'…You arrive by a high road, you put the car in the garage, and then descend going down, diving among the treetops, which reach the height of the garage, down along their trunks and down to the roots: and from all the great windows of the house, from all its openings,'

'you see the same marvellous green, a fairytale colour humid and pure; and light, for the vigin woods of Australia are not the terrifying forests accursed and menacing with hidden depth, but are innocent, maidenly, friendly woods'

'…it is not enough for the architect to create admirable spaces, lines and volumes — but also he must imagine, or discover, or suggest choices about a way of life, marvellous refuges — not so distant, maybe, but passed over — to the friends who put their trust in him. That is why I admire Seidler, whose works I have visited…'

Gio Ponti, Domus, Aug. 1968