On October 22nd, 2010, A SUNSET OVER ROOFTOP GARDEN PROGRESS…
…this evening as I continue to figure out what form this rooftop homestead should take, though I suspect it will continue to change, evolve, and mutate through the…
WIKIDIARY: 2010-2015
On October 21st, 2010, FLOCKS OF ROMAN STARLINGS…
…fill the skies out my window in fantastic shifting forms every evening as they make their way from the stone pines and plane trees on the top of…
On October 20th, 2010, LARGO DEI LIBRARI…
…which always gives me pleasure to pass on my way home – is the cutest piazza in Rome, a tiny space with a forced perspective that leads the…
On October 17th, 2010, A ROMAN ROOFTOP HOMESTEAD…
…is what I’ll be gradually making for myself this year, including a kitchen garden, bat and bee estates, worm compost bins, laundry lines, a garden of plants for…
On October 16th, 2010, ‘WHATEVER HAPPENED TO ITALIAN ARCHITECTURE?’…
a great quote by architect Vittorio Gregotti shown during a conference presentation at the Swiss Institute ….was the title of this weekend’s conference produced by the Depart Foundation…
On October 15th, 2010, THE DEPART FOUNDATION…
…the innovative contemporary art foundation with an international bent recently founded in Rome by Pierpaolo Barzan (which just co-produced the show “Hungry for Death” at the American Academy…
On October 14th, 2010, VILLA DORIA PAMPHILI…
…the nearby park and the largest in Rome is one of my favorite places in town – just outside the Aurelian wall at Porta San Pancrazio – where…
On October 13th, 2010, DONATO BRAMANTE’S TEMPIETTO…
…was the highlight of a quick visit a few steps down the hill to our Spanish neighbors at the Real Academia de Espana en Roma for a tour…
On October 12th, 2010, THE TORRE ARGENTINA ROMAN CAT SANCTUARY…
…was a highlight of my walk today, where I greeted a few of the circa 250 cat residents of some of the oldest temples in Rome, now the…
On October 11th, 2010, ‘SHOW DOGS’…
…is the excellent new book I just received in the mail today from Evil Twin Publications (who you may recall published last year’s 150 foot long ‘Sundown Salon…
On October 10th, A WALK ALONG THE ROMAN AQUEDUCTS…
…starting near the storied Cinacitta’ complex at Anagnina (the last stop of the Metro A Line) and ending near the Termini – was a day long urban hike…
On October 9th, 2010, ADALBERTO LIBERA…
…is the Italian Fascist architect (1903 – 1963) who designed the Via Marmolata post office I passed on my evening walk through Testaccio (which is becoming my favorite…
On October 8th, 2010, VILLA BORGHESE LIGHT SHOW…
…is a mystical presence on the Roman skyline as seen from my window tonight. (Wikipedia page)
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…
On October 6th, 2010, NEW LAND FOR THE NETHERLANDS…
…is being created in the North Sea to extend the Port of Rotterdam, and today I had a tour of the mind-blowing vastness of this operation – not…
On October 5th, 2010, LECTURE IN DEN HAAG…
…this evening at the wonderful Stroom – described as “an independent foundation established in 1989 as is a centre for art and architecture with a wide range of…
On October 4th, 2010, THE MEADOW ROOF OF AN AMSTERDAM HOUSEBOAT…
…is the coolest thing in town for me today, which I have come across on a few occasions during past visits and again today as I staggered around…
On October 3rd, 2010, A HARVEST DINNER FOR 500 AT OMAHA GRAIN ELEVATOR…
…was a stunning culinary, pastoral, heartland experience created by Anne Trumble of Emerging Terrain that featured beautiful 20’x80′ images by local artists covering the silos visible from the…
On October 2nd, 2010, A TALK AT daOMA…
…7pm this evening as the Fall 2010 Vanguard Speaker at the Joclyn Art Museum Witherspoon Concert Hall in Omaha (where eleven years ago I stayed a night with…
On October 1st, 2010, CHAIRS AT JARDINS DES TUILERIES…
…are Parisian delights – the way everyone is welcome to create their own solitary or social seating arrangement in the parks – and especially coming across them first…