Shigeru Ban - Japanese architect. Moscow, 2012 Photo by: Valerij Ledenev from Moscow, Russia, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons Natural disasters strike with such...
Architecture
Iconic sea level architecture: risky vs. sensible
With last week’s news confirming that sea levels are rising at a faster rate than predicted, shouldn’t new buildings be moved to higher elevations? Notably, many new...
“Spirit Houses” recall racial injustice
It’s nothing more than a simple metal frame with a gable roof and a stone hearth. The structure is just an outline -- nothing but a ghost image. Not what you would...
Behold! A survivor of a nearly extinct species, brutalist architecture.
John. M. Johansen, the architect who built the The Orlando Public Library in 1966, must be singing heavenly praises that this building still stands. So far, the...
What’s an “iconic” building and why it matters
Rowen Moore and I are activists on a mission to stop the spread of the term “iconic” in architecture. Moore, The Guardian’s architectural critic, opened his review of...
Koolhaas challenges China to embrace “weird architecture”
“Weird architecture” and challenging the status quo are Rem Koolhaas' trademarks. So, a Nov. 26 edition of the magazine Dezeen quoting China’s president Xi Jinping...
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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.