The Thousands

If Home Improvement re-runs and 2L bottles of Coke are proving too much fun these holidays, we’ve found something a little more stimulating. Better yet, your body can stay just as immobile: it’s your mind that will get fitter. Exploring the architectural wonders present in our very own backyard, The Weather Ring is a local publication kindly offering a much-needed diversion from daytime TV, while educating us in all things art and design.

With their second issue featuring musings over materials, Montessori and a refurbished horse barn, The Weather Ring crew prove architecture can be fun too – which is why they’ve included a word sleuth. You can even burn the extra calories by strolling around the city with The Weather Ring as your guide, and find out what those oddball architecture nerds are on about. See the TURNIP and TULIP nominees of Perth architecture, or stalk design practitioner and interview subject Rick Lambert himself (if only they’d list his damn address).