Since I have worked on a boutique hotel, I am always interested in good ones. I found a good one in Chicago, and I have stayed there twice. Such nice details in the rooms, and the layout is really great. Not to mention that the bar/restaurant has a Michelin star, and the food is good […]
At the AIA convention in Denver I was lucky enough to pay 100$ to go on a sold out tour to NREL in Golden, CO. It was awesome, they just had built some of the most energy efficient offices in America. Pretty cool stuff, designed by Smith Group out of the Phoenix Office. Well worth […]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Francisco_Federal_Building
I went on a tour of this building in November 2012 at a LEED/Greenbuild conference. It was a great tour. Awesome building. Details are incredible, and the tower is naturally ventilated. Very cool building, one of the only ventilated mid-high rise in the world.
Talk about awesome!
Deconstructed building and Deconstructed Architecture exhibit. I guess that’s what you call their work, especially Hadid’s early Vitra Fire station. Now she’s just more into the soft aesthetic, which is quite a feat. Totally awesome artwork. Really fun day to go up there and visit them.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eli_and_Edythe_Broad_Art_Museum
I took at tour in October of 2013, it was neat.
The inside was neat too, on the coffee table they had a book called the Houses of Harry Weese, I later bought that book and I have sought out a lot of his buildings in Chicago. Very cool Architect.
The architect […]
Affordable housing in LA. Pugh Scarpa at the time of construction. Pictures taken on a trip in 2007 in LA.
This is a picture I took of a FEMA trailer in someone’s front yard in New Orleans in the summer of 2006
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