Chicago Visit 2024
125 photos
Three days in Chigo in August, 2024.
Gold Medal Park
21 photos
Minneapolis park with Sulptures provided by the Walker Art Center
Saint Anthony Falls
17 photos
Summer visit to Minneapolis' Saint Anthony Falls, on the Mississippi River.
Architecture in Philadelphia
393 photos
A long weekend discovering the architecture of Philacelphia, vocusing on the work of Louis Kahn
Open Doors Minneapolis
37 photos
Photos from a two day festival in Minneapolis, granting access to places usually off limits to the general public.
University of Minnesota Architecture
121 photos
Buildings on the campus of the University of Minnesota, Minneapolis Campus
Chicago Memories
73 photos
Photos from 16 years of livinig in Chicago. I walked to work, and usually had my camera with me. My typical walk included Streeterville, Michigan avenue, Millenium Park and the loop.
Architecture in Minneapolis
328 photos
Architecture seen in and around downtown Minneapolis
Home in Minneapolis
47 photos
This loft apartment was part of a 2020evelopment in Minneapoois's historic Mill District. Adjacent to the Misssissippi River, we're alsso close to the Guthrie Theatre.
Venice 2023
214 photos
Photos taken in Venice, Italy in the spring of 2023
Padua 2023
430 photos
Photos from our spring 2023 trip to Padua, Italy and the surounding Veneto area.
Siena 2023
425 photos
Photos from a spring trip to Siena, Italy
Florence 2023
167 photos
Photos taken in Florence, Italy in the spring of 2023
Orvieto 2023
244 photos
Photos from our sprinig 2023 visit to Orvieto, Italy
Rome 2023
293 photos
Photos from a spring vist to Rome, Italy
Tübingen
29 photos
Fifteen km from Reutlingen, the university town of Tübingen is home to one of Germany's great universities.
Reutlingen
36 photos
Pictures from a fall visit to one of my favorite German towns.
National Botanic Garden of Wales
41 photos
A Millenium project, the gardens opened in 2000. High-tech architects Foster and Partners designed the Great Glasshouse
Fort Dodge Public Library
2 photos
Built in 1903, this library is one of the 2,509 Carnegie libraries in the United States
Dance at The Modern
6 photos
Modern dance performance in the lobby of Fort Worth's Modern Museum of Art.
Bell Museum
16 photos
Mid-winter visit to the Bell Museum of Natural History.
Masterworks from theUffizi
13 photos
Selections ffrom Florence, Italy's vast museum, the Uffizi Currently on display at the Minneapolis Institute of Art.Works of sculpture and painting, spanning from ancient Rome to the Florence...
Mercedes for a Day
16 photos
Photos from our tour around the Minneapolis-Saint Paul Metro area with our rented Mercedes 240D
3 Days in Chicago
274 photos
Photos from a three day trip to Chicao, revisiting all my favorite great buildings from when we lived there ten years ago.
Ruan Center
5 photos
This minimalist tower is located in downtown Des Moines, Iowa, and is clad in Cor-ten steel. It opened in 1975, and has 36 floors
Home Federal
11 photos
This 1962 bank building was built in downtown Des Moines, Iowa. In 1992, the building was donated to the Des Moines Catholic Dioces.
Iowa State Center
25 photos
A fall visist to Ames, Iowa's cultural and athletic venue, housed in glorious concrete.
Salem Covenant Church
10 photos
Photos of the Salem Covenant Church in New Brighton, Minnesota
Minneapolis Walk 2022
31 photos
A late summer walk through downtown Minneapolis, focusing on the buildings.
Art at Silverwood Park
6 photos
Artworks along a 1 mile trail in a local park, in Columbia Heights, Minnesota
Stockyard Days 2022
35 photos
Annual summer celebration held at Long Lake Park in New Brighton, Minnesota. It is also the terminaton of theNew London to New Brighton Veteran Car run.
Alworth House
6 photos
Marcel Breuer-designed house in Duluth, Minnesota. It overlooks Lake Superior.
First Methodist
9 photos
A 1966 church designed by Pietro Belluschi, overlooking Lake Superior, in Duluth ,Minnesota
Solon Springs Grade School
12 photos
Abandoned elementary school in Solon Springs, Wisconsin. It's a small resort town. The school was opened in 1938 and closed in 1994. The bulk of the structure is remarkably preserved site-cast...
University of Iowa
66 photos
Photos from a Summer 2022 trip to Iowa City, Iowa, and the University of Iowa. Much of its building is new, due to the flood of 2008, which destroyed lower lying buidings. These buildings have ben...
Christ Church Lutheran
37 photos
This church is located in Minneapolis, Minnesota, and was desifned by the father and son team of Eliel and Eero Saarinen. The first portion, desined buy Eliel, was completed in 1949. Eero competed...
Ferarris on Oak 2005
27 photos
The annual Ferrari show, held on Oak Street in Chicago's Near North
West River Parkway Houses
11 photos
A collection of Mid-century Modern houses, located on the west bank of the Mississippi River, near the University of Minnesota.
Back to the Fifties
70 photos
Minnesota's gigantic show of collector cars built before 1664, held over two weekends at the Minnesota State Fair Grounds in mid-June
Architecture in Columbus
135 photos
Modern architecture in Columbus, Indiana, a town of 50,000 with an unusally high number of architectural masterpieces. Sponsored by a local firm, Cummins, who paid the architect's fees, a large...
Studebaker Club Car Show 2022
39 photos
Photos from the 2022 Memorial Day car show, held in Hugo, Minnesota.
Cars & Coffee Minneapolis
74 photos
Cars seen at the Minneapolis Cars & Coffee meet.
Around Fort Worth
12 photos
Photos from a spring visit to Fort Worth, Texas
Fort Worth Water Gardens
16 photos
These water gardens are located in downtown Fort Worth, Texas. They were designed by architects Philip Johnson and John Burgee. The Active Garden was featured in the 1976 film Logan's Run.
Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth
37 photos
The Modern opened in 2002, with a new building by Japanese architect Tadao Ando. It's across the street from Louis Kahn's Kimbell Museum.
Kimbell Art Museum
73 photos
This 1972 art museum is considered architect Louis Kahn's greatest work. It's locatecd in Fort Worth, Texas. It was expanded in 2013 with an additional building designed by Renzo Piano.
Catalonia 2008
78 photos
A spring visit to the Catalonia region of Spain, with staays in Costa Brava, Girona and Barcelona
San Juan, Puerto Rico and VIrgin Gorda BVI
29 photos
Photos from a January , 2022 trip to San Juan, Puertatico and Virgin Gorda, in the British Virgin Islands.
Walker Art Center
37 photos
Work from Minneapolis' Walker Art Center
Des Moines Art Center
123 photos
Sunny winter visit to the Des Moines Art Center, an enduring collection of three modern buildings housing a terrific collection of mostly modern art.
Athens, Greece
84 photos
Photos from a rainy weekend in Athens, Greece
Eleftherna, Crete
42 photos
Fall visit to a villa in Eleftherna, Crete. As our rental car fell through, we slowed our pace and walked all over this Greek island
Vicenza, Italy
111 photos
Photos from a visit to Vicenza, Italy, Italian Renaissance architect Andrea Palladio's home town and site of much of his work.
Florence, Italy
42 photos
Photos from a wet afternoon in Florence, Italy
Bologna, Italy
33 photos
Photos from an early October day in Bologna, Italy
Bassara, Argenta and Ferrara
48 photos
Shots of rustic agritourism and rural Italy including pictures from the nearby cities of Argenta and Ferrara
Rotary Club Car Show 2021
80 photos
Photos from the third annual car show put on by the Rotary Club of Edina, Minnesota. The show wwas held in the parking lot of Southdale, in Edina.
