this post is part 6 of a series covering travels in Algeria On the way to Aïn Sefra, just southwest of the historic medina in Boussemghoun, is the small thermal spring town of Aïn Ourka. The outpost is located between a few mountain ranges and next to a hill of bluish-grey soil. The town is... Continue Reading →
Photos from a 2019 trip to Algeria, specifically part of a day trip from El Bayadh to Ain Sefra and back, stopping in the Ksar de Boussemghoun (more links here) on the way. The city dates back over a thousand years and played host to religious conferences in the middle ages. The following images are... Continue Reading →
Last week's post on the NYC lampshade showed not-quite-finished work, but work that had been refined and recreated in a long process of sketching and tracing while exploring typography and legibility. I wanted to share the process tracings, to show the different aesthetic directions driven by handwriting choices. It felt freeing to draw and explore... Continue Reading →
This winter the Brooklyn Botanic Garden presents their second annual winter light show Lightscape. Here are a few photos of the light installations on display:
Thomas J Campanella's tome is a skip stop tour of Brooklyn's history, focusing on the built environment but full of rich sketches of the outsized personalities inhabiting and shaping the borough. A blurb from the publisher: Spanning centuries and neighborhoods, Brooklyn-born Campanella recounts the creation of places familiar and long forgotten, both built and never... Continue Reading →
Salem, MA - 2016 https://vimeo.com/175783307 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hdM4bB1zOT0
As part of a collaboration between David Cunningham Architecture Planning and Gans & Co, I provided research and graphics for DCAP's competition entry for the AIANY/NYC HPD Small Lots competition. New York City wanted to generate ideas for developing city owned but awkwardly laid out plots of land. Our strategy took a holistic approach to... Continue Reading →
Photos of a December 2007 trip to Milwaukee for the AIAS Forum (erstwhile national convention) with the theme "Architecture in Motion".
Recently renovated pavilion in Prospect Park, Brooklyn. From the Prospect Park Alliance website: The Pavilion was designed by Calvert Vaux in 1874 and, as was typical of the time, borrows motifs from Hindu, Chinese, Moorish and Egyptian architecture.
What the client wants. This post is part of a series looking at Michael Sorkin's list of 250 things every architect should know. "There is a secret that all attentive architects know: Don’t give your client what they ask for, give them what they need." - Bob Borson, Designing for Others, (Life of an Architect... Continue Reading →
Adam Achrati 