A broken arch. This is a powerful image that speaks to a particular time and place in American history. That's what the New Yorker editors wanted...
Architecture
Was the failure of Pruitt-Igoe really all about the architecture?
April 1972. The second, widely televised demolition of a Pruitt-Igoe building that followed the March 16 demolition. Photo by U.S. Department of Housing and Urban...
Gehry designs: architecture and handbags?
Photo by: Creative Commons – Forgemind ArchiMedia "Gehry is an iconoclast who breaks precedent, taking the icon apart in order to build another, simply in a different...
Smithsonian to be Modernized
The Bjarke Ingels Group (BIG), known for futuristic designs, has been selected to reimagine the Smithsonian entrance and the surrounding campus. Henry Melcher who...
Zaha Hadid plan for Tokyo Sports Stadium scrapped
Update: The Zaha Hadid plans for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Stadium were scrapped in 2015. The Olympics give architecture a showcase. Like World's Fairs of the past,...
Ignoring rising sea levels is immoral says architectural critic
Built at sea level, Miami's Latin vibe is also it's vulnerability -- live for today! Insurance companies, however, bet on tomorrow. As the climate races toward Global...
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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.