Stonebridge Boulevard Houses
14 photos
This enclave of Mid-century Modern houses was built amid a more traditionally styled neghborhood in St. Paul
New London to New Brighton
17 photos
This antique car run was inspired by the London to Brighton Emancipation Run of 1896. It celebrated the easing of restrictions on early motorists in the UK.
Burnt Orange Trimline
5 photos
Here's a recently aquired Trimline phone - my first with a rotary dial.
St. John the Baptist Catholic Church
16 photos
Local landmark in New Brighton, Minnesota
Berlin Philharmonic
9 photos
One year ago today, we travelled to Berlin to hear a concert at the Berlin Philharmonic. The day before our concert, all public gatherings over 50 people were banned, due to the coronavirus.
Home in New Brighton
61 photos
Photos taken in and around our house in New Brighton, Minnesota. The architect is Jim O'Brien, FAIA.
North Yorkshire Moors Railway
48 photos
Photos of and around the North Yorkshire Moors Railway, including the towns of Goathland and Grosmont, England. These places have been used for filming locations for many movies and television shows,...
Lego McCormick House
18 photos
Lego version of Mies van der Rohe's 1952 McCormick House, in Elmhurst, Illinois.
Cardiff Bay
38 photos
In and around Cardiff Bay, featuring its Barrage, completed in 2001
Betws-y-Coed
23 photos
Images from a small town, and the surrounding country in North Wales
Portmeirion
39 photos
This holiday resort in North Wales is the result of fifty years' building. It was designed by Clough Williams-Ellis.It has been used as the location of multiplel films and television shows - most...
Architecture in New Brighton
47 photos
Modern architecture around New Brighton, Minnesota, an northern suburb Minneapolis & Saint Paul
Chevy Camping Car
9 photos
A 1963 Chevrolet Bel Air, modified to accommodate a pickup-style camper. Seen in Ames, Iowa.
Northcrest Community
7 photos
Senior living in Ames, Iowa. This residential complex was originally built in the 1960s. It features ample skylights for public spaces and residences, and non-orthagonal geometry.
Getty Museum 2002
18 photos
Photos from an April 2002 visit to the Getty Museum in Los Angeles, California. Richard Meier was the architect.
Weisman Art Museum
16 photos
Photos from a Sunday visit to the University of Minnesota's Weisman Art Museum. This building was designed by Frank Gehry.
Dinkytown Walk
9 photos
A late fall stroll around Dinkytown, a student neighborhood just north of the University of Minnesota, Minneapolis campus
Mia visit
23 photos
Photos from a Sunday afternoon stroll around the Minneapolis Institute of Art
Graceland Cemetery
15 photos
Photos from a May, 2006 visit to Chicago's Graceland Cemetery, the final resting place of many of Chicago's great architects, and mausoleums they designed for their clients.
U of M Walk
14 photos
Autumn walk around the Minneapolis campus of the University of Minnesota, with a focus on architecture.
Riverside Plaza
18 photos
One of Minneapolis' signature pieces of modern architecture, Riverside Plaza is the work of Ralph Rapson, Minnesota's dean of modernism.
Audi A4 Avant
6 photos
Our 2006 Audi A4 Avant, not long after we took delivery. We had to order it from Audi because it was the only way to get a manual transmission. We still own the car today.
Mississippi River Walk
11 photos
Late summer walk along the Mississippi River, as it passes along downtown Minneapolis.
National Farmer’s Bank
14 photos
This is the first of the "Jewel Box Banks" designed by Louis Sullivan toward the end of his career. It is located in Owatonna, Minnesota.
Minneapolis Walk
32 photos
A late summer stroll from the northern edge of Minneapolis' central business district to the Walker Art Center and back.
Around Heidelberg
9 photos
Photos taken during a walk around Heidelberg, Germany.
Around Worms
17 photos
Photos taken during a brief visit to Worms, Germany
Around Speyer
34 photos
Photos taken during our stay in Speyer, Germany
Around Erfurt
16 photos
Photos taken in Erfurt, Germany
Around Würzburg
17 photos
Photos from an early spring walk around Würzburg, Germany.
Corbusierhaus
18 photos
A visit to Le Corbusier's Unité d'Habitation in Berlin, including the interior and an apartment. The building was opened in 1958.
David Chipperfield at the Museum Island
21 photos
Renovation, reconstructions and new buildings designed by British architect David Chipperfield.
Classic Remise Berlin
52 photos
An amazing array of cars, displayed in a former tram depot on the outskirts of Berlin.The cars are housed in an old tram depot that has been beautifully restored. Remise translates to "Coach...
Berlin East German Motorcycle Museum
17 photos
Located under a railway arch in Berlin's Alexanderplatz, this museum features motorcycles, mopeds, and a car, all made in East Germany.
Berlin Museum Island
55 photos
Art and architecture on Berlin's Museum Island, Musemsinseln in German
Victory Column
9 photos
This column was opened in 1873, and is a prominent Berlin landmark. It served as an angel's resting place in Wim Wenders' 1987 film "Wings of Desire".
Rauchstraße Housing
10 photos
Located in central Berlin's Tiergarten district Rauchstraße housing development was a part of the International Building Exposition, a program that ran 1983-1987, intended to redevelop Berlin using...
Berlin State Library
23 photos
Han Scharoun's 1978 masterpiece, as seen in the movie "Wings of Desire"
Around Berlin
77 photos
Photos from our March 2020 trip to Berlin.
Bauhaus Dessau
44 photos
Photos from our recent visit and overnight stay at the Bauhaus
2020 Portland Auto Show
37 photos
Photos from this year's event
2020 Portland Winter Lights Festival
15 photos
Portland, Oregon's 2020 version of its annual nighttime festival of light. This year's theme was Dreams.
Seattle Art Gallery
14 photos
Images from a Christmas week visit to the Seattle Art Gallery
Untouchables Car show 2019
64 photos
Photos from the 2019 show, held in Kalama, Washington.
Luma Lighting Site Visit
37 photos
Photos from a recent site visit to an unnamed client's construction site. The focus was lighting designed by Luma Lighting Design, the company I work for.
Cars in the Park 2019
48 photos
Vintage sports cars gathered for the start of the SCM 1000, a 1000 mile tour of the Pacific Northwest. It's organized by Sports Car Market, a magazine focused on market trends for sports cars. This...
Wahkeena Falls
12 photos
Located on the Oregon side of the Columbia River Gorge, Wahkeena Falls is a series of cascading waterfalls, with a total height of 242 feet. it was part of the gorge burned in the 2017 fires.
Portland Japanese Garden 2019
33 photos
Late spring visit to Portland's Japanese Garden, including the recently finished "Cultural Village"
WAAAM 2019
24 photos
Spring visit to the Western Antique Aeroplane & Automobile Museum in Hood River, Oregon.
Weekend in Vancouver BC
93 photos
A spring visit to Vancouver, British Columbia, our Canadian neighbor to the north.
St. John's University
84 photos
Photos from a visit to Saint John's University, featuring the Abbey Church designed by Marcel Breuer and opened in 1961. The university is located 75 miles northwest of Minneapolis, Minnesota.
Maison Citrohan 1927
15 photos
Le Corbusier's prototy0te design for a house, inspired by a car. This one was built in Stuttgart, part of an exposition of modern architecture, organized by Mies van der Rohe.
