Texas in 24 Hours: Louis Kahn, Tadao Ando, Renzo Piano and Rem Koolhaas
Ever since the film, My Architect, came out in 2003 I have been wanting to visit Louis Kahn’s Kimbell Art Museum in Fort Worth, TX. The fact that it was located next to Tadao Ando’s recent Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth (2002) was just too much good architecture to pass up… so MY architect […]
The Unauthorized House Tour
When I was on vacation last week, I indulged in one of my favorite guilty pleasures …the unauthorized house tour (credit for the name goes to my architect boyfriend). You know you’ve done it… waited until the contractors left and snuck into the new house being built down the street to see what your neighbors […]
Taking Flight… The Quadracci Pavilion
One of my favorite buildings in the States is in Milwaukee… yes.. I said Milwaukee. I thought my architect boyfriend was nuts on a recent trip to Chicago when he suggested that we rent a car and drive a couple hours to Milwaukee to see a building. I had visions of Laverne and Shirley singing […]