A Look at the Nix Nature Center
Visiting the James and Rosemary Nix Nature Center in Laguna Beach...
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A Trip to the Observatory
All too often, wherever one may live, there is a tendency to miss some of the most unique places to visit and sights to see... However, there are often destinations, closer to home than we may think, that draw both travelers and locals alike
Buildings We Love: the John F. Kennedy Library and Museum, Boston
The John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum was built on a ten-acre site at the Columbia Point Peninsula, overlooking the Boston harbor and the ocean beyond.
Completed in 1979 by I.M. Pei & Partners, the complex commemorates the thirty-fifth president with a soaring nine-story glass pavilion. A space-frame structural system enables the extensive glazing that opens the space to the beautiful view of the harbor, with the intent of enabling contemplation and reflection.
Green Streets, Neighborhoods + Communities
As often as we talk about sustainable building design strategies and technologies, it’s just as critical to look beyond the building and immediate site, to the context of the street, neighborhood, and community infrastructure.
A Contemporary Cottage
We've been keeping our thoughts with the people of Japan and celebrating Japanese culture by revisiting some of our favorite architects from the country, and highlighting the art and architecture of emerging artists and designers, whose work is reflective of the culture of old and new, the relationship between tradition and technology, and the beauty of a landscape reflected in architects' interpretations of the vernacular.