Lego Citrohan
8 photos
My rendition of Le Corbusier's Maison Citrohan, built in Lego. This version was built in 1927, part of the Weissenhof Siedlung housing exhibition.
Sunny Downtown Portland
6 photos
Not so common sunlight in Downtown Portland
Portland Winter Lights Festival 2019
23 photos
Photos from this year's festival, featuring a 3-part entry from the firm I work for - Luma Lighting Design, designed and built in collaboration with a landscape architecture firm, Walker Macy.
The...
This all Happened More or Less
4 photos
Public art on Portland's Division Street, inspired by the people who inhabit it.
Panasonic RQ-209S
3 photos
Panasonic portable cassette recorder
Japanese Garden at Como Park
11 photos
A June, 2006 visit to the Japanese Garden at Saint Paul's Como Park.
Lithia Park
31 photos
Photos from a fall visit to Lithia Park, a forested ravine that reaches from the heart of Ashland, Oregon out to the country.
The Gower
15 photos
Photos from a hike around the Gower Peninsula, near Swansea in South Wales
The Edmonds Classic 2018
76 photos
The 2018 edition of the classic car show held in Edmonds, Washington.
Manchester, England
72 photos
Photos from a late summer visit to Manchester, England
Kettle's Yard
43 photos
Created by Jim and Helen Ede, Kettle's Yard is a home and gallery in Cambridge that was continually developed to share a personal art collection with anybody who was interested. Here's their...
Cambridge University 2018
97 photos
Photos from a summer trip to Cambridge University
2018 Forest Grove Concours d'Elegance
90 photos
Photos from the 46th annual Concours d'Elegance held on the campus of Pacific University in Forest Grove Oregon. This year featured The Passion of Alfa Romeo.
444 SW 5th Avenue
5 photos
Until recently, this building was a branch of Key Bank. Originally built as a hotel, it's soon to be demolished.
1979 Porsche 911 SC
11 photos
Our 1979 Porsche 911 on a recent outing.
Astoria Column
8 photos
Historic column celebrating Oregon's history, built in 1926, high above Astoria, Oregon. The 125 foot tall column is made of concrete and steel. A central interior spiral stair allows visitors to...
Carlton Office Building
20 photos
Site photos from a nearly finished project for an office building in Oregon's wine country. The company I work for, Luma Lighting Design, designed the lighting.
Beaver Creek Bob's
16 photos
Roadside junkyard that specializes in Volkswagens, both air and water cooled. It's located in Beaver, Oregon, just off of the coast, near Tillamook.
Sunday Morning Walk
14 photos
A Sunday morning walk in our neighborhood in Southwest Portland.
Concrete Garage
29 photos
This monumental concrete parking garage is located in downtown Portland, Oregon.
Viking Pavilion
7 photos
Photos taken at the Grand Opening of Viking Pavilion, an addition to the Peter Stott Center at Portland State University. The lighting was designed by the firm I work for, Luma Lighting Design.
Portlandia
6 photos
An essential part of Portland's most controversial building, Raymond Kaskey's sculpture Portlandia remains beloved.
Standard Plaza
14 photos
At the time this tower opened in 1963, it was the largest office building in Oregon. Its architect is Skidmore, Owings and Merrill.
Polaroid 430
6 photos
Photos of, and taken with, a Polaroid 430 Automatic Land Camera.
Portland Modern
103 photos
Modern buildings seen around Portland, Oregon
2018 Portland International Auto Show
50 photos
This year's show at the Oregon Convention Center.
Les Villas La Roche-Jeanneret
60 photos
A pair of attached urban villas, designed by Le Corbusier and finished in 1925. One for his patron Raoul La Roche and the other for his brother Albert Jeanneret and sister-in-law Lotti Raaf.
Parc Montsouris
12 photos
This park, located on the southern edge of Paris, France, is the work of Baron Hausmann.
Cité de Refuge
26 photos
This project was Le Corbusier's first low-income housing project. Opened in 1933, it's located in Paris' 13th Arrondissement.
Maison du Brésil
30 photos
This dormitory and cultural center, located on the campus of the International University of Paris, was designed by Lucio Costa and Le Corbusier. It opened in 1959.
Pavillon Suisse
16 photos
This student residence, at the Cité Internationale Universitaire de Paris, was designed by Le Corbusier and opened in 1933.
Musée Automobile de Provence
35 photos
Car museum located in Orgon, France. It's celebrating its 50th anniversary this year.
Provence 2017
150 photos
Photos from a fall 2017 trip to Provence
Arab World Institute
18 photos
Photos of the Arab World Institute, a 1987 project by Jean Nouvel.
Villa Savoye
72 photos
Seminal house by Le Corbusier in a suburb of Paris
Paris 2017
135 photos
Photos from a late October visit to Paris.
Champs-Élysées Auto Show
26 photos
Photos from showrooms for the three main French car makes - Citroën, Renault and Peugeot. Each have displays on Paris' Champs-Élysées, showing new models, classics, concept and race cars.
The Louvre
65 photos
Fall visit to the Louvre, and my first time inside!
Mount Angel Library, revisited
48 photos
A return trip to Alvar Aalto's library at the Mount Angel Abbey in Mount Angel Oregon. It was a hot, sunny, late summer day on a holiday weekend.
Untouchables Car Show 2017
89 photos
This year's edition of an annual car show held in downtown Kalama, Washington, located 30 miles north of Portland, Oregon.
2017 Forest Grove Concours d'Elegance
93 photos
Photos from the 45th annual Concours, located on the campus of Pacific University in Forest Grove, Oregon. This year the 100th Anniversary of Lincoln was celebrated, as well as the Mini, Woodies, and...
Behnisch in Portland
38 photos
Behnisch Architekten, of Stuttgart, Germany, has designed a project at Portland State University in downtown Portland. This work combines adaptive reuse of an existing building along with new...
Columbia River Gorge Waterfalls
2 photos, 4 videos
These falls were a great destination for a 100 degree Sunday.
Polaroid SX-70
16 photos
Pictures of and from a recently acquired Polaroid SX-70 Land Camera, the first instant camera with a single-lens-reflex viewfinder. It also pioneered instant photos that ejected from the camera with...
2017 Portland International Auto Show
19 photos
Photos from the show, a little light this year.
Paris 2006
28 photos
Photos taken around Paris during a March, 2006 visit.
Père Lachaise Cemetery
20 photos
Photos taken on a March afternoon visit to Paris' Père Lachaise Cemetery, the most visited cemetery in the world. Unlike most visitors who are seeking the graves of celebrities, we were looking for...
V&A Museum
22 photos
Photos from London's Victoria & Albert Museum, including items seen in the Cast Courts and the Architecture collection
London Walk 2016
17 photos
Photos taken walking around London in June of 2016.
Sainsbury's Camden Town
16 photos
This mixed-use development in London's Camden Town was designed by architect Nicholas Grimshaw. It opened in 1988, and includes a supermarket, offices and housing. These photos were taken in 2008...
Health Sciences Tower
7 photos
This set of towers was designed by Chicago architect Bertrand Goldberg, and built between 1965 and 1976. It houses the medical school of Stony Brook University, New York.
The Met
27 photos
Photos from a December Sunday visit to New York City's Metropolitan Museum of Art
Met Breuer
21 photos
Chilly Sunday afternoon visit to the new Met Breuer, the latest addition to the Metropolitan Museum's group of properties. This building, opened in 1966 and designed by Marcel Breuer, was the home...
Yale School of Management
6 photos
Opened in 2014, this building was designed by Norman Foster + Partners.
