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Karl Fender is struggling to make himself heard above the whirr of helicopters landing every three minutes, delivering guests to the launch of Levantine Hill Estate’s new $30 million-plus multi-level winemaking and events facility in Victoria’s Yarra Valley.
Funnily enough, he is trying to explain over the din how the exposed steel purlins of the winery’s striking barrel vault structure, clad in corrugated iron, evoke the idea of flight.
“They’re almost like feathers at the edge of the wings of a bird,” says the prominent Melbourne architect, co-founder of Fender Katsalidis. “It’s a statement of lightness, of flight. It also shows how the building has been made, like it’s been peeled back.”
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Spenser takes on Epstein-like villain in Alabama author’s latest thriller
Updated Jan 14, 2021;
Posted Jan 14, 2021
Former Auburn football player Ace Atkins has made a career as a novelist. His books include a series of novels continuing the adventures of the detective Spenser, created by Robert B. Parker.File photo
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Ace Atkins, the former Auburn defensive end turned prolific crime thriller author, has a new Spenser book out, and fans have at least a couple of chances to hear him talk about it in a virtual book tour.
To recap, Atkins is a Troy native who played on Auburn’s undefeated 1993 team, sacking Danny Wuerffel twice in an upset takedown of the Florida Gators. After graduating with a degree in mass communications in 1994 he worked as a sports and crime reporter, then published his first novel in 1998.