Artists Jen Bradley & Doug Trump at Emily Amy Gallery

<span style="font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" >(I'm piddling with my banner which I really shouldn't do but...)</span><br /><br /><a href="http://emilyamygallery.com/">Emily Amy Gallery</a> threw a reception for artists <a href="http://emilyamygallery.com/artists/jen-bradley/delights-nature-toile"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Jen Bradley</span></a> at <a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://emilyamygallery.com/artists/doug-trump/deerfield">Doug Trump</a> last Friday. Their work will be on display until December 4, 2010.<br /><br />Jen sold this one, <span style="font-style: italic;">Angelical Bombs</span>, right before my eyes. Jen, Emily, and the new owners were pretty happy about it. Me too.<br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/terrykearns/5127186243/" title="P1040909-2010-10-29-Emily-Amy-by-JEN-BRADLEY--Angelical-Bombs by clambake444, on Flickr"><img alt="P1040909-2010-10-29-Emily-Amy-by-JEN-BRADLEY--Angelical-Bombs" height="460" src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4022/5127186243_cf7d01c358.jpg" width="500" /></a><br /><br />It's a big work and looks great at a distance.<br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/terrykearns/5127186063/" title="P1040897-2010-10-29-Emily-Amy-by-Jen-Bradley-outside-in by clambake444, on Flickr"><img alt="P1040897-2010-10-29-Emily-Amy-by-Jen-Bradley-outside-in" height="444" src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4062/5127186063_fd9f3eb069_z.jpg" width="640" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.capellakincheloe.com/">Capella</a> and Nate were there. I apologize for talking their ears off. In red: Doug Trump's <span style="font-style: italic;">Slack</span>. <span style="font-style: italic;">Slack</span> seemed to follow me around all night.<br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/terrykearns/5127185935/" title="P1040887-2010-10-29-Emily-Amy-opening-Doug-Trump--Slack--Capella-Kincheloe-Nate-Waller by clambake444, on Flickr"><img alt="P1040887-2010-10-29-Emily-Amy-opening-Doug-Trump--Slack--Capella-Kincheloe-Nate-Waller" height="480" src="http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1058/5127185935_8633c8b759_z.jpg" width="640" /></a><br /><br />Atlanta art mavens Marianne Lambert, Nancy Hooff, and Lucinda Bunnen were there. They were visiting at least 3 galleries that night.<br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/terrykearns/5127186313/" title="P1040920-2010-10-29-Emily-Amy-Reception-Marianne-Lambert-Nancy-Hooff-Lucinda-Bunnen-1 by clambake444, on Flickr"><img alt="P1040920-2010-10-29-Emily-Amy-Reception-Marianne-Lambert-Nancy-Hooff-Lucinda-Bunnen-1" height="361" src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4147/5127186313_02e4bd9c4e.jpg" width="500" /></a><br /><br />Folks enjoyed Jen Bradley's <span style="font-style: italic;">The Delights of Nature</span>.<br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/terrykearns/5127186047/" title="P1040895-2010-10-29-Emily-Amy-by-Jen-Bradley--The-Delights-of-Nature by clambake444, on Flickr"><img alt="P1040895-2010-10-29-Emily-Amy-by-Jen-Bradley--The-Delights-of-Nature" height="480" src="http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1079/5127186047_fdc341bd53_z.jpg" width="640" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/terrykearns/5127185961/" title="P1040889-2010-10-29-Emily-Amy-by-Jen-Bradley--The-Delights-of-Nature by clambake444, on Flickr"><img alt="P1040889-2010-10-29-Emily-Amy-by-Jen-Bradley--The-Delights-of-Nature" height="525" src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4110/5127185961_3f66836c74_z.jpg" width="640" /></a><br /><br />Up close you can see silk-screened doily like things ...<br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/terrykearns/5127791870/" title="P1040888-2010-10-29-Emily-Amy-by-Jen-Bradley--The-Delights-of-Nature-detail by clambake444, on Flickr"><img alt="P1040888-2010-10-29-Emily-Amy-by-Jen-Bradley--The-Delights-of-Nature-detail" height="480" src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4026/5127791870_a0a740c2b9_z.jpg" width="640" /></a><br /><br />... with bulls and gorillas. No surprise: Jen is Artist-in-Residence at Boston’s Franklin Park Zoo.