A wonderful piece of academic architecture connected to an astounding family cemetery plot.
Category Archives: architecture
Bonnet Shores out of Season
There is a special charm to beaches when no one is around!
Oregon Inlet Life Saving Station
We finally stopped to take a close look at this fine piece of OBX architecture.
Housewrecks of the Outer Banks
A satirical look at the OBX housing situation.
Whalehead bridge
Charming landscape architecture surrounds the old Whalehead estate in Corolla, N.C.
Pueblo-revival house!
An exceptionally fine San Diego house in the pueblo-revival style.
La Bella Villa Mediterraneo
An unpretentious one-storey bungalow in San Diego was remodeled about 20 years ago into a Liliputian Italianate palazzo. Might this have been deliberate camp display?
Dance with Me
The Zehnder mausoleum in Cave Hill is accompanied by bronze portraits envisioning a reunion in the après vie. Updated with a proposed design source from the Mazzone monument in Florence, Italy.
Eisenhower Memorial
I can’t get enthused about the new Eisenhower Memorial.
L’Enfant Plaza
Join me in a nostalgic visit to one of Washington, D.C.’s secular cathedrals.
Oldest house in the world
No, it’s not the oldest house in the world, or even in European-settled America, but they’d like you to THINK it is!
Savannah Cotton Exchange
Absolutely exceptional terracotta revetments decorate the Savannah Cotton Exchange.
De Soto terracotta
A stunning architectural terracotta from Preston’s Hotel De Soto (1890) brightens the lobby of the 1968 replacement building.
Midday in the garden of evil and good
Bonaventure Cemetery in Savannah, Georgia, lends itself to moody, gothic images.
Single-point pilings
The pilings of Jennette’s Pier provide a show of spray in a Thanksgiving Nags Head storm.
U.S. Highway 64 bridge
The U.S. 64 bridge from Nags Head to Manteo lends itself to fine sunset photography.
Overpass!
In which the author (largely) abandons fall colors to appreciate the built environment.
Tunkhannock Viaduct in toto
Got the whole thing AND A CEMETERY in one image!
The calm before the storm
Storm coming!
Late summer 2021 reflections on Marywood
Variations on glazing, mostly reflecting landscaping, at Marywood University.
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