Self heating and cooling bi-metal installation by DOSU Studio Architecture Photo by: Brandon Shigeta, CC BY-SA 4.0 , via Wikimedia Commons Breathable...
Architecture
Russel Wright’s Manitoga Garden
Scientists say the sense of smell has the strongest power to bring back memories. That was true for me from the minute I stepped off the plane in Albany, New York. The...
Infrastructure goes green, but realization fails
Update 2017: The Garden Bridge was never built and is considered a failed project. And the plans for the Strawscaper (see Youtube below) appear to have landed on the...
Paul Rudolph didn’t stand a chance against Orange County
Update: This Paul Rudolph masterpiece was demolished despite a petition signed by preservationists from around the world. Bloomberg City Lab On June 29th the New...
Is Hero Architecture Passé?
Are words stronger than steel when it comes to what gets built? Some architectural critics think it’s time to challenge the public relations verbiage that seems to draw...
Architect builds new species: Strandbeest
Jansen Theo with his Strandbeest exhibition. Photo taken in Hannover 2007. The minute I saw the Strandbeest I fell in love with it. Theo Jansen’s prehistoric PVC...
Kyle Pierson
Florida writer living in
the Pacific Northwest
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.