<br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/terrykearns/5127791878/" title="P1040888-2010-10-29-Emily-Amy-by-Jen-Bradley--The-Delights-of-Nature-detail-bulls by clambake444, on Flickr"><img alt="P1040888-2010-10-29-Emily-Amy-by-Jen-Bradley--The-Delights-of-Nature-detail-bulls" height="375" src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4059/5127791878_75e4173c8b.jpg" width="500" /></a><br /><br />I think Emily Amy Gallery is one of the best in Atlanta for art and people. Cozy rooms, great circulation, zen views, mirror-like windows. Here is Doug Trump's <span style="font-style: italic;">Ins-and-Outs</span> inviting us into the back corridor.<br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/terrykearns/5127792090/" title="P1040904-2010-10-29-Emily-Amy-Doug-Trump--Ins-and-Outs-outside-in by clambake444, on Flickr"><img alt="P1040904-2010-10-29-Emily-Amy-Doug-Trump--Ins-and-Outs-outside-in" height="480" src="http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1310/5127792090_958e42ef32_z.jpg" width="640" /></a><br /><br />You wonder what's around the corner.<br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/terrykearns/5127792152/" title="P1040908-2010-10-29-Emily-Amy-by-Jen-Bradley--Go-Rimbaud by clambake444, on Flickr"><img alt="P1040908-2010-10-29-Emily-Amy-by-Jen-Bradley--Go-Rimbaud" height="480" src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4038/5127792152_d0d97234cb_z.jpg" width="640" /></a><br /><br />Zen views everywhere.<br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/terrykearns/5127186105/" title="P1040899-2010-10-29-Emily-Amy-Reception-Zen-View by clambake444, on Flickr"><img alt="P1040899-2010-10-29-Emily-Amy-Reception-Zen-View" height="480" src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4004/5127186105_5e6d16b48e_z.jpg" width="640" /></a><br /><br />You see unexpected juxtapositions. In the foreground is Doug Trump's <span style="font-style: italic;">Hipster and Cy</span> in the background Jen Bradley's <span style="font-style: italic;">Angelical Bombs</span>.<br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/terrykearns/5127791918/" title="P1040892-2010-10-29-Emily-Amy-by-Doug-Trump--Hipster-and-Cy by clambake444, on Flickr"><img alt="P1040892-2010-10-29-Emily-Amy-by-Doug-Trump--Hipster-and-Cy" height="492" src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4008/5127791918_b614a88311_z.jpg" width="640" /></a><br /><br />The windows turn into mirrors at night, doubling the space and duplicating the art.<br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/terrykearns/5127791954/" title="P1040894-2010-10-29-Emily-Amy-Gallery-Opening-Jen-Bradley-Doug-Trump-reflection-detail by clambake444, on Flickr"><img alt="P1040894-2010-10-29-Emily-Amy-Gallery-Opening-Jen-Bradley-Doug-Trump-reflection-detail" height="334" src="http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1248/5127791954_f962a0f4f9_z.jpg" width="640" /></a><br /><br />From outside the gallery is a movie screen.<br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/terrykearns/5127791990/" title="P1040898-2010-10-29-Emily-Amy-Reception-outside-in by clambake444, on Flickr"><img alt="P1040898-2010-10-29-Emily-Amy-Reception-outside-in" height="480" src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4089/5127791990_bb9b848657_z.jpg" width="640" /></a><br /><br />The very best thing about Emily Amy Gallery is Emily herself (on the right). She reveals none of the stress of readying the art, artists, and gallery. She helps guests and artists feel welcome and comfortable. The painting is <span style="font-style: italic;">In the Path</span> by Jen Bradley.<br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/terrykearns/5127791904/" title="P1040890-2010-10-29-Emily-Amy-by-Jen-Bradley--In-the-Path by clambake444, on Flickr"><img alt="P1040890-2010-10-29-Emily-Amy-by-Jen-Bradley--In-the-Path" height="480" src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4033/5127791904_e2e049ab2f_z.jpg" width="640" /></a><br /><br />Thanks to Jen who posed with me and her <span style="font-style: italic;">Go Rimbaud</span>. Jen and the pinks and the purples made me look good for a few minutes.