Recently my daughter was in London, so I asked her to go to an architectural landmark and take a selfie. I suggested the Gerkin. As it happened she went to a...
Kyle Pierson
Postcards from Surreal Places
Last summer while I was traveling in the Hudson Valley, NY and poking around in antique shops, I stumbled upon this 1986 tear-out book of postcards by Michael...
Two we lost in the fight to preserve cultural icons
The bells pealing on New Year's eve sounded a death knell for two American architectural icons of the 20th Century. The National Trust for Historic Preservation...
Breathable architecture for a sustainable future
Self heating and cooling bi-metal installation by DOSU Studio Architecture Photo by: Brandon Shigeta, CC BY-SA 4.0 , via Wikimedia Commons Breathable...
Finding my way home: Buffalo
I grew up in Buffalo and I didn't know until I read this post from architectural writer Alexandra Lange that I grew up in an architectural mecca. Lange's article...
Calatrava’s bridge for Florida, Poly Tech
These feather-like arbors surround the building. Two years ago Santiago Calatrava's white feather-patterned arches stopped traffic on I-4, just outside of...
Kyle Pierson
Florida writer living in
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Kyle Pierson
I never expected to leave the beach, palm trees, and glorious sunsets of Florida. Seriously! I even have a master’s degree in Florida Studies. So, my move to Washington, the Evergreen State, had to be from a powerful pull. It was; in 2020, my husband Dave and I became grandparents to twin grandsons, and their brother who was born in 2022. Grandparenting adds a new busy dimension to our lives and readers might assume my interest in Florida nature and architecture has faded. But I’m curious about those things here in the PNW too. I’m looking forward to learning like a kid again and having three little guys join me on my explorations!
You’ll find my writings about Florida, North Carolina, and Washington here, along with a new tab, poetry and maybe some drawings. So the journey continues. You’re welcome to come along.