#ArchiTalks 20 "Summer" and Architecture
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| above la jolla shores, ca, birch aquarium |
It is Summer. All year long, people come to San Diego on vacation, and as I live in La Mesa, a city of about 60,000, the first incorporated city next door and 10 miles away from the Pacific. I cannot complain. I have a couple of projects that are located a few blocks away from one of the best beaches in the world. So, where does one go, when one lives in a vacation destination?
The Midwest!!!
More specifically flying into Tulsa, OK and driving to Joplin, MO where my parents now live. People who have lived in California all of their lives, will say, when I say that I grew up in Pittsburgh, PA,
“Oh, you grew up in the MIdwest…”
And people who grew up in Pennsylvania, will most certainly tell them,
“Pennsylvania is not the Midwest”
And I can tell you, I am writing this from “the Midwest”
This vacation was planned months ago when I thought I would be able to take a week or so off and well, as this business is typically feast or famine, “have laptop, (sketch, pencils, scale, plans…) will travel”. And of course, I managed to schedule it around when the #architalks 20 blog is due.
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| la mesa house 5, view of new kitchen under construction |
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| la mesa house 5, view of hardwood floors walls removed under construction |
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| la mesa house 6, pre-design |
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| la mesa house 6, pre-design (chicken coop by owners) |
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| south bonita house, "wood" ceramic tile floor |
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| south bonita hose, master bath tile |
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| coronado house, schematic design and design development |
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| hotel del coronado |
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| statue outside of gilcrease museum, tulsa, ok |
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| inuit exhibit at gilcrease |
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| detail of inuit scrimshaw at gilcrease museum |
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| frank lloyd wright inspired church in tulsa, ok |
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| frank lloyd wright house in tulsa, ok |
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| mcdonald's over the i-44 |
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| gryphon building in downtown joplin, mo |
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| bonnie and clyde's garage apartment in joplin, mo |
Joplin was hit by a Superstorm, late afternoon in May 22, 2011, it was an EF5-rated multiple-vortex tornado, meaning that it was a huge gray cloud, filled with three tornadoes that were sideways and went through the town and area at times being one mile wide with the tornadoes sideways going through buildings like the blades of a lawnmower, causing death and devastation. The rebuilding of the area has been a success story and truly shows how people and their businesses can work together to help others who have been hit by tragedy. My parent’s church, Peace Lutheran was destroyed and the shards of stained glass were gathered up and then reconstructed to become a new cross which hangs above the altar in the new church that was rebuilt with insurance money and the money that was donated by the ELCA churches as well as other donors from around the world. The kids and I went to the new Joplin Aquatic Park and then visited the The Resilience Butterfly Garden and Overlook opened at Cunningham Park. a memorial to the victims of the storm that was designed by architecture students from Drury University in Springfield, MO..
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| peace lutheran church cross, joplin, mo |
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| superstorm 2011 memorial |
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| superstorm 2011 memorial "hope" |
Have a good Summer!!!
Please read about other #ArchiTalks 20 “Summer” by following the links below!!!!
Please contact me via my website below for more information on the firm and sponsorship of the blog and podcast.
