Tuesday, May 28, 2013

Genius of Landscape: Rural Form

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Rural form seems static when we look at it as a landscape. A crisscross of roads, telephone wires, signs punctuating fields...
Sunday, May 26, 2013

Borrowed Landscapes: A Study in the Evolution of Form

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I was with my colleague Patricia Loheed at the fabulous Polesden Lacey National Trust Garden in Surrey, south of London. Pat gazed...
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Wednesday, May 22, 2013

Consequences of Exurban Sprawl

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The last couple of days have been harrowing for the people who live in "tornado alley." Probably the most powerful and damaging to...
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Tuesday, May 21, 2013

Tornadoes: is it climate change or how we build?

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The horror of yesterday's tornadoes south Oklahoma City is undeniable. It's hard to imagine the size or the impact of that monstrous...
Saturday, May 18, 2013

Many landscapes: report from the bicycle seat

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Winter has been so long and the spring so hesitant. Finally the weather seemed warmish so I got on the bicycle. I have been riding my wife...
Thursday, May 16, 2013

White noise and the built environment.

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Last summer I took my BAC students for a walk around my neighborhood in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Students were in town for a one week inten...
Wednesday, May 15, 2013

Perfection and the Platonic "ideal" in art and science

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The Museum of Fine Arts in Boston is featuring an exhibit of drawings by Michelangelo. The drawings provide a great look into the mind of th...
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