<br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/terrykearns/5127186271/" title="P1040913-2010-10-29-Emily-Amy-by-JEN-BRADLEY--TK--Go-Rimbaud by clambake444, on Flickr"><img alt="P1040913-2010-10-29-Emily-Amy-by-JEN-BRADLEY--TK--Go-Rimbaud" height="480" src="http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1096/5127186271_4b44b51bc3_z.jpg" width="640" /></a><br /><br />What a great evening. I was inspired to pushed the "artistic" button on my self portrait in Photoshop.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiT3Y6Vhsy3zLlVandycxKQwsXt4JHSvLqXpHCUtwdCuDOZ23qLxzKWJ9eW6vvnuUix4PIiWkL5t4Vpk5WUKk4jLP4GjcmVThRC7WhuDrncA5rPFSDOolzI2Q25svjF_6EizFOe1S-1LMCW/s1600/P1040907-2010-10-29-Emily-Amy-Gallery-Outside-Re+flections-TK-Self-Portrait-false-colors.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5534224192748480594" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiT3Y6Vhsy3zLlVandycxKQwsXt4JHSvLqXpHCUtwdCuDOZ23qLxzKWJ9eW6vvnuUix4PIiWkL5t4Vpk5WUKk4jLP4GjcmVThRC7WhuDrncA5rPFSDOolzI2Q25svjF_6EizFOe1S-1LMCW/s400/P1040907-2010-10-29-Emily-Amy-Gallery-Outside-Re+flections-TK-Self-Portrait-false-colors.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/terrykearns/5127792012/" title="P1040901-2010-10-29-Emily-Amy-opening-Jen-Bradley-and-Doug-Trump-sign by clambake444, on Flickr"><img alt="P1040901-2010-10-29-Emily-Amy-opening-Jen-Bradley-and-Doug-Trump-sign" height="349" src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4058/5127792012_43ee0016eb_z.jpg" width="640" /></a>

Artists Jen Bradley & Doug Trump at Emily Amy Gallery

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Leon and Robert Krier visit Georgia and speak in Atlanta

On Tuesday October 26 it was my good fortune attend a <a href="http://northside-neighbor.com/detail.html?sub_id=164631">lecture</a> by <a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L%C3%A9on_Krier">Leon Krier</a> and his brother <a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://www.krierkohl.com/about_contact/about_us_intro.html">Robert Krier</a>. Pronounce "Krier" in 2 syllables, the first with a long "e" sound: kree'er. <span id="BugEvents">Leon Krier is considered by many to be the intellectual godfather of the New Urbanism movement in America. Leon made the case that resulted in Seaside and it's successors.</span><br /><br />On Monday Robert and Leon lectured at SCAD and toured Savannah with Rodney Cook. Leon was called to Italy unexpectedly so Robert made the trip to Atlanta with Dhiru A. Thadani. Here is Rob signing one of his books.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrqi9g_aWLcesOAShEPGsq6qlqXHMlpC-c_OCFvn2JHGW74vh2IHP4cPedRrSaDs0bUjIKy-0N_RFcAhMZoV_lN02Br_RU_zWJlsCzdgpQv2-0QwbtsafmXUhFqKgT1owBmBt5O4YdqcSQ/s1600/P1040829-2010-10-26-Krier-Millennium-Gate-Rob-Krier-himself.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5533290878042569634" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrqi9g_aWLcesOAShEPGsq6qlqXHMlpC-c_OCFvn2JHGW74vh2IHP4cPedRrSaDs0bUjIKy-0N_RFcAhMZoV_lN02Br_RU_zWJlsCzdgpQv2-0QwbtsafmXUhFqKgT1owBmBt5O4YdqcSQ/s400/P1040829-2010-10-26-Krier-Millennium-Gate-Rob-Krier-himself.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" /></a><br /><br />The lecture was at the <a href="http://www.thegateatlanta.com/">Millennium Gate</a> in Atlantic Station? Have you seen it? You can't miss it if you been to IKEA. You can't see this view on a drive-by. The museum is on the lower level.<br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/terrykearns/5119980744/" title="P1040801-2010-10-26-Krier-Millennium-Gate-West-Facade by clambake444, on Flickr"><img alt="P1040801-2010-10-26-Krier-Millennium-Gate-West-Facade" height="480" src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4016/5119980744_9061521a71_z.jpg" width="640" /></a><br /><br />They moved the exhibits aside to improvise a lecture hall.<br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/terrykearns/5119980778/" title="P1040803-2010-10-26-Krier-Millennium-Gate-GetReady-OutsideIn by clambake444, on Flickr"><img alt="P1040803-2010-10-26-Krier-Millennium-Gate-GetReady-OutsideIn" height="475" src="http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1204/5119980778_26c80fbb3a_z.jpg" width="640" /></a><br /><br />These are the details of an important space. Yet the rooms are comfortable and cozy.