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Dragon Day 2009
As an alumnus of Cornell University’s School of Architecture, I am always reminded at this time of year of an annual tradition at our school called “Dragon Day”. It’s difficult to explain how freshman...
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Book Autopsies
Brian Dettmer is our staff’s pick for Today’s Featured Artist. Here is an excerpt from a 2007 interview with the artist, including more examples of his work: Brian utilizes existing books, cassette...
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To Create an Architecture…
that does not diminish its natural surroundings, but rather says to those who observe it, man does have the ability to enhance his environment instead of simply destroying it… That is a goal worth...
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Time and Architecture
The inspiration for this mixed media creation of our own Josh and Emily comes from our mission statement: “No more can we applaud designs that fail to take our planet into consideration. The time...
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Weird & Cool Houses
If you think you understand people, then you need to think again. If you think these houses are unusual, check out this site – hemmy,net
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Nature…
possesses all the elements of great art; it remains for man to believe that it can be manipulated to create a more beautiful art form. The question we must ask is whether this is the result of man’s...
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Paper Works
Peter Callesen is our staff’s pick for Today’s Featured Artist. The paper cut sculptures explore the probable and magical transformation of the flat sheet of paper into figures that expand into the...
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It’s ironic…
that while architecture is generally thought of as a creative process, what we really do as architects is to “recreate”, whether it be a feeling or fantasy, mood or memory; architecture is often more...
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Land Art
Andy Goldsworthy is our staff’s pick for Today’s Featured Artist. “I enjoy the freedom of just using my hands and “found” tools–a sharp stone, the quill of a feather, thorns. I take the opportunities...
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A Satisfying Map of the Journey
Bryan Tedrick is our staff’s pick for Today’s Featured Artist. Northern California has some wonderful artists, and Bryan Tedrick certainly fits into this category. “While I may have a general idea in...
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It should come as no surprise…
that rebuilding our cities often begins with what seems like a backward step: It’s called addition by destruction. 12/25/2005 The removal of the first section of roof over the Redding Downtown Mall,...
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Wouldn’t it be Nice…
if as architects we lived long enough to be able to see our work age within the confines of its natural environment, suffering neither deterioration nor neglect… and in the process actually become the...
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An Extreme Staircase
This year is 2007. I am a fifth year architecture student at Montana State University, and my assignment is to design a staircase. I decide to use this as an opportunity to explore the artistic...
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Finding Treasure
Celeste White is our staff’s pick for Today’s Featured Artist. As we’ve said before, Northern California has some wonderful artists, and Celeste is another great example. “In my work, I have two main...
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Intensely Wood
Ben Butler is our staff’s pick for Today’s Featured Artist. We find his sculptures of patterned wood especially appealing. “The spirit of science, of discovery and illumination, is central to my art....
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Art of The Brick
Nathan Sawaya is our staff’s pick for Today’s Featured Artist. In fact, we enjoy Nathan’s art so much TRILOGY is one of the sponsors of his exhibit, “The Art of the Brick” at the Turtle Bay...
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A Flash of Genius
Competing in a 1981 national competition against 1,420 other entries, an unknown undergraduate at Yale University named Maya Ying Lin was selected as the winner for her design for the Vietnam Memorial....
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For the Glory
The 2009 Kinetic Grand Championship on California’s north coast was held on Memorial Day weekend, the 40th time this race has taken place since its modest beginnings in 1969. We were there with...
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Stone by Design
Lew French is our staff’s pick for Today’s Featured Artist. He moved to Martha’s Vineyard over twenty years ago and has worked on his own stone designs exclusively since. His work has been featured...
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The Education of Design, Part 2
We welcome you to visit our favorite local resource for what’s going on in and around Redding, California these days. Following is an excerpt from the second part of our article on the new Redding...
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