Yale Center for British Art
45 photos
A Saturday afternoon visit to Yale's Center for British Art, designed by Louis Kahn. It's located across the street from his Yale Art Gallery of 1953, and was opened to the public in 1977, three...
Brancusi Around the World
39 photos
Sculptures by Constantin Brancusi, seen in museums and galleries around the world.
Yale Art Gallery
34 photos
Photos from a mid-December visit to Louis Kahn's landmark, the Yale Art Gallery. This building was Kahn's first significant commission.
Lego Barcelona Pavilion
7 photos
Lego model of Mies van der Rohe's pavilion for the 1929 International Exposition in Barcelona, Spain.
biomega bicycles
6 photos
A couple of biomega bicycles as seen at Chicago's Marshall Fields in 2004
Milwaukee Art Museum
37 photos
Pictures from a 2008 visit to the Milwaukee Art Museum, focusing on Calatrava's Quadracci Pavilion from 2001.
Walker Art Center @ 75
21 photos
A visit to Minneapolis' premier museum of contemporary art at its seventy fifth anniversary.
Minneapolis Institute of Art
28 photos
Photos from a late September visit to the Minneapolis Institute of Art.
University Grove
33 photos
This St. Paul, Minnesota neighborhood of architect-designed houses is built on land owned by the University of Minnesota. The project was started in 1928, and continued through the late 1960s, and...
IIT Late Summer 2016
27 photos
Photos at IIT, taken just before the Fall Equinox, five years after my first set of fall photos at IIT.
Around Chicago 2016
16 photos
Photos from a late September, 2016 trip to Chicago.
Monadnock Building
5 photos
This massive, minimalist office tower from 1891 was one of Burnham and Root's early achievements. A landmark of the First Chicago School, its powerful simplicity sits well with its more modern...
Mies Post Office, Revisited
9 photos
A return trip to Mies' US Post Office, four years after leaving Chicago. Various parts of the interior are being renovated, including the partial height wood panel walls.
The post office is part of...
Renovation in Brighton, England
9 photos
This album shows work my firm performed for a house renovation project in Brighton, England.
H&T Porsche Rally 2016
15 photos
This year's Heckman & Thieman Porsche Rally started at a retreat center, overlooking the Columbia River Gorge, and culminated at lunch at Oxbow Park.
Forest Grove Concours 2016
126 photos
The 44th annual Concours d'Elegance, held at Pacific University in Forest Grove, Oregon. This year the Concours celebrated German cars, including Mercedes, Porsche Volkswagen and 100 years of BMW.
Great Pacific NW Mini & Micro Car Show
54 photos
The Great Pacific Northwest Mini & Micro Car show, held in Forest Grove, Oregon, featured small and unique cars from the US, Europe and Japan.
Around Oregon
6 photos, 2 videos
Out and about in Oregon
Portland MIxed-Use Project
11 photos
This is a design for a four story, mixed-use building in Portland, Oregon.
Living Computer Museum
34 photos, 1 video
This Seattle museum, based on the computer collection of Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen, explores the development of the computer, from mainframe, to PC, to handheld. Most of the machines are...
Whidbey Island Visit
23 photos
A days visit to Whidbey Island, in the Puget Sound, northwest of Seattle.
Portland Backyard Retreat
8 photos
This small, nearly 200 square foot structure, is a retreat from daily life.
2016 Portland International Auto Show
24 photos
This year's edition of the annual show.
Portland Phased House
23 photos
Speculative house designed to limit costs through phased construction.
Lego Pavilion
17 photos
This is my Lego version of the German Pavilion for the 1929 International Exposition in Barcelona, Spain. It was designed by German architect Mies van der Rohe. My Lego model is roughly 1:74 scale,...
Southwest Hills House
17 photos
This speculative design is designed for the Southwest Hills neighborhood of Portland, Oregon. I designed and drew this house for my architectural firm, Michael Dant Architect LLC.
mdantarch.com/
Chicago Federal Center
14 photos
This collection of three buildings was designed by Mies van der Rohe, and completed in 1974, five years after his death. It includes two office towers, the 30-story Dirksen Courthouse, and the...
Jedediah Smith Redwoods
13 photos
Sunday afternoon stroll in Northern California's Jedediah Smith Redwoods State Park.
Crescent City Shore
10 photos, 2 videos
A sunny Sunday morning on various beaches of Crescent City, California; just south of the Oregon border.
Crater Lake
12 photos
Photos from an early fall hike to Crater Lake, in southeast Oregon. This Lake is located at the top of Mount Mazama, a volcano that erupted about 7,700 years ago.
Saddle Mountain Hike
11 photos
Hike to the summit of Saddle Mountain in northwestern Oregon.
Church to Home Renovation
5 photos
These renderings show a proposal for converting a 100 year old Christian Scientist church into a single family residence. The property is located in McMinnville, Oregon, about 30 miles west of...
H&T Porsche Rally 2015
19 photos
Photos from Heckmann & Thiemann's annual rally for their Porsche service customers. This year's rally started at the World of Speed Museum, wound its way through beautiful wine-country roads, and...
Forest Grove Concours 2015
48 photos
Photos from the 2015 Concours d'Elegance held in Forest Grove, Oregon.
Mount Hood and Mirror Lake
8 photos, 2 videos
Photos and video from a Memorial Day hike in the Mount Hood National Forest.
Portland Kitchen
6 photos
The goal of this kitchen remodeling is to open up the previously compartmentalized kitchen and dining room to the living room. The house is a 1960's daylight ranch.
It's the work of my architectural...
Portland Access House
11 photos
This is a speculative design for an accessible home and apartment in Portland, Oregon.
mdantarch.com/2015/03/15/portland-access-house/
Behnisch in Eichstätt
39 photos
This building houses the main library of the Catholic University Eichstätt. It was designed by Günther Behnisch & Partner, and opened in 1987.
2015 Portland International Auto Show
20 photos
This year's incarnation of the Portland Auto show.
Behnisch in Ingolstadt
15 photos
Buildings designed by Behnisch & Partner in Ingolstadt's suburban community Hollerstauden.
Eichstätt
105 photos
Images from a day's visit to Eichstätt Germany, hosted by architect Karl Frey. We visited buildings designed by Karljosef Schattner, Gunther Behnisch and Karl Frey.
Audi Museum
105 photos
This museum of Audi and its Auto Union forebearers is located on Audi's corporate campus in Ingolstadt, Germany.
Reutlingen AltenHilfe
10 photos
This care home for the elderly was designed in 1977 by Behnisch & Partner. it is being renovated to meet the current fire safety code.
Weissenhof Siedlung
76 photos
A 1927 international building exhibition, created by the Deutsche Werkbund to promote modern architecture. The collection of 33 residential buildings were organized by Mies van der Rohe, and included...
Black Forest Open Air Museum
39 photos
This collection of historic farm structures is located in Germany's Black Forest.
Auto & Technik Museum Sinsheim
97 photos
This vast museum has an endless collection of cars, trains, planes & military vehicles. It's located in Sinsheim, in southwestern Germany.
Autohaus Faas
5 photos
Located in Germany's Black Forest, Autohaus Faas is the business of my distant relative, Günther Faas. They sell, service and restore Porsches of all types.
Hochschule für Gestaltung Ulm
37 photos
This building was built for the Ulm School of Design, which was open from 1955 to 1968. The building was designed by Max Bill, one of the school's founders.
The building now houses design offices,...