<br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/terrykearns/5119376981/" title="P1040793-2010-10-26-Krier-Millennium-Gate-GetReady by clambake444, on Flickr"><img alt="P1040793-2010-10-26-Krier-Millennium-Gate-GetReady" height="480" src="http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1382/5119376981_b8e5670786_z.jpg" width="640" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.rodneymimscook.com/"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Rodney Cook</span></a> welcomed the crowd. He was still quite pumped: He'd just taken some of the world's foremost town planners to Savannah, America's first planned city. I wish we could have been there too.<br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/terrykearns/5119980802/" title="P1040808-2010-10-26-Krier-Millennium-Gate-Rodney-Introduction by clambake444, on Flickr"><img alt="P1040808-2010-10-26-Krier-Millennium-Gate-Rodney-Introduction" height="480" src="http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1214/5119980802_65816b00d1_z.jpg" width="640" /></a><br /><br /><a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://www.dthadani.com/dthadani/Home.html">Dhiru A. Thadani</a> filled in for Leon.<br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/terrykearns/5119980848/" title="P1040816-2010-10-26-Krier-Millennium-Gate-Talk-for-Leon by clambake444, on Flickr"><img alt="P1040816-2010-10-26-Krier-Millennium-Gate-Talk-for-Leon" height="480" src="http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1261/5119980848_f25c2d042e_z.jpg" width="640" /></a><br /><br />Here is a tiny lesson in New Urbanism. Mix fancy public buildings, plainer private buildings, and humanely scaled piazzas.<br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/terrykearns/5119377177/" title="P1040815-2010-10-26-Krier-Millennium-Gate-Talk-Slide-Public-Private-Mix by clambake444, on Flickr"><img alt="P1040815-2010-10-26-Krier-Millennium-Gate-Talk-Slide-Public-Private-Mix" height="500" src="http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1124/5119377177_0c5f1f02e2.jpg" width="375" /></a><br /><br />Rober Krier himself.<br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/terrykearns/5119377211/" title="P1040817-2010-10-26-Krier-Millennium-Gate-Rob-Krier-Talk by clambake444, on Flickr"><img alt="P1040817-2010-10-26-Krier-Millennium-Gate-Rob-Krier-Talk" height="480" src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4062/5119377211_7fe2ecc765_z.jpg" width="640" /></a><br /><br />We asked what he thought of Savannah. Can you guess the answer?<br /><object height="340" width="560"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/dxE9DzqhgxY?fs=1&hl=en_US&rel=0"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/dxE9DzqhgxY?fs=1&hl=en_US&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" height="340" width="560"></embed></object><br /><br />The Gate was full of architects. Here are Rick Hatch, David Person, and Frank Heery.<br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/terrykearns/5119377279/" title="P1040827-2010-10-26-Krier-Millennium-Gate-Architects-Rick-Hatch-David-Pearson-Frank-Herry by clambake444, on Flickr"><img alt="P1040827-2010-10-26-Krier-Millennium-Gate-Architects-Rick-Hatch-David-Pearson-Frank-Herry" height="480" src="http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1412/5119377279_a6ac7ee601_z.jpg" width="640" /></a><br /><br />Architect <a href="http://collinscoopercarusi.com/"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sandy Cooper</span></a> (whose face is just under the stair rail) designed the Millennium Gate.<br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/terrykearns/5119980942/" title="P1040822-2010-10-26-Krier-Millennium-Gate-Rob-Krier-Talk-QA-Crowd by clambake444, on Flickr"><img alt="P1040822-2010-10-26-Krier-Millennium-Gate-Rob-Krier-Talk-QA-Crowd" height="480" src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4058/5119980942_4593b41f58_z.jpg" width="640" /></a><br /><br />The chatting and the hor d'oeuvres continued after the lecture.