The restored Carnegie building will soon re-open as Hotel Indigo Atlanta Downtown.The flatiron shaped Carnagie Building lost a bit of it's cornice during the tornado of March 14, 2008. You can see the vine decoration missing on the left side of the p… Read more »
Atlanta just finished Fire Station 18 in Kirkwood. It features Deanna Sirlin's "Falling Waters," a remarkable 29 x 14 feet mosaic.Kirkwood isn't on the way to anywhere, not a hip destination right now, but it's worth multiple visits and rewards explo… Read more »
I'm always on the hunt for videos that combine art/design/architecture with music.I hope Blue Remembered Hills and Dino Marcantonio, Architect don't mind me twisting their visual ideas into aural ones. Blue discusses Billy Baldwin: "The more one atte… Read more »
Domenick punched my architectural nirvana button and I can't get up.Emmie, Angela, Ally, and I toured a working architects' studio last month. It was the Atlanta Studio of Historical Concepts in Glenwood Park.Domenick Treschitta, project architect … Read more »
This video features a love song from the 15th century: "Quant la doulce jouvencelle" performed by Asteria. It pleases me on many levels. I'm without my "duet partner" for the night and I'm feeling rather sentimental about her. These ancient walls ar… Read more »
It's a 3:37 video that I can't even embed. You'll have to click the link below.Magazines, TV Shows, Blogs bring us more design than ever, more interaction than ever.But I'm not satisfied. With all the interest, with all the talent, with all the techn… Read more »
It was the hottest Castleberry Stroll. And Blayne Beacham took the hottest photos. Blayne won the Artist Trifecta Art Gallery Photography Scavenger Hunt Grand Prize. You can see some of Blaye's prize winning pictures here.Blayne's prize-winning work… Read more »