April 2012
3 posts
This is Colossal →
Beautiful site with amazing arts & architecture.
January 2012
2 posts
August 2011
1 post
July 2011
1 post
Old (but fun) places for Weddings
I get asked a lot about good, local, environmentally conscious (yet cool) places to rent for weddings or nonprofit benefit events. People want something unusual though too, not just a boring hotel lobby or a fancy garden. So here’s a very focused list of places I think are “green” in more ways than one… These venues are doing some interesting adaptive reuse and also...
May 2011
1 post
WatchI found this rather inspiring, from author David Brooks at TED 2011.
April 2011
2 posts
Tell Your Story With Your Whole Heart →
A beautiful TEDtalk…
Watchyou’ll want to be able to say “i knew her when” so check this out, from my hometown…
kayleecole:
A new song, Love Somebody, filmed by Christian Sorensen Hansen in the Skagit Valley at the house I grew up in and will always call my home.
March 2011
2 posts
FREE Design for Reuse Primer →
February 2011
1 post
“…’put everything aside. There’s nothing to be afraid of, except a...”
– “…He stops talking and heads downstream again. We slowly pick our way across the rocks, catching rainbows and brook trout. The day passes quickly, and my confidence rises. Soon I’m playing and racing down the rapids with eyes wide and senses alert, not knowing I’ve just received my first...
January 2011
3 posts
Infographics help you dream →
… and are great using past numbers or even ‘future data’. [www.coolinfographics.com] I recommend creating various images even when you are in the dreaming and planning process. Even a simple Word Cloud can help in a meeting. Infographics based on made up numbers are of course much easier to come up with, so just be careful you don’t get yourself stuck in a off-mission...
The Problem of Venue →
by Bond Huberman for ARCADE JOURNAL
HIGHLIGHTS:
1. Three separate performance spaces: a black box, a proscenium and a thrust
2. A street-side retail shop
3. A street-side café,
4. A street-side or basement pub
5. Private artist studios available at an affordable rent.
6. Three multi-purpose classrooms / meeting rooms
7. Individual sized practice labs
11. An office / coworking space 21....
Inspired by stoops
So I’ve been thinking about doing a coffee table book with lots of nice photos of front porches in Seattle. decks. verandas. stoops.
Did you know having a good front stoop, and using it, will actually reduce the crime in your neighborhood and also make your house that much less likely to be robbed? Indeed!
I’m just really not happy with many of our stoops. I think they need...
December 2010
5 posts
BlueTree Facebook Page →
Beautiful Photos →
A great blog with gorgeous photos of abandoned buildings around the world.
One Percent from Architects →
a great organization helping architects connect with nonprofits to help them with design projects all around the world
Design for Good
Here’s a lovely blog.
May 2010
1 post