<br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/terrykearns/5119980988/" title="P1040831-2010-10-26-Krier-Millennium-Gate-Reception by clambake444, on Flickr"><img alt="P1040831-2010-10-26-Krier-Millennium-Gate-Reception" height="480" src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4026/5119980988_9dd7cf0959_z.jpg" width="640" /></a><br /><br />Special thanks to <span style="font-weight: bold;">Anne Yauger</span> and <span style="font-weight: bold;" id="BugEvents">Victoria Woodruff</span> for making me feel welcome.<br /><br />Let me say this about the Millennium Gate: It's an odd duck that I like very much, not the least for the vision and exuberance that produced it. It takes me somewhere else. You should go.<br /><br />Here is the view I didn't expect. There is a lawn and a lake on the west side, lower than the roadway. It's visually and aurally quiet. Looking west is a rare Atlanta "big sky" view framed by the roadway and condos. It was very pretty that night.<br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/terrykearns/5119377021/" title="P1040798-2010-10-26-Krier-Millennium-Gate-Clouds by clambake444, on Flickr"><img alt="P1040798-2010-10-26-Krier-Millennium-Gate-Clouds" height="480" src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4061/5119377021_ff638ac76e_z.jpg" width="640" /></a>

Leon and Robert Krier visit Georgia and speak in Atlanta

On Tuesday October 26 it was my good fortune attend a lecture by Leon Krier and his brother Robert Krier . Pronounce "Krier" in...

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Georgia Tech throws an Architecture Party for Betty Dowling.

I'm telling you: those crazy hard partying architecture professors had their-selves a time.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">This is Betty Dowling, Elizabeth Meredith Dowling Ph.D. that is.</span> She's an author, professor, architectural historian, a registered architect until 2005, and now the Georgia Tech College of Architecture’s first professor emerita.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGxpBfPbPqmmwklvUy-d2OSodui3MgDFhuCVIRLFHS1yeFeisoMDc2i_EFnRCUEmJI-Dq9wcqUA0A3Ct3CuktZVS1_3xfAyNhIPxuDkF28bod5Hmt8sC9p9TLXe1x8CvEJ0jdwLLl-w_r2/s1600/P1040747-2010-10-23-GaTech-Dowling-Symposim-Break-BETTY-DOWLING-detail-Detail.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5532389679997833122" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGxpBfPbPqmmwklvUy-d2OSodui3MgDFhuCVIRLFHS1yeFeisoMDc2i_EFnRCUEmJI-Dq9wcqUA0A3Ct3CuktZVS1_3xfAyNhIPxuDkF28bod5Hmt8sC9p9TLXe1x8CvEJ0jdwLLl-w_r2/s400/P1040747-2010-10-23-GaTech-Dowling-Symposim-Break-BETTY-DOWLING-detail-Detail.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">For Atlanta architecture fans: she wrote THE book about Shutze:</span><span style="font-style: italic;"> </span><a style="font-style: italic;" href="http://www.amazon.com/American-Classicist-Architecture-Philip-Trammell/dp/0847810356/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1288110767&sr=8-2">American Classicist: The Architecture of Philip Trammell Shutze</a> and others.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">She gets around.</span> I've seen her out and about 3 times lately. As president of the ICA & CA Southeast (<a href="http://www.classicist-se.org/">Southeast Chapter of the Institute for Classical Archtiecture & Classical America</a>) she <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/terrykearns/sets/72157624684632909/with/4928400878/">rallied the classical architects, designers and fans</a>.<br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/terrykearns/4928400878/" title="P1030714-2010-08-25-ICA-and-CA-Elizabeth-Meredith-Dowling-in-blue-President by clambake444, on Flickr"><img alt="P1030714-2010-08-25-ICA-and-CA-Elizabeth-Meredith-Dowling-in-blue-President" height="494" src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4094/4928400878_241f8a7456_z.jpg" width="640" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/terrykearns/sets/72157625170232790/with/5084466802/">She introduced William Bates (founder of the Drawing and Design Department at the American College of the Building Arts) at ADAC</a>.