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 | May 1, 2015 | FEED
Survivors of the Napalese earthquake need the basics : food, water, clothing and shelter. Some of the most creative architects are designing fast, creative and culturally appropriate housing for disaster situations exactly like the Napalese earthquake. I wrote about...
by Kyle Pierson | Feb 25, 2015 | FEED
Lessons learned from the tragedy of urban renewal has become my unofficial theme lately. Last month I wrote a post about Tallahassee’s Cascades Park and the commemoration of the award-winning “Spirit Houses” of Smokey Hollow. This post is an update...
by Kyle Pierson | Feb 10, 2015 | FEED
In Tampa Bay, all eyes are focused on St. Petersburg’s Pier asking will it stay or will it go? The big reveal is Wednesday and Thursday. Full disclosure, I live in St. Petersburg and I’ve studied the Pier. For the second time in 5 years, the city is about...
by Kyle Pierson | Jan 19, 2015 | FEED
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 expect to win first place in Florida’s 2014 People’s Choice architectural competition held by the...
