Photo by mssrusso0 from Pixabay Survivors of the Napalese earthquake need the basics : food, water, clothing and shelter. Some of the most creative architects are...
Kyle Pierson
How an architect introduced the term “lifestyle” to marketing
Image by Yoichi Aihara from Pixabay In 1950, if you lived outside of New York, Chicago, or Boston before the age of Amazon.com, touching the newest most Modern designs...
Russel Wright designed sophistication
This week, I'm looking forward to attending a lecture on Modernism by writer and critic Alexandra Lange. Lange contributes to Architect, Domus, Dwell, Medium,...
Why raze India’s most iconic building?
Update: Pragati Maidan hall was torn down in 2018. Architect Raj Rewal must be having trouble sleeping these days. His nightmare is about to come true. The India Trade...
1939 World’s Fair was “World of Tomorrow”
It’s a lucky break for me that my in-laws liked to travel and collect post cards along the way. They left me a stack of vintage Florida souvenir postcards from...
Jacobs still knows what’s best for city life
Why are the rich flocking back into cities all over the world? Convenience has a lot of appeal, specifically, the freedom to walk to a destination and avoid the tyranny...
Kyle Pierson
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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.