Paul Rudolph

Two we lost in the fight to preserve cultural icons

The bells pealing on New Year's eve sounded a death knell for two American architectural icons of the 20th Century. The National Trust for Historic Preservation...

Sliding glass doors created the outdoor room

This picture of a screened back porch says, “Lazy summer afternoon.” Lucky me! It’s the view from my office chair. Admit it. When you look at the picture to the left,...

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...

How an architect introduced the term “lifestyle” to marketing

Image by Yoichi Aihara from Pixabay In 1950, if you lived outside of New York, Chicago, or Boston before the age of Amazon.com, touching the newest most Modern designs...

Kyle Pierson

Florida writer living in
the Pacific Northwest

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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.