When was the last time you saw a bank look this damn good? When Sullivan was designing them, or Deborah Burke’s bank in Columbus, right? Well Eero Saarinen took Sullivan’s (and others) Midwestern Fortress Bank typology and threw it right […]
Gullfoss
Gullfoss, 2017, 18×24, Acrylic on Canvas, $350 Inspired by Iceland’s Gullfoss waterfall I wanted to capture the beauty of nature, power of water, and the brisk atmosphere of an Icelandic fall day. An underpainting utilizing an icy blue hue brings […]
WMS Boathouse at Clark Park – Studio Gang
The boathouse so nice, they built it twice – and for good reason. The boathouse in Clark Park, coupled with the one in Bridgeport and the continued expansion of river walks around the city, are part of Mayor Emanuel’s attempt […]
Literary Lines – 2017
Literary Lines, 2017, 12×12, Acrylic on Canvas, $150 I spent lots of time in I.M. Pei’s Cleo Rogers Memorial Library as a kid, and one of the things that always struck me is the use of regulating lines/grid in the […]
Poetry Foundation – John Ronan
Bringing it back to Chicago now, one of my favorite buildings in the city is a small, unassuming 2-story building in the heart of River North – John Ronan’s Poetry Foundation. The building shields itself from the city, causing an […]
This is Not a Playhouse – Life of an Architect Competition
This is Not a Playhouse – Life of an Architect Playhouse Competition – March/April 2017 This is Not a Playhouse seeks to strip away the traditional formal and stylistic trappings of children’s playhouses, leaving children’s imaginations to run wild. Recalling Magritte’s The Treachery […]
#ARCHweek17 – Saarinen’s Impact on Columbus (and me)
For this #ARCHweek17 post, I wanted to go back to my hometown – Columbus, Indiana – and write about two churches that architecturally had an impact on a non-religious kid (I still love church architecture today, it’s weird for someone […]
Oslo Opera House – Snøhetta
To celebrate #ARCHweek17, I wanted to go back to 2011 and a visit to another of my favorite buildings – the Oslo Opera House. No surprises with it being in Norway and by Snøhetta, right? The Opera House is an […]
How to Pass the ARE Podcast
A few months after passing my exams, Marc Teer and Mike Newman from Black Spectacles asked me to be on a podcast to talk about the methods I used to pass the ARE, along with Charlie Klecha (of the 7 […]