Back to the Grind

First day back to the office!  Tired, but overall not so bad.  Good to dust off the ol' brain again.

MCM Perfection

No amount of home renovating will get me here, but I'm giving it my best shot.

All in a Day's Work

It's always a good day at the office when you come across a sweet tumblr.

Image from Golden House, Princeton.

Collage Master

Filip Dujardin is living the collage dream.  I'd love to see him try to build any of these fantastical structures.

Living in the Future

The present is enjoyable enough, but in the future I look forward to designing my own living space with lots of indoor/outdoor connections, a place for all my possessions, an art studio, and a pool.  These images will go into my inspiration pile.

Dragon Day 2012

It's Dragon Day at Cornell!  Unfortunately, I'm in NYC, so I'm missing it, but I'm glad to know that this cool ritual exists.  Each year the first year architecture class builds a giant dragon and parades it around campus.

Here's some photos of past dragons in all their dragon splendor.

ranch

I like the idea of living in a ranch house, but not the 1950s cookie cutter version I grew up in.  This set of beautifully photographed twin houses is a design I could get behind.  It will look much more winter snuggly after I take out the extremely minimalist furniture.

a roof above

Herzog and de Meuron expressed the individuality of the Museum der Kulturen Basel by giving it a hat.  I like it among the landscape more than on its own.  Good thing it's part of a landscape.

Up a Tree Down Under

Is New Zealand down under, or just Australia?  Anyway, today's beautiful weather makes me want to commune with nature.  What a beautiful dining spot!

dapper drafting

This drafting table could make me give up CAD all together.  Good thing it's obscenely out of my price range.

Another Day, Another Dollar

Not for these guys!  What a great environment to work in!  Spanish architects, SelgasCano are all about incorporating the outdoors in their spaces.  How civilized.

Gilt-y Pleasure

I love to look at all the vacation deals on Jetsetter and pretend I'm shopping for a fabulous vacation.  Next week Matt & I are going on a little trip to Mexico as a last minute celebration before I start a new job, but that didn't stop me from fantasizing about a vacation at this hotel in Sweeden.

I am here

I'm one lucky girl who gets to spend weekdays in this Gordon Bunschaft designed building.  It's like I'm in a very stylish timewarp.  This picture isn't from my floor, but you can just imagine that it is.

cover story

Everyone's obsessed with retro design, but these old covers of Arts & Architecture magazine are fit to be framed.  They have a very North by Northwest opening credits feel to them.

Luckily, these covers are available for purchase so that they may grace your abode.  I'll schedule it as a future purchase with future money.

Dream House

I'd like to spend a long weekend here.  Don't know where this is (can't let a little detail like that stop me) but the photo is credited to this site.

To the Point

A pretty, pointy structure.  More here.

architecture & rainbows, eh

Toronto! We went for the weekend and had a funtastic time! It was good to get away, and reconnect amidst our busy schedules. I especially enjoyed Frank Gehry's addition to the Art Gallery of Ontario. We also stopped off at Niagra Falls, which was a whole lot of cheesy fun. We took a tour behind the falls, where you can experience its "fury". Even more impressive than the falls is the spray that rises twice as high as the falls. A rainbow's always pretty cool too when you can get one.

Home is where the art is

The Songzhuang Artist Residence near Beijing, was designed by DnA architects. The compound includes space for artist studios, living spaces, and gallery space to showcase artists' work. Feels like home to me! Hopefully there's ample closet space.

Off Season

I've enjoyed a few Winter trips lately. It's fun to go for a little vacation when all the tourists are at home drinking cocoa.

First, I was charmed by I.M. Pei's Johnson Art Museum in Ithaca, NY.

Then to Cape Cod where I enjoyed a snowy walk on the beach and a trip to a magical pottery shop in the woods, Scargo Pottery.

Good Design, Bad Design

Frank Gehry has made an impressive career for himself as an architect. Ever since his jewelry line launched at Tiffany a few years ago, it's become apparent to me that his concepts may be best realized at a smaller scale and less functional purpose. No offense, Frank.