Caran D’Ache, King of Pencils!
7 May 15
Recently, I was assembling a number of drawing instruments to show my students what I considered good design tools. In doing so, I pulled my old Caran D’Ache Fixpencil 22 (Swiss Made!) from an old box of tools. I keep...
Close Encounter :: Goats on the road in Corsica, France
20 February 15
A close encounter with a herd of goats on the road in Corsica, France
Fort Worth Water Gardens
13 November 13
HPD Museum :: The Drive By
27 March 13
While driving in front of the Houston Police Museum the other evening, I decided it looked cool enough to do a short video. Here it is, accompanied by a score from Gerry Anderson’s 1970’s TV...
28 Seconds To Work
18 December 12
Soundtrack – Leap Frog [Breakdown Take 1] – Charlie Parker & Dizzy Gillespie
The Work of Eladio Dieste
1 October 12
Uruguayan engineer, architect and master builder Eladio Dieste (1917-2000), whose oeuvre comprises a large number of buildings of refined elegance, is credited with the introduction of a thin-shell structure for roofs in double-thickness brick he called the Gaussian vault. These...
Must Watch: Theo Jansen's Strandbeests
17 February 11
The Houston Texans YMCA Cornerstone Laying Ceremony
15 September 10
Thank you to Sheldon D. Stovall, Vice President/District Executive of the YMCA of Greater Houston for the following text: Cornerstones and the ritualistic ceremonies are as old as the art of building. The ceremony began with the most ancient...
NEWS: Duplex Elcano
26 August 10
Through its local branch office, BRAVE / ARCHITECTURE has designed and is developing a pair of townhouses in Buenos Aires, Argentina. The project has began construction and the expected completion date is May/June 2011. Also, check out the...
Must See: Olibreizh Photostream
24 June 10
While dreaming about potential touristic destinations for a future family adventure, I came across a series of collaged photos on Flickr. I found these to be really good examples of the practice of assembling numerous photos to create a full...
