Easter at Descanso Gardens
Last weekend my family and I enjoyed the holiday and the change of seasons at Descanso Gardens in La Canada Flintridge in Southern California. Though the cloudy skies and rain might not have suggested its spring in California, it was still a perfect day out together amongst the flowers and gardens in full bloom. Of...
Winery Architecture & Landscape
The four wineries shown here are in no specific order and are from Artesa Winery, Robert Sinskey Winery, Andretti Winery, and Quixote Winery all in and around Napa, California. Winery Architecture & Landscape, a set on Flickr.
Rapha Bicycle Club Brings Tactical Urbanism to the Marina
Riding my bike provides numerous health benefits. From San Francisco across the Golden Gate Bridge and into Marin County and back, my rides conclude at Rapha in the Marina District of San Francisco at Fillmore and Filbert. Its here at Rapha that one finds themselves sipping on an espresso or coffee from Fourbarrel Coffee while...
Design: It’s About Time
September has been filled with events in San Francisco geared towards the Architecture and the City Festival put on by the American Institute of Architects San Francisco. Design: Its About Time was the keynote lecture that included a panel of Walter Hood of HOOD Design, Jane Martin, AIA of Shift Design Studio, and Phil Ginsburg of SF...
City Beautiful Movement: Adapting to the Modern World – Part Two
Modern Cities, Modern People Picking up from Part One, the following are an amalgam of what I personally believe as aspects in applying the City Beautiful Movement to the twenty-first century: Sustainable initiatives like LEED have greatly improved quality of life and promoted social order in many facets of design and public wellness. It has informed the community...
Designed by ________ in California?
For anyone who is an Apple product user, these words literally encapsulate the identity of Apple. Much like the magazine BOOM is suggesting, “what does it mean to be designed in California?” This can be said about any aspect of design in California. All to often we find ourselves in society buying products that are ubiquitously tagged...
Lands End Lookout and Trail
Recently completed Land’s End Lookout provides a proper setting to match the views of the Pacific Ocean and the Golden Gate Bridge. San Francisco-based firms EHDD and Surface Design, teamed up to bring the project to fruition. The new structure ties into other improvements along the Land’s End Trail which stretches north along the coast...
California Academy of Science
Recently visited California Academy of Science in Golden Gate Park on one of their bi-annual free neighborhood events, and the following images document the visit. Enjoy! Also, coming soon is the museum’s Earthquake exhibit.
SHIFT: process Call for Submissions
North Carolina State University’s Student ASLA Chapter seeks submissions for it’s 2nd annual professional-reviewed landscape architecture student journal, SHIFT: process. Recognizing that students represent the next generation of leaders and design innovators, SHIFT provides a scholarly and provocative forum for professional-reviewed student research into emerging issues at the forefront of landscape architecture theory and practice. SHIFT fosters creative interaction across disciplinary boundaries...
Built Environment at Night
Lighting can make all the difference. Here are a few to whet the appetite. Caltrans, District 7 HQ, Los Angeles, CA Millenium Park, Chicago, IL Downtown Chicago Guilded Balloon, Fringe Festival, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK Glasgow, Scotland, UK Joshua Tree National Park, Twenty-Nine Palms, CA Champs Elysees, Paris, France Paris, France Rome, Italy Colosseum, Rome, Italy...
Cal Poly Pomona New Recreation Center
College, the formative years. They are going to be great years for the students of Cal Poly Pomona. Back in September 2010, the university’s Board of Trustees agreed to get construction underway on a new recreation center. Previously, in 2008-09, the university was trying to pass a similar plan for a recreation center, with a...
Things On My Mind
This is an amalgam of many things that I have been thinking about but really haven’t had the chance to put it out there. There is no linear stream of consciousness here, just statements, concepts, and the hope for a better tomorrow. If people are not afraid of densification, it will thusly protect landscapes in...
