March 19, 2010
Bank in Sydney, Australia, built like a vertical Greek village. Clive Wilkinson Architects. I actually can’t decide if I like this or not. I like the idea, but it still feels a little cold.
This pixellated photo, taken last week, shows an object or event existing 12.9 billion years ago when the universe was young and we hadn’t even begun to exist. It’s unimaginably far away.
March 18, 2010
For those who don’t know, Mary Margaret O’Hara is a cult Canadian musician who produced only one album, the weirdly perfect Miss America, in 1988. It’s said that she never released another album because she’s reclusive, but in fact she never stopped working publicly.
March 17, 2010
The strange, familiar oppressiveness of falling cherry blossoms in Vancouver.
Sorry about the quality.
March 13, 2010
This is part 2 in a series. It’s Lost Lagoon Terrace at 845 Chilco in Vancouver, built in 1972, another example of 1960s/70s modernist apartment architecture.
This series is about a style of architecture that repelled me when I was growing up but that I now find strangely attractive.
March 11, 2010
Pardon my ignorance, but please educate me – is there a non-aesthetic purpose for this, or is it just cool? We don’t have this where I come from. Does it stop water from flowing quickly off the roof, or prevent something from running around up there, or discourage sunbathing, or what does it do, exactly?
March 10, 2010
I love this house in La Quinta. I asked my California friend Darren why the town is called La Quinta, which means “fifth” in Spanish, and he wrote: “It’s called that because in colonial times, there were haciendas along major commercial routes that were reached every fifth day of travel.
March 7, 2010
March 6, 2010
Eternity or just Palm Springs, one or the other. Either way, you can tell from the tall red capitals it’s a warning.
Photo taken through plane window, upon landing in California.
