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Why do we preserve buildings? Why do we care about mute constructions, often old and unused, occasionally in the way or overlooked? We have all walked through great neighborhoods and parts of cities with magnificent old buildings and very few of us would show no concern at all if these places were simply ground down [...]
I have often written about my interest in regionally specific architecture, especially vernacular forms that derive from local climatic conditions or materials availability. I recently spent some time in the Florida Keys and in my typically geeky architecture fashion, spent almost as much time looking at the local historic buildings as I did relaxing on [...]
Siting quietly amongst its more noisome arts neighbors, the relatively new Clifford Still Museum in Denver is a wholly different kind of museum. Designed by Allied Works Architecture, the museum was designed to house explicitly the work the abstract expressionist painter. Instead of the generic and changeable nature of the galleries of a typical museum, [...]
“Soffit” is a word that we architects and builders use so frequently that we forget that many clients have no idea what we are talking about. A bit more about that below. A soffit is a section of ceiling that is dropped well below the underside of the roof or floor above. What it creates [...]
“I look at these photographs with a prurient interest, the way that I might look at the beds of notorious courtesans.” John Updike, in the Introduction to Jill Kementz’s The Writer’s Desk Joan Didion We have worked on a number of rooms that are creative work spaces. Some of these have been as “home offices” [...]
Lebbeus Woods passed away last week. It is almost impossible to overemphasize the impact that this “paper” architect has had on the world of architecture. A long-time professor at Cooper Union, he directly influenced generations of students at one of the most important schools in the world, during its most profoundly influential period. But it [...]
The shipping container house that we have been working on for quite a while has finally started to take shape. The first box was delivered on Wednesday, lifted high above the neighborhood and swung into place on the second story. Another container will be set in a few months immediate to the north of this [...]
These are images from a roofless church in Las Mesitas, in southern Colorado on the western edge of the San Luis Valley. I have been going there over a few years now and I am hopelessly fascinated by the stark simplicity of the place and its robust, stoic presence. Photos by Boulder architects M. Gerwing Architects