On April 30th, 2011, OFFSHORE DUTCH WIND TURBINES…
…seen from above this morning are a surprising grid of spinning fans swimming in the sea under the flight path out of Schiphol on my way back to…
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On April 16th, 2011, PLANT-COVERED MILANESE APARTMENTS…
…is the first thing I am noticing all over the city – with all manner of plant life crawling, branching, hanging down and growing up the cliff-like facades…
On April 15th, 2011, ABAZIA DI MONTE OLIVETO MAGGIORE…
…is the hilltop Asciano-adjacent Tuscan Benedictine monastery dating from 1313 we are visiting today, which features a very cool 1553 fish pond that would feed the monks during…
On April 13th, 2011, TUSCAN PLASTIC CROP COVERS…
…(for strawberries?) are the cool shocking shiny surfaces wrapping parts of the rolling spring green surfaces of southern Tuscan landscapes as viewed from my very slow one car…
On April 3rd, 2011, ISTANBUL POLICE SAFETY MARCH…
…with a seemingly endless Turkish flag flowing down İstiklal Caddesi greeted me out the window this morning and here is what I could glean from Skyturk.com (through the…
On March 29th, 2011, DEN HAAG’S PALEISTUIN NOORDEINDE…
…the public gardens of the royal palace, is where I find the happiest people in town today, sitting in a circle on the ground among their bikes playing…
On March 28th, 2011, ROTTERDAM’S HOLLAND AMERIKA LIJN…
…shipping headquarters and migrant housing for the thousands of Dutch headed to New York’s Ellis Island used to occupy this stately 1901 building, which survived wartime bombing, at…
On March 27th, 2011, LITTLE DUTCH KIDS ON BIKES…
…is what I am noticing around springy Amsterdam today – after an early arrival to Schiphol for a few days around the Netherlands for meetings about upcoming projects …
On January 17th, 2011, LANDING AT FIUMICINO…
…feels like coming home now (with Alitalia yesterday afternoon) – approaching from the north over fields and farms of Lazio is especially welcoming – making me want to…
On January 15th, 2011, ISTANBUL VIEW FROM GALATA KULESI…
…the medieval tower dating from 1348 located in the center of the Galata district provides a dramatic overview of the city on my last night – but looking…
On January 14th, 2011, ISTANBUL CATS AND DOGS…
…are an integral part of the urban streetscape dating back to Byzantium when street dogs served the sanitation service of street garbage disposal; with the dog population exploding…
On January 13th, 2011, ISTANBUL BOUND…
…for a first visit about a new project, after waking up in Rotterdam, lunch meeting in Den Haag, flying out of Amsterdam, stopping over in Rome for a…
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 2nd, 2011, CAPALBIO…
…like all great medieval Italian hilltowns (we are in the Maremma of Southwest Tuscany), provides that brilliant vivid contrast between the feeling of dense urbanism on the inside,…
On January 1st, 2011, ON THE BEACHES OF CAPALBIO…
…just South of the Lago di Burano wildlife preserve, is where we have come this groggy afternoon to honor this first day of 2011, recover from a late…
On December 31st, 2010, AN ARRANGEMENT OF SCAVENGED FLOWERS…
…is what I find myself assembling from the the wild landscape I find right out the door this afternoon as I settle in for a long cozy New…
On November 15th, 2010, ROME FROM ABOVE…
…is the view that I am enjoying as we prepare to land at the remote Roman airport of Ciampino this morning, especially a view of the suburb Centocelle…
On November 10th, 2010, CORVIALE…
…is a massive Corbusian housing block designed by a team of Italian architects and built in 1972 in the southwestern outskirts of Rome – and I have recently…
On November 1st, 2010, ITALIAN TRAIN STATION GRAFFITTI…
…and their welcome colors are something I am admiring on the rails from Chiusi to Roma Trastevere this rainy afternoon.
On October 7th, 2010, JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE’S ‘ITALIAN JOURNEY’…
…an account of his hastily planned 1786-87 trip south to escape his humdrum daily obligations in Germany and luxuriate in the Italian culture he had been dreaming about…