DESIGN
Finding the New in the Old.
I found this project as I was doing some design image research for a rural green community in Arizona. I liked it so much, I thought I’d post it. Combining the new with the old has always been an expected architectural talking point, but one really takes notice when the […]
Upcycle Living – Phoenix, AZ
Here is a great local company that I really like. These containers are inevitably not reused because it is cheaper to build new ones than to ship them back, and they are great frames for construction. I bet solutions like this this end up factoring in to part of the […]
Haiti Rebuilding Efforts – AFH
Here is the work that HFH has been doing relating to the Haiti efforts, and here is the link if you would like to make a donation through the group’s main website – http://www.architectureforhumanity.org/ “Dear Chapters, We’ve been, as you all know, most busy for the last week. I wish to […]
Wallpaper Design Awards 2010
Wallpaper* just published the winners of their 2010 Design Awards. Entries come from every possible part of the design field, from architecture to fashion design to industrial design, and were awarded in 66 respective categories. A panel of judges, including icons like architect Steven Holl, fashion designer John Galliano, and […]
Website Update – 2010
Finally, 2010 is here. Finally. 2009 was such a rocky year for the architecture industry as a whole, that it seems even little changes appear like big ones. While I was really busy over the holiday season working on a project deadline (in addition to eating too many cookies), I was also […]
Updated project rendering – 34° N
Another project rendering update – I guess it is officially a theme this week. Here is the upgrade to the GCC rendering. This one has the best head of steam in the office right now it seems, and we are working through CD’s now. Construction is set to begin in […]
Pancreatic Cancer Awareness
These are images from the bridge dedication at Carnegie Mellon University for Randy Pausch. Randy is the author of “The Last Lecture.” Although this is important and worthy of mention all on its own, there is a reason it is on my mind today and I’m posting about it as […]
Updated project rendering – MOSS
Here is the progress of the design for the Museum of Science and Sustainability. We are anticipating a dome-shaped shell with a green roof. The shape will be staggered to allow for a relatively easy installation of the prefab green roof palette containers, and will provide for a very interesting […]
Australian Architecture Awards – 2009
Here are some incredible examples of the award-winning work coming out of Australia right now. These are really confident pieces, and perhaps that is the reason I am drawn to them as the design industry here in Arizona is the probably the furthest thing from “confident” that I have seen […]
Pittsburgh: A New Portrait
So I am one of those people mentioned in this book review that fled from Pittsburgh, but I still have a place in my heart for the city I was born in. In Phoenix, we have a book published by the AIA that documents the historic and important buildings in […]