I recently received a call to use some of my photos to promote conservation efforts for the Freeman House in Hollywood. I think you will find this home interesting, and I can help you understand the urgency many feel to save the home. In the opening shot, the balcony...
Last week, AMB Design (Anne-Marie Barton) had a dramatic design reveal to unveil the remodeled transformation of a Holladay home that sits creekside on a shady lot in an established neighborhood. Friends and neighbors joined the event, and the visitors shared that exhaled pleasure of walking through a door...
Many of us have set records for sequential days eating at home and preparing our own meals. I lasted 12 weeks. It hasn’t been all bad: at our casa we have elevated the quality of our home cooking and actually tried some of the recipes that we have saved...
COVID-19 seclusion and self-isolation has been a different time. Now, as restrictions ease and we are crawling out of our shells to face the sunshine and to talk to one another about it, the subject is how we got by. Across the board with the people I talk to,...
Heroes shift in popularity through time. I think of the hats and costumes of my childhood: army combat; sailors; cowboys, jungle guides, caped superheroes, and the list goes on. But right now, COVID-19 has made heroes of the doctors, nurses, aides, technicians, researchers; and this list goes on, as...
All indications are that in the future we will see more homes on less land. There’s lots of reasons for living closer together, in urban areas, and nearer to jobs. Some are economic and other reasons are related to conservation of resources, reducing carbon emissions, and hopefully leaving more...
I’m continuing to pose a question based on a statement by poet John O’Donohue. He said that good architecture demands a second look. I started this series with very modestly sized homes—just one bedroom. This week the homes are slanted more toward luxury living, and I ask the same...
Last week I repeated a poet’s remark that architecture is good if we want to take a second look. Is there more to see or a pleasing order or beauty beyond that first look? This is the first time I have shown shots of this project.
The photos take us...
Like many sheltering at home waiting for the virus to run its course, I have been catching up on my reading. A recent pleasure read is Beauty, the Invisible Embrace by the late John O’Donohue, a treatise on the role that beauty plays in uplifting us, especially in troubled...
An interesting part of sheltering in and self-quarantine is the desire to create special moments so that the experiences make the day stand out and become more memorable. It’s easy to have days blend together without work outside the home and the socializing and outings we are accustomed to....