On August 29th, 2011, NARDO’…
…with a dreamy baroque historic center where old men bike around aimlessly and gather on benches with friends you imagine they grew up with on that same block,…
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On August 25th, 2011, PALAZZO SAN GIORGIO IN GENOVA…
…the Italian town I have been curious about and yet to visit was conveniently on my way from Aix-en-Provence to Brindisi, so after a long windy scenic train…
On July 22nd, 2011, Y.A.P. AT MAXXI…
…is the Young Architects Program originated at NYC’s PS1 and now a new summer fixture at Rome’s MAXXI, where young Roman architects have created rolling mounds of lawn,…
On July 17th, 2011, SPERLONGA…
…was my last minute destination of choice this morning to escape the city for a day, biking to Termini and hopping on a train to take me to…
On July 14th, 2011, THE SCHMELA HAUS…
…the marvelous Dusseldorf puzzle-like brutalist modernist masonry vertical structure from 1971 well known as the site of Joseph Beuys projects from the 70’s and early 80’s, designed by…
On July 9th, 2011, GARBATELLA VS. CORVIALE…
…was the story of the day as we made long anticipated pilgrimages to both planned communities just outside of the Roman center, starting with the 11-story 1 kilometer-long…
On July 3rd, 2011, TRAJAN’S FORUM…
…on a Saturday night all lit up in lavenders and yellows looked a little Roman-themed Vegas Strip mixed with gladiator-themed gay disco – but I’m not complaining, it’s…
On June 26th, 2011, ‘A PATTERN LANGUAGE’…
…the iconic influential book by Christopher Alexander is standard issue to architecture students since it emerged out of the Berkeley in the 1970’s, which we were introduced to…
On June 5th, 2011, PERUGIA’s COMPLESSO DI FONTIVEGGE …
…the sad deserted wastelandish no-mans-land 1988 iconic civic center with town hall, theater, housing project, and modern piazza elevated on a parking podium by renowned Italian architect Aldo…
On June 4th, 2011, FESTARCH…
…a massive architects gathering in it’s first year in Perugia – is where I headed this morning to hear from a few of the endless list of design…
On March 11th, 2011, TREVI…
…Fountain is what we attempted to see pre-tourist-mob this morning (first stop on today’s familial Roman highlights tour), at an early enough hour that we might have it…
On March 10th, 2011, THE PANTHEON…
…whose distant dome I have become used to seeing from my desk, was a first stop with family in town touring Rome’s greatest hits, what more to say?
On March 7th, 0211, THE GREEN AURELIAN WALL…
…(the vast circuit of Roman city walls hastily built from 271-275 AD) is bursting with all variety of weedy green plant life after months of cool rainy weather,…
On March 5th, 2011, ROMAN APARTMENT BALCONIES…
…(from the Italian ‘balcone‘) is the private domestic outdoor space available to most Romans, which they try to make the most of – usually full of plants and…
On March 4th, 2011, UNDERGROUND ROMAN MOTO REPAIR…
…just down the hill from me, which I pass everyday on my way through Trastevere, is cool, as is any underground activity, space, home, institution or business –…
On February 7th, 2011, STEFANO BOERI…
…the Milanese architect, teacher, and magazine editor spoke tonight (being much more gracious than I would have been when the projector didn’t work and he wasn’t able to…
On February 1st, 2011, GROTTO…
…or grotta in Italian, following up on yesterday’s thoughts on rustication, is another example of the thrilling primitive architectural underbelly of the Florentine Renaissance – today seen at…
On January 31st, 2011, RUSTICATION…
…the roughly hewn stonework often used on the lower floors of palazzi as an expression of fortification and solidity – which I recall studying in college classes on…
On January 12th, 2011, THE NETHERLANDS ARCHITECTURE INSTITUTE…
…in Rotterdam is mostly closed for renovations (at least their bookstore is still open in the form of a trailer out front) with the vast reflecting pool now…
On January 11th, 2011, ROTTERDAM’S KUBUSWONINGEN…
…(or Cube Houses) especially the inviting central courtyards (featuring small retail spaces occupied by nail, massage, hair, and waxing salons) which I think were meant to feel like…