The last time I was in Paris was in 2006. That’s a long time ago and so it was great to be back in the city earlier this week. I don’t know the city as well as I do many other cities, but I speak… Read More
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🖼 Le Café Marly
Louvre, Paris
🖼 Fondation Marguerite et Aimé Maeght
Saint-Paul-de-Vence
✈️ Off to France and trying something new
Neat B and I are off to France for the next two weeks. We optimistically booked this trip at the beginning of the year and assumed that the world would be fairly normal and well-vaccinated by now. While there remains uncertainty, things are at least… Read More
DDG Partners + GS Invest = Azur
Last week I wrote about a project in New York by DDG Partners called 100 Franklin. If you missed it, go here. I didn’t, however, say much about the developer. Though at the time I was wondering why their website was no longer up. DDG… Read More
Risk and architecture
Building things, as we all know, is a risky endeavor. I think of myself as an optimist, but the reality is that there are countless things that can go wrong. There’s approvals risk, political risk, market risk, construction risk, design risk, and many other kinds… Read More
The general theory of urbanization
I have come to the realization that I don’t get nearly enough emails throughout the day (sarcasm), and so I’ve just subscribed to Overview’s daily post. Overview is a company that uses satellite and aerial imagery to show how humans and natural forces are shaping… Read More
Brazilian architect Paulo Mendes da Rocha dies at 92
“The city has to be for everybody, not just for the very few.” –Paulo Mendes da Rocha Brazilian architect, Paulo Mendes da Rocha, died this past weekend. He was 92. Though he hadn’t really completed many buildings outside of his home country, his work and… Read More
One big tower split into two
The OMA-designed Greenpoint Landing Towers in northern Brooklyn recently topped out. Photos and announcement over here. If you aren’t familiar with the project, it’s very OMA. What I mean by that is that there’s a kind of simple rationality to it. (I just made up… Read More
From back of house to front of house
Daniel Foch, Daniel Clark, and Adam Darvay recently stopped by Mackay Laneway House to film a last-minute video tour before the new tenants move in. They had quite the rig setup (see above). There was also a drone flying around that is not pictured here.… Read More