Porsche Museum
100 photos
A rainy day visit to Porsche's museum on their campus in Zuffenhausen, a suburb of Stuttgart, Germany. This building was opened in 2009, and was designed by Delugan Meissl of Vienna.
Achalm Hotel & Restaurant
10 photos
This recently completed hotel and restaurant is the work of Hartmaier + Partner. It's located on the the Achalm, a mountain overlooking Reutlingen, Germany.
Olympiapark München
15 photos
This city park in Munich was originally built for the 1972 Summer Olympics. It was designed by Frei Otto and Günther Behnisch.
BMW Museum
76 photos
BMW's corporate museum, expanded beyond the iconic "bowl" structure in 2008.
BMW Welt
16 photos
BMW World - a massive branding experience, with car and motorcycle displays, restaurants and car delivery. Across the street from BMW's iconic office tower and museum, its fluid vocabulary is more in...
Deutsches Museum Verkehrszentrum
84 photos
Created in 2006, the Deutsches Museum Verkehrszentrum (Traffic Center) houses the museum's car, train, tram and bus collection. The various vehicles are displayed as if in a traffic jam.
Bauen Heute 2014
17 photos
Buildings and architecture from a recent trip to southwest Germany.
Deutsches Museum
24 photos
Pictures from a recent visit to Munich's Deutsches Museum, a massive museum of science and industry, located on an island in the Isar River. This is the museum that inspired the Museum of Science and...
Mount Tabor Houses
11 photos
I designed two houses for two very steep, wooded lots on the north face of Portland's Mount Tabor. It's my first work on a real site here in Portland, but the houses won't get built until somebody...
Portland Courtyard Houses
18 photos
This is a speculative design for a five house development in Portland, Oregon. It's designed to fit on a 100' x 100' site. Each of the five houses is 1,600 square feet, and has five bedrooms and...
Circle & Square
28 photos
Two monuments in southeast Washington, each commemorating humanity's capacity.
Forest Grove Concours 2014
106 photos
Photos from the 42nd annual Concours d' Elegance, held on the campus of Pacific University, twenty five miles west of Portland, Oregon.
Themes this year - The Art of Italian Motoring, and 50th...
Portland Garden House
12 photos
This house, an adaptation of Le Corbusier's Maison Citrohan, has been tailored to fit Portland, Oregon's typical 50' wide by 100' deep lots.
mdantarch.com/2014/06/27/portland-garden-house/
Promontory Apartments
17 photos
Promontory Apartments was the first built high-rise tower designed by Mies van der Rohe. Finished in 1949, it gets its name from Promontory Point, a triangular peninsula that projects into Lake...
Portland Hill House
8 photos
This is a speculative design for Portland, Oregon; designed for one of its many hills.
mdantarch.com/2014/05/06/portland-hill-house/
Portland Infill House
5 photos
This is a speculative I've designed, tailored for Portland, Oregon's infill house program. Read more here:
mdantarch.com/2014/04/19/portland-infill-house/
Falls of the McKenzie River
24 photos
Around the Sahalie and Koosah Falls on central Oregon's McKenzie River.
small car magazine
3 photos
Published in Britian in the early 1960's, small car magazine is the predecessor to car magazine.
2014 Portland International Auto Show
25 photos
The 2014 edition of Portland, Oregon's mostly new car show.
NaturBeo
20 photos
Our Beosystem 3300, for listening to uncompressed music in Portland's Southwest Hills. At its heart is the Beomaster 3300, which combines amplification, control and management of the Datalink system....
Beaulieu National Motor Museum
56 photos
Favorites from a late October visit to Britain's National Motor Museum at Beaulieu.
City of London Walk
26 photos
Buildings and streetscapes in and around the City of London, late October 2013
London Design Museum
11 photos
Favorites seen at a recent visit to London's Design Museum, repository of the UK's industrial, graphic and fashion design history and current practice.
The Tenth Victim
25 photos
Screencaps from the intensely mod 1965 flim, starring Ursula Andress and Marcello Mastroianni as computer cast co-assassins. Set in the near future.
All British Field Meet 2013
23 photos
Held at the Portland International Raceway, this three-day Labor Day weekend meet included racing, club and car displays, and a swap meet.
Forest Grove Concours 2013
96 photos
Favorites from the 41st annual Forest Grove Concours d' Elegance, held on the campus of Pacific University, about 25 miles west of Portland, Oregon.
Mount Angel Library
73 photos
This campus library, located at the Benedictine Seminary of Mount Angel Abbey, was opened in 1970, and is one of the few permanent structures in the United States designed by Finnish modern architect...
Clemente High School
10 photos
This eight story public high school was opened in in 1972, and pushes the limits of how tall a school can be. With eight floors, circulation for all the students is challenging, even with seven...
Chamonix
25 photos
Photos taken in and around Chamonix, France during a skiing holiday.
Washington DC Metro
5 photos
Recently announced renovation plans to renovate stations within the Washington DC Metro system include boosting light levels, changing sign colors and defacing architectural features of these...
Salk Institute
63 photos
Louis Kahn's 1963 monument in concrete, travertine, teak and a ribbon of water. A mecca for architects, it was designed to attract and hold the best biological researchers in the world, and encourage...
La Grande-Motte
10 photos
La Grande-Motte is a French New Town on the Mediterranean sea, built in the 1970s, to accommodate middle-class tourists. Its abstract-geometric architecture, often pyramidal in form, was the work of...
Seattle Center
25 photos
It's an urban pleasure palace spread over blocks near downtown Seattle. Originally built for the 1962 World's Fair, the Space Needle, Monorail and several pavilions have been adapted for current...
Portland Federal Building
14 photos
Photos taken at the re-opening of the Edith Green-Wendell Wyatt Federal Building in downtown Portland, Oregon. The building, originally opened in 1975, was rebuilt to improve energy performance and...
Seattle Japanese Garden
23 photos
Opened in 1960, the garden was designed by Kiyoshi Inoshita and Juki Iida, with William Yorozu (plants), Richard Yamasaki (stone setting) and Kei Ishimitsu (structures).
Most of these photos were...
IIT McCormick Tribune Student Center
31 photos
Rem Koolhaas' 2003 design for a student center at Mies' Illinois Institute of Technology campus. Two very different aesthetics.
Seattle Public Library
21 photos
A cloudy Saturday afternoon at Seattle's grand Public Library. Opened in 2004, it was designed by Rem Koolhaas.
LeMay America's Car Museum
106 photos
Based on the 3,000+ car collection amassed by Harold LeMay, this new museum in Tacoma, Washingon focuses on the American car experience. It also includes exhibits on Ferraris, Indy Cars, and the...
Silver Auction Spring 2013
58 photos
Collector cars from Silver Auctions' Spring 2013 sale in Portland, Oregon.
Sony Tapecorder TC-100
10 photos
Sony's first cassette recorder. Based on the Compact Cassette format developed by Philips, Sony's use was instrumental to the cassette's worldwide acceptance.
Hommage à NAGRA
4 photos
In honor of Stefan Kudelski, the man who invented the Nagra portable tape recorder, the first studio quality recording device that could be carried out into the world. He died on Saturday, January...
WAAAM
51 photos
Photos from Oregon's Western Aeroplane & Automobile Museum, located on the edge of Hood River, near the Columbia River Gorge. All of the cars are driven regularly, and the planes fly as well....
London Underground
8 photos
My suprisingly few photos of London's Underground, in honor of its 150th Anniversary.
Charles & Ray Eames
33 photos
Furniture designed by the husband and wife duo for Herman Miller.