<br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/terrykearns/5084466802/" title="P1040596-2010-10-15-ICA-CA-William-Bates-Passageways-Portals by clambake444, on Flickr"><img alt="P1040596-2010-10-15-ICA-CA-William-Bates-Passageways-Portals" height="334" src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4088/5084466802_995c85288c_z.jpg" width="640" /></a><br /><br />She enjoyed the <a href="http://architecturetourist.blogspot.com/2010/10/how-to-enter-pink-castle.html">Pink Castle</a> with us. She'd written about it in "<a href="http://www.amazon.com/American-Classicist-Architecture-Philip-Trammell/dp/0847810356/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1288110767&sr=8-2">The Book</a>."<br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/terrykearns/5072703574/" title="P1040498-2010-10-10-Pink-Castle-Urn-Volute-from-3rd-Floor by clambake444, on Flickr"><img alt="P1040498-2010-10-10-Pink-Castle-Urn-Volute-from-3rd-Floor" height="480" src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4130/5072703574_5d1920de30_z.jpg" width="640" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">So what do you for a girl who has everything and is obviously too young to retire?</span> You throw a party featuring her former students who have become distinguished architecture historians in their own right. You start at 8:30 AM on a Saturday morning and end with a luncheon with key lime pie for dessert. Yeah!<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Where to party?</span> The recently renovated <span id="BugEvents">Reinsch-Pierce Family Auditorium. It's a beautiful modern room with walls covered with sparkly gold</span> fabric, stainless doors with portholes, and practical hospital style lobby, impervious to sleep deprived students.<br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/terrykearns/5100664721/" title="P1040669-2010-10-20-Stan-Allen-Princeton-at-GaTech-COA-Auditorium-Doorway by clambake444, on Flickr"><img alt="P1040669-2010-10-20-Stan-Allen-Princeton-at-GaTech-COA-Auditorium-Doorway" height="358" src="http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1103/5100664721_cc8c14005d_z.jpg" width="640" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">How do nutty, hard partying architects break the ice?</span> They present academic papers at 9am of course. Yahoo. I'm pretty sure I was the only non-professor, non-student, non-in-the-business person in the room. Those that knew me were amused. I had the freedom of an outsider and the ignorance of the amateur.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/terrykearns/5108556982/" title="P1040745-2010-10-23-GaTech-Dowling-Symposim-Foreground-Background-in-Architectural-History-all-Speakers by clambake444, on Flickr"><img alt="P1040745-2010-10-23-GaTech-Dowling-Symposim-Foreground-Background-in-Architectural-History-all-Speakers" height="376" src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4087/5108556982_70697cf53c_z.jpg" width="640" /></a><br /><br />The law of academic papers: All the blood must be squeezed out before delivery. Fortunately when humans deliver the papers, joy and beauty inevitably escape the text.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Pauline Morin</span> (<span class="statementWrap">Ph.D., Georgia Institute of Technology</span> now at Cornell) took us to Florence. Did <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tommaso_Masaccio">Masaccio's</a> painting, "<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Masaccio_trinity.jpg">The Trinity</a>," serve as the model for main portal of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basilica_of_Santa_Maria_Novella#Architecture">Santa Maria Novella</a> by <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leon_Battista_Alberti">Alberti</a>? I was delighted to go home and study up on that.<br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/terrykearns/5108556844/" title="P1040740-2010-10-23-GaTech-Dowling-Symposim-Pauline-Morin-Alberti-Santa-Maria-Novella-Masaccio by clambake444, on Flickr"><img alt="P1040740-2010-10-23-GaTech-Dowling-Symposim-Pauline-Morin-Alberti-Santa-Maria-Novella-Masaccio" height="480" src="http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1201/5108556844_730a42d80e_z.jpg" width="640" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Carol A. Flores</span> (<span class="statementWrap">Ph.D., Georgia Institute of Technology</span> now at Ball State) . Text on buildings remains a BIG thing and there is more come. I'm going to pay more attention.