Architecture Week – DAY 7 – Rural Studio

DAY 7 Sam Mockbee and the Rural Studio, Auburn For the final day of Architecture week, I thought I’d ask: Are we making positive contributions to the community? Can our profession really make a difference? I can’t think of a better place to look for an answer to that than the Rural Studio at Auburn University. If architecture is going to nudge, … Read More

Architecture Week – DAY 6 – Undercity Photography

DAY 6 Undercity photography . I’ve been thinking about what has inspired me as an Architect all week. It is Architecture week afterall, and I’ve needed to recharge my creative batteries. Like most, Architects, when you ask me what inspires me, I tend to think of buildings. Specific structures designed with a level of craft and shear design bravado instantly jump … Read More

Architecture Week – DAY 5 – Burnham and Root

DAY 5 Early Skyscrapers in Chicago, IL. – Burnham and Root Just after college I moved to Chicago, I only lived there for a year, but, I must have spent the majority of that time looking up, entranced by early skyscrapers. Particularly those designed by Daniel Burnham and John Root. . . D.H. Burnham and Co. – Fisher Building – 1896. … Read More

Architecture Week – DAY 4 – Details of Palladio

DAY 4 Details from Andrea Palladio (1508-19 – 1580) . Architecture can be timeless. . . . . previous 3 photos and cover image are from diocrio’s photostream on Flickr. . . . previous 2 photos are from jacqueline poggi’s photostream on Flickr . . . . . . previous 3 photos are from porticodoric’s photostream on Flickr. . . . … Read More

Architecture Week – DAY 3 – Ronchamp

DAY 3 Notre Dame du Haut, Ronchamp by Le Corbusier, completed 1955 . Honestly, I could look at this building forever. I apologize for every cruel thing I ever said about Corbu. Pardon me while I swoon. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . previous 12 photos are from Johnny Clark’s photostream on Flickr. … Read More

Architecture Week – DAY 2 – Saynatsalo Town Hall

DAY 2 Saynatsalo Town Hall – Alvar Aalto – 1949-1952 I arrived at Aalto a little late. I always respected him, but it never quite clicked with me. Saynatsalo changed that. Aalto had a way of designing modern buildings with a strong sense of place. Not many modernist can claim that. Saynatsalo seems like it was carved out of the forest … Read More

Architecture Week – DAY 1 – John Hejduk

Yay!! April 10-16 is Architecture week! Granted this is a completely fictious week, invented by trade industry professionals for blatant self-promotion… But, then again, so is this blog, so let’s move on. With that in mind, Coffee with an Architect is planning a week of… Architecture! I know, I don’t usually talk about Architecture. But, this week is Architecture week. … Read More