860 880 Lake Shore Drive Plans
8 photos
Floor plans of Mies van der Rohe's landmark steel and glass residential towers in Chicago.
Brighton
20 photos
An idyllic visit to Britain's Brighton on a sunny September Saturday.
Wells
14 photos
Late afternoon in Wells, England's smallest city.
Haynes International Motor Museum
102 photos
This eclectic stash of cars started out as the personal collection of John Haynes, creator and publisher of Haynes Manuals. Since the collection has been opened to the public, it has continued to...
The Circus and Royal Crescent
17 photos
Georgian town planning in Bath, England. The Circus was designed by John Wood the Elder. The later Royal Crescent was designed by his son, John Wood the Younger. The Royal Crescent is sited at the...
Carreg Cennen Castle
22 photos
Located on the western edge of South Wales' Brecon Beacons, Carreg Cennen Castle has a long history, stretching back to the Romans. The castle took its present form around 1283, and was demolished...
Integrity
13 photos
Newly constructed traditional wood sailboat inspired by Gentleman's Cutters circa 1880. The keel was laid down in 2010, and the Integrity launched in May, 2012. Seen at the 2012 Southampton Boat...
Mount St. Helens Visit
10 photos
A visit to Mount St. Helens in southeast Washington, thirty-two years after it erupted.
Home in Hillsdale
51 photos
Our daylight ranch in Portland's Hillsdale neighborhood.
Porsche 911 SC
9 photos
Our 1979 Porsche 911 SC.
Panasonic RC-1280
4 photos
This clock radio was purchased entirely for the font of its clock numerals, which is Akzidenz Grotesk. The 2 is particularly nice.
Apartment at 880 North Lake Shore Drive
6 photos
This is a one-bedroom apartment at 880 North Lake Shore Drive, located in the southwest corner of the building.
Here's the building's website:
www.860880lakeshoredrive.com
860 North Lake Shore Drive, No. 16L
25 photos
Our apartment at 860 North Lake Shore Drive, now sold. We've relocated to Portland, Oregon.
Here's the building's website:
www.860880lakeshoredrive.com
Detroit Auto Show 2012
59 photos
Favorites from the 2012 North American Auto Show in Detriot, Michigan.
IBM Building
36 photos
Mies' masterpiece on the Chicago River.
Morgan Factory Visit
35 photos
A tour of the Morgan Motor Company, a manufacturer of traditional sports cars in Great Malvern, England.
Willis Building
12 photos
Norman Foster's breakthrough building after establishing Foster Associates. This office building, opened in 1974, emphasizes social spaces, including a main level swimming pool and rooftop garden. In...
University of East Anglia
58 photos, 1 video
A late 1960's campus built largely of site-cast concrete, concrete block and large sheets of glass, the University of East Anglia comes off romantic and medieval. Its informal, rambling layout,...
Heritage Motor Centre
51 photos
Cars from Britain's motoring and manufacturing history.
Farnsworth at Lakeshore
5 photos
A Lego Farnsworth house visits 860-880 Lake Shore Drive. Both projects were conceived and constructed at roughly the same time (1946-51) and were designed by Mies van der Rohe.
Beckwith Boathouse
9 photos
A new boathouse for the rowing teams and clubs of the University of Iowa, built in 2009, on the very low banks of the Iowa River. It's designed to withstand flooding.
Wells Fargo Bank
5 photos
My childhood bank in Fort Dodge, Iowa. Built some time in the late 1960's, still looking good today.
Spring at Hidden Lake Gardens
8 photos
A springtime visit to Hidden Lake Gardens, a botanical garden in rural southeast Michigan, just north of Adrian.
Jean Nouvel in Nimes
8 photos
Nemausus I, a public housing project on the outskirts of Nimes, France, designed by Jean Nouvel and built 1985 - 1987. Most of the units are 2-story maisonettes.
Saturday Morning in Uzes
17 photos
Shopping on a sunny Saturday Morning in Uzes, Provence, France.
Design at Pompidou Centre
5 photos
Modern industrial and furniture design on display at Paris' Centre Pompidou.
Centre Georges Pompidou
54 photos
Piano & Roger's high-tech extravaganza, winner of a 1971 competition, opened in central Paris in 1977. It houses museums, galleries, theaters and a public library.
National Center for Atmospheric Research
13 photos
I. M. Pei's self-described "breakthrough" project, this laboratory is located just outside of Boulder, Colorado, in the foothills of the Rocky Mountains.
National Gallery of Art East Building
31 photos
I. M. Pei & Associates' 1978 expansion of the National Gallery of Art in Washington D.C. I first visited this building in 1980, and it just gets better with time.
Tatra at the Corcoran
11 photos
This pristine 1938 Tatra 77a greeted visitors entering Washington DC's Corcoran Gallery. It was a highlight of the Corcoran's 2007 Modernism show.
Alfred Caldwell Lily Pool
17 photos
This tranquil pond, set in the heart of Chicago's Lincoln Park, just north of the Zoo, was opened in 1889 as a lily garden. It was remodeled in the 1930's by a young Alfred Caldwell, who designed...
Brancusi in Chicago
11 photos
A collection of sculptures by Brancusi, on display at Chicago's Art Institute. These sculptures are now housed in the new Modern Wing, but for years they were displayed in more intimite dark...
Atelier Brancusi
9 photos
Pioneering modern sculptor Constantine Brancusi's studio reconstructed next door to Paris' Pompidou Centre, in a building designed by Renzo Piano.
Lloyd's of London
20 photos
London's iconic tower, opened in 1986 and designed by Richard Rogers Partnership
Lloyd's Register
13 photos
This office complex for Lloyd's of London's Shipping Register was designed and built between 1993 and 2000, and is the work of Richard Rogers Partnership.
88 Wood Street
24 photos
This 14 story office tower was designed by Richard Rogers Partnership and opened in 1999. It's located in the City of London.
Chicago Auto Show 2011
27 photos
The annual show, held at Chicago's McCormick Place Convention Center
Detroit Auto Show 2011
43 photos
Favorites from the 2011 North American Auto Show in Detriot, Michigan.
At the Foot of the Acropolis
10 photos
Archeological artefacts and structures around the base of Athens' Acropolis.
Athens Agora and the Temple of Hephaestus
15 photos
Athens' ancient Agora at the foot of the Acropolis. Overlooking the ruins of the Agora is the Temple of Hephaestus, which stands today largely as built (between 450 - 415 BC). It is Greece's best...
Acropolis
59 photos
Photos from a sunny October day on and around the Acropolis of Athens.
Pavilion Spyros
34 photos
Photos taken in Greece's Mani region while doing preliminary work to design a house for a friend.
Barbican Living
43 photos
Views in and around London's Barbican housing estate. The complex was built between 1965 - 76, and was designed by Chamberlin, Powell and Bonn.
Here's a fanatically detailed website that covers...
John Hancock Center
15 photos
One of Chicago's prime identifying structures, the John Hancock Center is a 100 story mixed-use tower. Completed in 1969, it is one of Skidmore Owings and Merrill's landmark designs, merging...
Alexander Girard
11 photos
Like Ray and Charles Eames, his close friends and collaborators, Alexander Girard was an eclectic designer and enthusiastic collector of folk artifacts and images. While he's known mainly for his...
2400 Lakeview
21 photos
This 28-story, reinforced concrete tower was built 1961-62, and is Mies' last residential tower in Chicago. It's facade is composed of natural anodized aluminum framing elements and gray-tinted...
Cardiff International White Water
6 photos
A recently completed white water rafting course, built in Cardiff Bay.
