Showing posts with label influences. Show all posts
Showing posts with label influences. Show all posts
Sunday, May 3, 2026

Concrete and Light: The Salk Institute for Biological Studies

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Salk Institute courtyard, a "roofless cathedral" (all photos by me). Jonas Salk founded the institute that bears his name in the ...
Sunday, January 4, 2026

Process Over Preciousness

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Early in my studies at the University of Oregon, I learned a lesson I carried through my life in architecture. It came from Bill Kleinsasser...
Sunday, December 7, 2025

Robert A.M. Stern and Frank O. Gehry Remembered

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Robert A.M. Stern (1939-2025) Frank O. Gehry (1929-2025) In just the past few days, two figures synonymous with the architectural culture of...
Sunday, November 9, 2025

Henry Chapman Mercer’s Quixotic Castles and Caves

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Fonthill Castle (all photos by me) During my recent trip to Pennsylvania, I visited three remarkable buildings in Doylestown, Bucks County: ...
Sunday, November 2, 2025

Fallingwater, Finally

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Fallingwater (all photos by me).   In a post I wrote back in 2009 , I described how a photograph of Frank Lloyd Wright’s Fallingwater left m...
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Sunday, July 6, 2025

Influences: Leon Krier (1946–2025)

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  Leon Krier (photo by  Rggv, CC BY-SA 4.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0>, via Wikimedia Commons) I cannot say that ...
Sunday, September 29, 2024

Moshe Safdie: Utopian Ideals vs. Contemporary Practice

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The Great Hall of the National Gallery of Canada (my photo). I thoroughly enjoyed my recent trip to Montreal, Quebec City, and Ottawa, havin...
Sunday, October 29, 2023

The Boundless Dreams of a Kid

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Calvin & Hobbes (most worshipfully borrowed from Bill Watterson for fair use). I have always loved architecture. As a child, I discovere...
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