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Part II-Architecture from Nature-California’s Arts & Crafts Movement
Bernard Maybeck, Swedenborgian Church, San Francisco, 1894 Not much is known today about A. Page Brown, given his early and untimely...


Architecture from Nature-California’s Arts & Crafts Movement
A painting by William Keith of Joseph Worcester’s Piedmont cottage, 1883 Growing up in Boston as a young man, Joseph Worcester dreamed...


Specimens from Nature and Time
A sketch by Jim Lenahan in our office of the Temple of Vesta, Tivoli Sometimes a trip becomes the sum of it’s parts. Images and...


Seeing
A while back, I was on a trip to a small island in the West Indies to investigate a site for a new project along with an interior...


Heavenly Vessels
A sketch of the McNay by Jim Lenahan of our office A new exhibition opened at the McNay yesterday: Chuck Ramirez: All This and Heaven...


Craft—Why We Make Things and Why It Matters
John Bisbee – Brunswick – Welding Sculptor* “His Morality found expression in the integrity of his actions.” -Peter Korn Authentic has...


On Sight & Symmetry
I find myself endlessly fascinated by the mechanics of vision. I still have a hard time wrapping my head around the complexities of how...


A Great Grey Wall
My friend’s cat is huddled in his box and seems unhappy and wary as she unloads him from her car–piled high with possessions gathered in...


Celestial bodies in a glass
Everyone I know is excited by the eclipse, even if not viewing it from the path of totality. The news is calling what we collectively...


Malleable Metals
How is it possible that an element which stands so strong and solid, is immune to almost every condition but rust, can be twisted and...


Let’s get away from it all
Maxfield Parrish One of the definitions of vacation is “the action of leaving something once previously occupied”. I think that is what I...


Pompon’s Polar Bear
I was reminded of the french sculptor François Pompon when I was looking at several of our projects recently. In architecture, massing...


Falling for Folly
The idea of a folly is inherently fun. Follies were built for pleasure and recreation, in a way the interacts with its environment and...


Patterns from Nature
Nature’s design is everywhere; it is the fabric of our world. Ever moving and interacting, the natural world was described by Parisian...


Cheers to Tea, Temperance & Independence
A tea clipper: Ariel and Taeping, Jack Spurling In the 18oo’s, clipper ships transported tea around the world. The race of 1866 was...


Separated by Cloth
When occupying a sturdy building you are in a world between the walls, protected from the weather and the influence of nature. In...


Ex Libris
There is something very personal about the books that people collect. The books in my library tell a story about who I am, and also who I...


Temples to Water
Diving into deep shaded waters becomes a recurring fantasy in the heat of the summer. With temperatures and humidity soaring into triple...


A Storied Coastline
Located at the junction of Buffalo Bayou and San Jacinto Bay, the town site of New Washington was settled by Col. James Morgan...
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