Self heating and cooling bi-metal installation by DOSU Studio Architecture Photo by: Brandon Shigeta, CC BY-SA 4.0 , via Wikimedia Commons Breathable...
Sustainable architecture
Calatrava’s bridge for Florida, Poly Tech
These feather-like arbors surround the building. Two years ago Santiago Calatrava's white feather-patterned arches stopped traffic on I-4, just outside of...
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,...
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...
Is Hero Architecture Passé?
Are words stronger than steel when it comes to what gets built? Some architectural critics think it’s time to challenge the public relations verbiage that seems to draw...
Humanitarian Architecture Wins 2014 Pritzker
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...
Kyle Pierson
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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.