Victorian Homes ideabook on houzz.com

traditional exterior design

I agree with Becky, a landscape architecture grad of UVA who posted these pics, regarding a couple of favorite Victorian era homes in Atlanta. By the way, she does a design blog at

fun Bruce Goff architecture site

Custom Mirror designed for showhouse

Amory Lovins: prophet of efficiency

There was a time when resources were plentiful, and people scarce. Check out this Video:
http://video.popularmechanics.com/services/player/bcpid1213908606?bctid=1233423657

Aspirations of a Southern Housewife: "Frank Lloyd Wright" of Atlanta- Robert Green

Aspirations of a Southern Housewife: "Frank Lloyd Wright" of Atlanta- Robert Green

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Dreams Die Hard - Clusterfuck Nation

Dreams Die Hard - Clusterfuck Nation

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Inhabitat » SOLAR DECATHLON 2009: Cornell Silo House

Inhabitat » SOLAR DECATHLON 2009: Cornell Silo House

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James Wines — Drawing and Architecture —Blueprint Magazine, Sept 30, 2009

James Wines' SITE Incorporated has always added an intriguing surreality to the landscape, from his ghost parking lots to his sidewalks that morph into tunnels. Here he encourages design professionals to return to drawing by hand, a worthy exhortation.

Atlanta Flood of 2009 Krog Street Tunnel, Cabbagetown

Probably taken September 22-23, 2009, north and a bit east of Fort Walker. Would like name & credit of photographer. An underground Venice? New Urban Transit? the Beltline transformed? Beautiful composition in light & content both.

a double entendre in Timothy's letter from Paul

I don't usually include such non-visual items here, but the potential of multi-layered meaning in the human written/God inspired Scripture suggested a reason. It did not seem apostate but rather to add a viewpoint that is less recognized nearly a couple of millenia later: What was the societal context? The article presents a plausible explanation.
http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheHolyCauseOfLiberty/~3/OHypiVNSFuE/did-apostle-paul-poke-nero-in-eye.html

New Maya Lin installation: Land or Liquid?

Maya Lin again exhibits her playfulness with form, this time using the forms of water to create a peaceful landscape. You may like or dislike some of her monument designs, yet they seem to have strong emotional effects on those who experience them. She has a good understanding of the elements as they relate to human emotion, particularly in her use of water. Here, she does not use water directly, except to quote its frozen surfaces in dirt, grass, and gravel. A progression in her line of work, as the waves are progressions across the landscape: worthy of immersion by the viewer, a baptism in the joy of the environment.

Walkable Communities

One reason we don't appreciate the visual arts as society once did is that we don't pause enough to do so. This same speed inhibits our recognition of how community design inhibits knowing our neighbors and enjoying our surroundings. We sometimes don't appreciate our neighbors, either. The nature of our surroundings often makes it more necessary that we enclose ourselves away in the metal body armor, filtered air, and radio sound barriers known as automobiles. Are we urban knights or a besieged petty aristocracy in rolling castles? The return of walking holds promise for a regeneration of engagement of individuals with our communities, a mastery of which we have been unaccustomed for a generation or more. Watch this video from the Congress for the New Urbanism. It offers some intriguing prospects for our pursuit of that form of happiness that consists of interacting with our neighborhood.


No I'm not a Classicist

My architecture is not prone to overt Classicism, though I'm sympathetic to those who seek to relate their Architecture to humanity by means of a system as deep as that. Beyond the Kriers and Adams, Thomas Gordon Smith, and the lot, here's another: Quinlan Terry of England, kindly pointed out by Greg Mix, a Classicist local to Atlanta. He's not as fun as Shutze, nor does anyone quite draw like the Kriers, and rarely do Classicists show humor like Smith's early work, but he'll do for domestic tranquility, of which we are in need right now.

Atlanta Neighborhood Gateway Buildings 20070626

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Atlanta Neighborhood Gateway Buildings 20070626

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