<br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/terrykearns/5107960081/" title="P1040742-2010-10-23-GaTech-Dowling-Symposim-Carol-Flores-Text-Messaging-in-Architecture by clambake444, on Flickr"><img alt="P1040742-2010-10-23-GaTech-Dowling-Symposim-Carol-Flores-Text-Messaging-in-Architecture" height="547" src="http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1244/5107960081_b211ffbd84_z.jpg" width="640" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Michelle Moody</span> (M.Arch Ga Tech, now project manager at Norman Davenport Askins Architects) introduced me to parody as a way to appreciate P0mo. No irony though. I wanted to learn more about <a href="http://kresge.ucsc.edu/">Kresge College</a> and <a href="http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&cd=7&ved=0CDoQFjAG&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.vsba.com%2F&rct=j&q=Robert%20Venturi&ei=6BrHTOPoG4SclgeVq9HEAQ&usg=AFQjCNFtye2mtNqyHXbRjf_SBwCPALfysw&sig2=LzNZ3_MqynGVEHS7_GBdmw&cad=rja">Robert Venturi</a>.<br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/terrykearns/5108557068/" title="P1040748-2010-10-23-GaTech-Dowling-Symposim-Michelle-Moody by clambake444, on Flickr"><img alt="P1040748-2010-10-23-GaTech-Dowling-Symposim-Michelle-Moody" height="340" src="http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1422/5108557068_0d1cb594ae_z.jpg" width="640" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Julia M.-Smyth-Pinney</span> (M. Arch Harvard now at University of Kentucky) confirms that however hard it is to find out what your neighborhood was like 50 years ago, it's a bit tougher in Leo X's neighborhood back in 1520.<br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/terrykearns/5108557104/" title="P1040751-2010-10-23-GaTech-Dowling-Symposim-Julia-M-Smyth-Pinney by clambake444, on Flickr"><img alt="P1040751-2010-10-23-GaTech-Dowling-Symposim-Julia-M-Smyth-Pinney" height="480" src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4129/5108557104_380db19506_z.jpg" width="640" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Dorothy Metzger Habel</span> (<span style="font-weight: bold;">Dottie Habel</span> Ph.D. University of Michigan now at University of Tennessee) gave the keynote. She demonstrated that property management, tenant relations, urban planning, financing, and building has always been tough. We've all been to THAT zoning meeting. The <a href="http://www.romeartlover.it/Vasi22.htm">Piazza Colonna</a> turned out pretty nice anyway but you should have seen the original plans.<br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/terrykearns/5108557122/" title="P1040754-2010-10-23-GaTech-Dowling-Symposim-Dorothy-Metzger-Habel by clambake444, on Flickr"><img alt="P1040754-2010-10-23-GaTech-Dowling-Symposim-Dorothy-Metzger-Habel" height="566" src="http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1353/5108557122_b8273b3ff3_z.jpg" width="640" /></a><br /><br />A panel discussion followed<br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/terrykearns/5107960353/" title="P1040759-2010-10-23-GaTech-Dowling-Symposim-panel-Johnston--Smyth-Pinney--Moody-Habel-Flores-Morin by clambake444, on Flickr"><img alt="P1040759-2010-10-23-GaTech-Dowling-Symposim-panel-Johnston--Smyth-Pinney--Moody-Habel-Flores-Morin" height="311" src="http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1136/5107960353_cf87c142e6_z.jpg" width="640" /></a><br /><br />Allow me to introduce you.