| Enoch Sears - Business of Architecture (@businessofarch) Summer is a Great Time To Market Your Architecture Firm! |
| Bob Borson - Life of An Architect (@bobborson) http://www.lifeofanarchitect.com/summer-is-for-the-young-at-heart/ |
| Matthew Stanfield - FiELD9: architecture (@FiELD9arch) |
| Marica McKeel - Studio MM (@ArchitectMM) Summer : A Review |
| Jeff Echols - Architect Of The Internet (@Jeff_Echols) |
| Lee Calisti, AIA - Think Architect (@LeeCalisti) summer working, had me a blast |
| Mark R. LePage - Entrepreneur Architect (@EntreArchitect) How To Enjoy an Annual Summer Shut Down as a Small Firm Architect |
| Evan Troxel - Archispeak Podcast / TRXL (@etroxel) Lake Powell |
| Lora Teagarden - L² Design, LLC (@L2DesignLLC) Seasons of Summer |
| Collier Ward - One More Story (@BuildingContent) |
| Cormac Phalen - Cormac Phalen (@archy_type) |
| Nicholas Renard - dig Architecture (@dig-arch) |
| Andrew Hawkins, AIA - Hawkins Architecture, Inc. (@hawkinsarch) |
| Jeremiah Russell, AIA - ROGUE Architecture (@rogue_architect) |
| Jes Stafford - MODwelling (@modarchitect) The Dog Days of Summer |
| Cindy Black - Rick & Cindy Black Architects (*) |
| Eric T. Faulkner - Rock Talk (@wishingrockhome) Summer -- Architecture Imagery |
| Rosa Sheng - EquitybyDesign [EQxD] (@EquityxDesign) |
| Michele Grace Hottel - Michele Grace Hottel, Architect (@mghottel) #Architalks 20 "summer" and architecture |
| Meghana Joshi - IRA Consultants, LLC (@MeghanaIRA) |
| Amy Kalar - ArchiMom (@AmyKalar) |
| Michael Riscica - Young Architect (@YoungArchitxPDX) |
| Stephen Ramos - BUILDINGS ARE COOL (@sramos_BAC) 4 Secrets To Getting The Most Out Of Your Summer Internship |
| brady ernst - Soapbox Architect (@bradyernstAIA) |
| Brian Paletz - The Emerging Architect (@bpaletz) Summer Surprise |
| Michael LaValley - Evolving Architect (@archivalley) An Acrophobic Architect's Illuminating Summer of Roofs |
| Jonathan Brown - Proto-Architecture (@mondo_tiki_man) |
| Eric Wittman - intern[life] (@rico_w) |
| Sharon George - Architecture By George (@sharonraigeorge) Glass in Architecture - Summer Wonders |
| Brinn Miracle - Architangent (@architangent) 4 Reasons Solar Power is a Hot Topic |
| David Molinaro - Relax2dmax (@relax2dmax) |
| Emily Grandstaff-Rice - Emily Grandstaff-Rice FAIA (@egrfaia) Seasonal change |
| Daniel Beck - The Architect's Checklist (@archchecklist) |
| Jarod Hall - di'velept (@divelept) ... and the livin's easy |
| Anthony Richardson - That Architecture Student (@anth_rich) |
| Lindsey Rhoden - SPARC Design (@sparcdesignpc) |
| Drew Paul Bell - Drew Paul Bell (@DrewPaulBell) Summer Rhythms |
| Greg Croft - Sage Leaf Group (@croft_gregory) |
| Courtney Casburn Brett - Casburn Brett (@CasburnBrett) |
| Jeffrey Pelletier - Board & Vellum (@boardandvellum) Do I Need to Hire an Architect? |
| Aaron Bowman - Product & Process (@PP_Podcast) |
| Samantha Raburn - The Aspiring Architect (@TheAspiringArch) An Architectural Spark for your Summer |
| Kyu Young Kim - Palo Alto Design Studio (@sokokyu) Summer in Seoul |
| Nisha Kandiah - TCDS (@SKRIBBLES_INC) |
| Karen E. Williams - (@karenewilliams3) |
| Jared W. Smith - Architect OWL (@ArchitectOWL) Work Projects during Summer |
| Rusty Long - Rusty Long, Architect (@rustylong) |
| Keith Palma - Architect's Trace (@cogitatedesign) [Dis]Connected Summer |
| Adam Denais - Defragging Architecture (@DefragArch) 5 Things to Make the Most of Your Summer |
| Jim Mehaffey - Yeoman Architect (@jamesmehaffey) An Architect Summer |
| Ken Saginario - Twelfth Street Studio () |
Love the photo tour. Reminds me that there is so much to see in this incredibly diverse country!
ReplyDeletethanks enoch! yes, we have an incredibly diverse country and a GREAT country :) and i was in arkansas today at moshe safde's crystal bridges museum and frank lloyd wright's bachman-wilson house.
ReplyDeleteGood deal. We went through Buffalo...Wright-O-Rama. And if you can sail into the Atlantic from a state (our PA), then no, it is not West at all. Mid or otherwise!
ReplyDeletethanks james! so much to see in this big country!!!
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