St Fagans: National History Museum
21 photos
An open-air museum of Welsh life, located on the edge of Cardiff. Buildings from a wide range of Welsh history, abandoned and threatened with demolition, have been been dismantled, moved and...
Dyffryn Gardens
21 photos
An Edwardian estate's gardens, now owned and managed by the Vale of Glamorgan Council. The present gardens were designed by Thomas Mawson, and constructed between 1894 and 1909. They were restored in...
forte's Barry Island
6 photos
Amazingly well preserved seaside restaurant in Barry Island, Wales. Opened in the 1940's, its interior has been unchanged since the 1960's. A great spot with fantastic, inexpensive food.
Coity Castle
14 photos
This ruined Norman castle is located in Coity, near Bridgend in South Wales, UK. It was started in the 11th century, remodeled in the 16th century and abandoned in the 17th.
London Stansted Airport
12 photos
London's newest airport - the main terminal was constructed 1988-1991. It was designed by high-tech archtect Norman Foster, with structural engineer Peter Rice.
Churchill College, University of Cambridge
75 photos
These original buildings for Churchill College were constructed from 1959-68. The architects, Richard Sheppard, Robson & Partners, were selected from a competition, which had the aim of creating...
Churchill Weekend
24 photos
A do-it-yourself reunion celebrating the 50th anniversary of Churchill College at Cambridge University. My partner David and I met with a dozen of his fellow alumni and their families for a fantastic...
Proud to Run 2010
105 photos
Frontrunners/Frontwalkers Chicago's annual Gay Pride Weekend 5K & 10K Race, and 2 mile walk. This year the race benefitted Gerber/Hart Library and Pride Youth. It was held on Saturday, June 26,...
Porsche 928
10 photos
Tony Lapine's seminal design to replace the eternal 911.
1982 Twin Cities Auto Show
14 photos
Photos from the 1982 Twin Cities Auto, held at the Minneapolis Auditorium. I took these pictures with my Nikon FM, using a 50mm 1:2 Nikkor lens and no flash. Judging by the shallow depth of field in...
Illinois Center
21 photos
A lunchtime visit to Illinois Center, a large scale, mixed-use development in the northeast corner of Chicago's Loop. Constructed on the site of the Illinois Central Railroad Freight Terminal and its...
600 Fairbanks
12 photos
Recently constructed condominium tower by Murphy/Jahn, in Chicago's Streeterville neighborhood. More information, including floor plans and a statement from Helmut himself, can be found at the...
Cobo Circulation
5 photos
Vertical and horizontal circulation from Cobo Center's parking garage to the Joe Lewis Arena. I'm not sure who designed this structure, but the architect for Cobo Center is Gino Rosetti. Any...
Album Art
8 photos
McCormick House
37 photos
A modern home designed by Mies van der Rohe for Robert McCormick, one of 860-880 Lake Shore Drive's developers. Completed in 1952, it was moved in 1994 from its original site in Elmhurst, Illinois to...
Audi A2 First Drive
3 photos
Autocar's first drive of the Audi A2 1.4, from the 22 March 2000 issue.
Fiat 850 Spider
6 photos
These photos, shot in 1976 on 110 (pocket) black and white film, show my father's rapidly disintigrating Fiat 850 Spider. The car was red, with a black vinyl interior. When the top was down, you...
University of Chicago SSA
24 photos
This building, housing the University of Chicago's School of Social Service Administration, was designed by Mies van der Rohe and completed in 1964. The exterior was restored in 2007.
Still Life
21 photos
Little arrangements of objects in light
Glass Pavilion
29 photos
Toledo Museum of Art's Glass Pavilion, opened in 2006. It was designed by Kazuyo Sejima and Ryue Nishizawa, partners in the Japanese architectural firm SANAA. This building was their first project in...
Omron Calculators
13 photos
Japanese calculators from the seventies.
Villa La Roche-Jeanneret
26 photos
An architectural promenade through Villa La Roche-Jeanneret, Le Corbusier seminal 1922 modernist work that comprises two homes - La Roche for a single, art-collecting banker, and Jeanneret for Le...
Pininfarina Peugette
2 photos
Article and cover from car magazine, October 1977
Lan Su Chinese Garden
24 photos
This garden, constructed in Portland, Oregon, and opened in 2000, was patterned after the urban gardens of Suzhou, China.
Portland Japanese Garden
113 photos, 2 videos
Photos from visits in February 2010, December 2012, April 2014, April 2016 and June 2019 to Portland, Oregon's Japanese Garden. It was designed by Professor Takuma Tono and opened in 1963. The...
Chicago Auto Show 2010
39 photos
Favorites from this years' show at Chicago's McCormick Place.
Eames House
12 photos
This house, originally known as Case Study House #8, was designed by the Eames Office, working in collaboration with Eero Saarinen. It was the home and studio of Charles and Ray Eames, who lived in...
Legotown
4 photos
Compulsive building with my sister's family's vast Lego collection.
Winter at IIT
40 photos
A winter tour of Mies van der Rohe's architecture at Chicago's Illinois Institute of Technology.
ADS atelier system
39 photos
Individual audio components designed by Dieter Rams and Peter Hartwein for Braun in the 1980s. The same units were sold in the United States by ADS.
Porsche 968CS
4 photos
An article that appeared in the January 1993 issue of the British magazine car.
South Shore Ride
24 photos
Modern classic architecture, as seen on a Friday morning bike ride of Chicago's south lakefront trail.
860 880 Lake Shore Drive Apartments
66 photos
Photos of 860 & 880 Lake Shore Drive, Chicago's landmark residential cooperative. Designed by Mies van der Rohe in 1948 and completed in 1951, this steel and glass structure is the first of its...
UK Visit
91 photos, 1 video
Favorites from our visit to London, Bristol & Wales in October 2009.
Nizo Super-8
6 photos
Nizo was one of the pioneering German firms that developed 8mm motion picture cameras in the 1930s. The splitting of standard 16mm filmstock into two 8mm strips was done to make film making...
Gare d'Avignon TGV
18 photos
Train station built in 2001, on the outskirts of Avignon, France. It is used exclusively for TGV trains, and was designed by the SNCF's architectural department, under the direction of Jean-Marie...
Late Summer at IIT
35 photos
Late summer visit to Chicago's Illinois Institute of Technology campus, focusing on buildings designed by Mies van der Rohe, and landscape architecture by Alfred Caldwell. Mies designed the campus...
BMW 2002tii
8 photos
This BMW 2002tii was constructed from a new oldstock body shell and new replacement parts from BMW Mobile Tradition. It was the project of BMW employees Klaus Kutscher, Holger Lapp and Georg...
Farnsworth House
36 photos
Mies van der Rohe's seminal glass box, built from 1949 - 1951 near Plano, Illinois.
Volo Auto Museum
32 photos
Favorites from the Volo Auto Museum, a museum and dealer for vintage, collector and Hollywood cars. It's located in Volo, Illinois, about 1 hour northwest of central Chicago.
The Modern Wing
39 photos
The Art Institute of Chicago's recently completed Modern Wing, designed by the Renzo Piano Building Workshop with architect of record Interactive Design.
Citroën Articles
5 photos
Vintage magazine articles about Citroën cars.
Lloyd's Compact Cassette
6 photos
A dream from my childhood, one of my first industrial design obsessions.
Chicago Loop Walk
10 photos
Photos taken while I walked with an architecture student on his first tour of Chicago's Loop.
Me
10 photos
Photos of myself, just for the record.
