Projects

June 17, 2019
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VERSAILLES—Palace of the SUN KING in the ERA of RADIANCE

Versailles—the grand palace and gardens started by Louis XIV, King of France—was […]
May 31, 2019
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THOMAS JEFFERSON’S POPLAR FOREST

    In 1823, 80-year old Thomas Jefferson made his final visit […]
May 22, 2019
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THE WRECK OF HOPE

  During the first quarter of the nineteenth century, a striking and […]
January 6, 2019
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Chain Link Pavilion By Philip Johnson and Alan Ritchie

When I was a student of architecture at the University of Pennsylvania […]
November 22, 2018
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PETER KOGLER’S psychedelic graphic at Karlplatz, Vienna

Peter Kogler, deeply inspired by architecture and film, was born in Austria […]
January 14, 2018
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NATIONAL COMMERCIAL BANK

Design studies for this triangular 27-story office building and bank in Jeddah, […]
November 28, 2017
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The WILLIAM VALE hotel

This 21-story project is an expression of Diagonality in the form of […]
November 18, 2017
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BROKEN OBELISK

Barnett Newman’s Broken Obelisk, also known as Black Needle, was one of […]
November 18, 2017
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URANIBORG

 The great Danish naked-eye astronomer, nobleman and writer was an adherent of […]
October 29, 2017
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THE SUMMIT AT UNIVERSITY CITY

  THE SUMMIT AT UNIVERSITY CITY was built in 2015 on the […]
October 20, 2017
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BANK OF CHINA

The Bank of China is an exemplary manifestation of Diagonality executed in […]
September 29, 2017
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VIETNAM VETERANS MEMORIAL WALL

The Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall designed by American architect Maya Lin was […]
August 22, 2017
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HOUSE OF TOMORROW and the FAGAN/McMAHON HOUSE

The glass and steel HOUSE OF TOMORROW was designed by Chicago architect […]
August 13, 2017
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The Triangular Lodge at Rushton

Sir Thomas Tresham (1545-1605) was a gentleman architect and builder, well-educated and […]
July 18, 2017
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RETREAT HOUSE

 Reportedly, this 1978 design for a Retreat House was produced by the […]
July 17, 2017
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Oscar Niemeyer’s Caracas Museum of Modern Art

The probable inspiration for the Canadian Pavilion at Expo 67 was the […]
July 13, 2017
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July 13, 2017
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Freeman House

The Freeman House (1965 – 1966), designed by Gunnar Birkerts (1925 – […]
July 8, 2017
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University Art Museum, Berkeley, CA

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July 3, 2017
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Tower of the Winds

The Tower of the Winds was built in 48 BCE in the […]
July 1, 2017
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Mode Gakuen Cocoon Tower

    The COCOON TOWER is a fifty-story educational facility built in […]
June 30, 2017
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Canadian Pavilion Expo 67

The design of the inverted pyramid designed by architects Rod Robbie and […]
June 29, 2017
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Hearst Tower, New York, NY

    William Randolph Hearst had demanded that his six-story corporate headquarters […]
June 28, 2017
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BETH SHALOM SYNAGOGUE

Figure 1. Beth Shalom Synagogue, Elkins Park, Pennsylvania, Frank Lloyd Wright, 1954-1959 […]
June 23, 2017
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TOKYO BUDŌKAN

The Tokyo Budokan sports facility was built in 1989 in the Higashi […]
June 22, 2017
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Daniel Libeskind’s Museums

Daniel Libeskind originally rose to prominence because of his striking and highly […]