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Writing for Seattlest on design & architecture
As part of the Gothamist empire of city blogs, Seattlest covers all that’s happening in the greater Seattle area. I’m psyched to report I’ll be writing short pieces for them on local design and...
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Sacred places: NYC architecture tour report
As part of the GEL 2006 conference I ran an architectural tour through NYC, focusing on sacred places. What’s a sacred place? Well, I left that up to the people on the tour. Half of the stops had some...
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The architecture at Google
There’s a great little article on Metropolis all about the design and architecture of the Google campus. The authors of Peopleware and Joel Spolsky have long written about the importance of workspaces...
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Dud on arrival: why important buildings flop (Slate)
Slate has a nice slide show by the famed architecture critic Witold_Rybczynski about major works of architecture that were big failures. It’s a good runthrough of some large scale works, with Cliff’s...
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Liveblogging the IDEA2006 conference
Rather than torture y’all with my first foray into liveblogging, I’m writing live comments, insights, and brlliant notes on each and every session. Check it out here: Ideaconference blog. Tags: idea2006
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The secrets of the Parthenon
I watched a great episode of PBS’s Nova the other night about the design of the Parthenon. Heard lots of surprises of interest to designers and creators. It’s another example of how many innovations...
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Kids, waterfalls and subways (NYC)
I got back from NYC last night – that city will always be my true home. More on that later. I did see the waterfalls – hard to love these things, as they’re so far away that their scale works against...
View ArticleElliason does it again (amazing art)
One of my favorite living artists, Elliason, has a new project open in Copenhagen (He’s the guy who did the waterfall project in NYC, which I saw and wrote about). I saw his weather project at the Tate...
View ArticleThe problem with The New Groupthink
I’m an introvert. I like being an introvert. I’m glad someone is clarifying what introverts are or are not, which is part of what Susan Cain does in her New York Times Article, The rise of the new...
View ArticleQuote of the day
The Brooklyn Bridge is one of my favorite buildings. I’ve studied its history and the story of how it was built is also a favorite. Here’s a great quote from one of the bridge’s engineers: Man is after...
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The good experience live conference (GEL 2006)
I’ve been to tons of conferences and often left disapointed. They’re often so similiar and despite the high prices, make it hard to have a good, interesting time. Design or experience related events...
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What We Can Learn From The Eiffel Tower
We take great works for granted. We forget, but the fate of even our most famous ideas and creations was far from certain at the time they were proposed. A powerful exercise anyone can do is to pick a...
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The good experience live conference (GEL 2006)
I’ve been to tons of conferences and often left disapointed. They’re often so similiar and despite the high prices, make it hard to have a good, interesting time. Design or experience related events...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Writing for Seattlest on design & architecture
As part of the Gothamist empire of city blogs, Seattlest covers all that’s happening in the greater Seattle area. I’m psyched to report I’ll be writing short pieces for them on local design and...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Sacred places: NYC architecture tour report
As part of the GEL 2006 conference I ran an architectural tour through NYC, focusing on sacred places. What makes a place sacred? Answering that question was part of the challenge of the day. Half of...
View ArticleClik here to view.
The architecture at Google
There’s a great little article on Metropolis all about the design and architecture of the Google campus. The authors of Peopleware and Joel Spolsky have long written about the importance of workspaces...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Dud on arrival: why important buildings flop (Slate)
Slate has a nice slide show by the famed architecture critic Witold_Rybczynski about major works of architecture that were big failures. It’s a good runthrough of some large scale works, with Cliff’s...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Liveblogging the IDEA2006 conference
Rather than torture y’all with my first foray into liveblogging, I’m writing live comments, insights, and brlliant notes on each and every session. Check it out here: Ideaconference blog. Tags: idea2006
View ArticleClik here to view.
The secrets of the Parthenon
I watched a great episode of PBS’s Nova the other night about the design of the Parthenon. Heard lots of surprises of interest to designers and creators. It’s another example of how many innovations...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Kids, waterfalls and subways (NYC)
I got back from NYC last night – that city will always be my true home. More on that later. I did see the waterfalls – hard to love these things, as they’re so far away that their scale works against...
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