Olympus XA 4 Macro
9 photos
Ultra-compact 35mm film camera introduced in 1985, with automatic exposure adjustment, electronic shutter and zone focusing. Designed by Yoshihisa Maitani.
North Chicago River Walk
24 photos
Photos taken on a walk in the vicinity of the North Branch of the Chicago River, between Chicago Avenue to the south and Division to the north.
Panapals
36 photos
Colorful mod electrics made by Panasonic in the late sixties to early seventies.
Toot-a-Loop Transformation
6 photos
A chemistry experiment with unexpected results.
Cowles Bog Trail
8 photos
Photos from the Cowles Bog Trail, part of the Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore, at the southern tip of Lake Michigan, about 45 miles southeast of our home in Chicago.
Proud to Run 2009
158 photos
Frontrunners/Frontwalkers Chicago's annual Gay Pride Weekend 5K & 10K Race, and 2 mile walk. This year the race benefitted Gerber/Hart Library and Pride Youth. It was held on Saturday, June 27,...
Auto Show
80 photos
Cars from auto shows.
British Car Festival Favorites
153 photos
Cars from Chicagoland's British Car Union's fall show. The BCU is an umbrella organization, gathering marque specific clubs like the Lotus Owner's Group into a large, show-wielding mass.
Cars of My Life
23 photos
Cars that I've owned at various points in my life.
Proud to Run Favorites
50 photos
Favorite pictures from the last few years of Proud to Run, Chicago Frontrunners/Frontwalkers' annual Gay Pride weekend 5K & 10K race.
If you're interested in attending this year's Proud to Run,...
Mies in Hyde Park
26 photos
Apartment buildings designed by Mies van der Rohe in Chicago's Hyde Park neighborhood.
Spring at IIT
64 photos
Springtime tour of Chicago's Illinois Institute of Technology campus, focusing on buildings designed by Mies van der Rohe, and landscape architecture by Alfred Caldwell. Mies designed the campus...
Audi A2 Road Test
3 photos
Autocar's road test of the Audi A2 1.4i SE, from the 16 August 2000 issue.
Schneewittchensarg
23 photos
Dieter Rams & Hans Gugelot's landmark design for Braun - the first hifi with a clear plexiglas lid. The SK 6 pictured is an update of the original SK 4, introduced in 1956.
Mies van der Rohe
179 photos
The architecture of Mies van der Rohe, mostly in Chicago.
Richard J. Daley Center
13 photos
This administrative building for the City of Chicago was built between 1963 and 1966. It was designed by Jacques Brownson at C.F. Murphy. Its exterior finish material is Cor-Ten steel.
Audi Al2 Concept Car
3 photos
Audi's 1997 concept car that led to the A2 production model. This article appeared in the 10/97 issue of the German magazine Gute Fahrt .
Saint Kates Arts
41 photos
Performance and visual arts buildings at the College of St. Catherine in St. Paul, Minnesota. Dating from circa 1970, these reinforced concrete, brick and glass buildings were designed by the...
Hyde Park Walk
20 photos
A sunny spring afternoon stroll through Chicago's Hyde Park.
Time & Life Building
16 photos
The Time & Life Building, opened in 1970, was designed by Harry Weese & Associates. Located in Chicago's Streeterville neighborhood, the Time & Life has a reinforced concrete structure...
Chicago Street Spring 2009
41 photos
Neresheim Abbey
10 photos
This landmark of German rococo design is located in the southwest corner of Germany in Baden-Wurttemburg. It was built between 1742 and 1792, and designed by Balthasar Neumannn. These photos were...
2CV in Stockholm
4 photos
Citroën 2CV seen in the courtyard of a Stockholm youth hostel, during a trip to Sweden in 1982.
Chicago Auto Show 2009
14 photos
Color highlights from this year's show.
Maison Carrée / Carré d'art
20 photos
2005 years separate the construction of the Maison Carrée in 19 BC from Carré d'art in 1986. Facing each other across the Place de la Maison Carrée in Nîmes, France, the two structures engage in...
Stadtbibliothek Reutlingen
13 photos
Public Library for Reutlingen, a city of 110,000 in southwest Germany. Located on the edge of the central old city, this library, opened in 1985, combines elements of its historic neighbors with...
Minneapolis Public Library
12 photos
Minneapolis' new Public Library, opened in 2006 on the site of the original libray, on Nicollet Mall. It was designed by Cesar Pelli & Associates.
Art School
37 photos
Work made by me while I was in art school, from 1982 - 1985.
New Guthrie Theater
22 photos
The new Guthrie Theater in Minneapolis, MInnesota, designed by French architect Jean Nouvel.
Clear Design
59 photos
Minimalist industrial design evolving from Germany's postwar Hochschule für Gestaltung.
Newport Transporter Bridge
12 photos
Built in 1906, the Newport Transporter Bridge ferries passengers and vehicles over the River Usk via an overhead, cable suspended track. It is very similar to a bridge in Rochefort, France that was...
University of Iowa Art School
31 photos
This building was designed in 2006 by Steven Holl Architects of New York. These photos pre-date the summer 2008 floods, which have left the building temporarily unusable.
UPDATE: Photos from late...
National Assembly for Wales - The Senedd
50 photos
The Senedd (Senate) Building is the new home for the Welsh National Assembly. It is located on Cardiff Bay, in the Welsh capital city of Cardiff. The building, designed to conserve resources and...
John Deere Headquarters
47 photos
Deere & Company Administrative Center, one of the last designs of Eero Saarinen. Located in Moline, Illinois, it was completed in 1964.
B&O 1982 Full Line Brochure
21 photos
The complete brochure of Bang & Olufsen's product line for 1982 in Germany.
Malvern Classic 2007
62 photos
Classic car show held at the Three Counties Showground in Malvern, Worcestershire, England, on October 20 & 21, 2007.
Chicago Street 2004 Q2
22 photos
Photos taken on the streets of Chicago's Loop and Near North side in the second quarter of 2004
1979 Citroën CX Brochure
23 photos
Comprehensive catalog of the complete CX range for the 1979 model year in the United Kingdom.
Serbian Housing
13 photos
Scans from 1970's publications of contemporary Serbian public housing
Lotus at the Highland Games
16 photos
Lotus Elans, Europa and Sevens seen at the St. Andrew Highlands Games, held Saturday, June 21 at the Oakbrook Polo Grounds in Oakbrook, Illinois
Auburn Labor Day Auctions
154 photos
Cars seen at the 2006, 2007 & 2011 Labor Day auctions in Auburn, Indiana. The 2006 & 2007 auctions were held by Kruse, and the 2011 auction was held by RM Auctions America.
Barcelona Pavilion
46 photos
Mies van der Rohe's German Pavilion, built for the 1929 International Exposition in Barcelona. The pavilion was dismantled in 1930. It was recreated in the early 1980's by the Barcelona city council.
DigiBeo
10 photos, 1 video
My advanced retro digital analogue Bang & Olufsen system
Chicago Street 2004 Q1
36 photos
Photos taken on the streets of Chicago's Loop and Near North side in the first quarter of 2004
On the Road
288 photos, 1 video
Favorite cars seen on the road
Chicago Street 2003 Q4
26 photos
Photos taken on the streets of Chicago's Loop and Near North side in the fourth quarter of 2003
Citroën CX in Auburn
19 photos
Citroën CX Pallas photographed at the Kruse Labor Day 2007 Auction in Auburn, Indiana. The car was offered for sale in the Car Corral.
La Cité Radieuse
29 photos
Le Corbusier's groundbreaking vision for urban living, constructed from 1947 to 1952 in Marseilles, France.