable house to live in.
– John Locke, on living in a Nigel Cook-designed glasshouse