by Kyle Pierson | Mar 22, 2019 | Architecture
One of my favorite parts of the 1960s TV show The Jetsons was George Jetson’s chair and all the push button appliances in Jane’s kitchen. Of course, as a kid, I didn’t appreciate that George’s chair was based on Arne Jacobsen’s 1958 Egg...
by Kyle Pierson | May 11, 2016 | Architecture
Women architects have been sidelined from history for too long. Take Ida Annah Ryan, for instance. Does this name ring a bell? I didn’t think it would. She was the first woman to graduate from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), the first American...
by Kyle Pierson | Dec 3, 2015 | Architecture
Breathable architectural skin should be part of the conversation at the United Nations Climate Change Conference his week. This innovation looks exciting as part of the solution for reducing carbon emissions in the air. When I stumbled upon the term “breathable...
by Kyle Pierson | Jul 16, 2015 | Architecture
As a new subscriber to Orion, Nature/Culture/Place I’m delighted to see the magazine arrive in the mail. It was a double delight when I flipped to pg. 51 in this month’s issue to see what looks like a giant furry boot. Furry boots amuse me, but...
by Kyle Pierson | Jul 13, 2015 | Architecture
On June 29th the New York Times reported that Orange County Government Center in Goshen, N.Y. received the go ahead to renovate its brutalist building designed by Paul Rudolph. Edward A. Diana, an Orange County executive complained that the flat-roofed concrete...
