Self heating and cooling bi-metal installation by DOSU Studio Architecture Photo by: Brandon Shigeta, CC BY-SA 4.0 , via Wikimedia Commons Breathable...
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Inside Russel Wright’s Manitoga
In my previous post, I focused on the grounds surrounding Manitoga, Russel Wright's garden. In this post, I'm taking you inside his house. Russel Wright (1904-1976)...
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...
Cities create space with LED projection
Projecting images onto buildings is becoming fairly common. Right now it seems gimmicky, but can it change how we visualize space? For instance, projecting images onto...
Woman Architect drafts plans for quick disaster relief shelter
Photo by mssrusso0 from Pixabay Survivors of the Napalese earthquake need the basics : food, water, clothing and shelter. Some of the most creative architects are...
1939 World’s Fair was “World of Tomorrow”
It’s a lucky break for me that my in-laws liked to travel and collect post cards along the way. They left me a stack of vintage Florida souvenir postcards from...
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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.