Oh Cummins Engine Company….I’m probably one of the only kids from Columbus who didn’t have a parent that worked for them growing up. However, without Cummins and J. Irwin Miller, it’s highly likely I would not have become an architect. […]
Tag: Landscape
Farnsworth House – Mies van der Rohe
Seemingly like the other architects I know in Chicago, a few years back I made my way to the Farnsworth House in Plano. I mean it was so heavily hyped in architectural history classes and as a modern masterpiece that […]
Natural Wonders of Iceland
Besides seeing great architecture in the various attractions along the Lofoten Tourist Route, the Hamsunsenteret, and in Reykjavik, a great portion of my trip up North was to get back to nature. Lofoten was the primer for this, and Iceland […]
Lofoten Tourist Route – Norway
My trip to Norway this past September took me above the Arctic Circle. I had long wanted to go to the Lofoten Islands and drive on one of Norway’s National Tourist Routes. I figured there would be more metal on […]
Barataria Preserve – New Orleans
Barataria Preserve is part of the Jean Lafitte National Historic Park on the West Bank, about 10 miles from downtown New Orleans, outside the Federal Hurricane Protection Levees. The area is full of bayous and canals that Jean Lafitte and […]