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">George Johnston</span> and <span style="font-weight: bold;">Julia M. Smyth-Pinney</span><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/terrykearns/5108557164/" title="P1040761-2010-10-23-GaTech-Dowling-Symposim-panel-Johnston--Smyth-Pinney by clambake444, on Flickr"><img alt="P1040761-2010-10-23-GaTech-Dowling-Symposim-panel-Johnston--Smyth-Pinney" height="480" src="http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1132/5108557164_29727f247f_z.jpg" width="640" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Julia M. Smyth-Pinney, Michelle Moody, </span><span style="font-weight: bold;">Dorothy Metzger Habel</span><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/terrykearns/5108557288/" title="P1040782-2010-10-23-GaTech-Dowling-Symposim-panel-Smyth-Pinney--Moody-Habel by clambake444, on Flickr"><img alt="P1040782-2010-10-23-GaTech-Dowling-Symposim-panel-Smyth-Pinney--Moody-Habel" height="480" src="http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1121/5108557288_fd1286a1fd_z.jpg" width="640" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Dorothy Metzger Habel, </span><strong>Carol Flores, Pauline Morin</strong><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/terrykearns/5108557318/" title="P1040783-2010-10-23-GaTech-Dowling-Symposim-panel-Habel-Flores-Morin by clambake444, on Flickr"><img alt="P1040783-2010-10-23-GaTech-Dowling-Symposim-panel-Habel-Flores-Morin" height="480" src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4145/5108557318_88fd2c8831_z.jpg" width="640" /></a><br /><br />Here is another person Georgia need to know, <span style="font-weight: bold;">Robert M. Craig</span> (Ph.D. Cornell now at Ga Tech). He appeared in a ghostly internet video to pay a humorous tribute to Betty. Robert is the author of most of the architecture entries in the New Georgia Encyclopedia like this one on <a href="http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/nge/Article.jsp?id=h-567">Leila Ross Wilburn</a>. Grab Robert's, "<a href="http://www.amazon.com/Atlanta-Architecture-Modern-Classic-1929-1959/dp/0882899619/ref=ntt_at_ep_dpt_1"><span style="font-style: italic;">Atlanta Architecture: Art Deco to Modern Classic, 1929-1959</span></a>" if you can find it.<br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/terrykearns/5108557330/" title="P1040784-2010-10-23-GaTech-Dowling-Symposim-Craig-Video by clambake444, on Flickr"><img alt="P1040784-2010-10-23-GaTech-Dowling-Symposim-Craig-Video" height="375" src="http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1187/5108557330_36ca73a93c.jpg" width="500" /></a><br /><br />After that we had a nice lunch with key lime pie. Betty could not escape without a little speech. Some eyes were a bit moist. But the session ended in time for that horrible game at Clemson.<br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/terrykearns/5108557386/" title="P1040791-2010-10-23-GaTech-Dowling-Symposim-Elizabeth-Meredith-Dowling-herself by clambake444, on Flickr"><img alt="P1040791-2010-10-23-GaTech-Dowling-Symposim-Elizabeth-Meredith-Dowling-herself" height="432" src="http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1369/5108557386_8cdd20c777.jpg" width="500" /></a>

Georgia Tech throws an Architecture Party for Betty Dowling.

I'm telling you: those crazy hard partying architecture professors had their-selves a time. This is Betty Dowling, Elizabeth Meredith Do...

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ICA&CA New England Announces the 2010 Bulfinch Award Winners

<span id="BugEvents"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Now online <a href="http://blog.classicist.org/?p=1324">http://blog.classicist.org/?p=1324</a></span><br /><br />I don't see this on the web anywhere yet. I think you need to know if, like me, you enjoy this sort of thing. This is New England's version of <a href="http://www.classicist-se.org/shutzeawards.html">ICA&CA Southeast Chapter's Shutze Awards</a>. Who is <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Bulfinch">Charles Bulfinch</a>?<br /><br />Congratulations!<br /><br /><a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://www.classicist-ne.org/site/home.html">Institute of Classical Architecture & Classical America (ICA&CA) New England Chapter</a>:<br /><br /></span><span id="BugEvents">22 Oct 2010</span><br /><span id="BugEvents">Announcing the 2010 Bulfinch Award Winners<br /><br />John P. Margolis, President of the New England Chapter of the Institute of Classical Architecture & Classical America, announced the winners of the 2010 Bulfinch Awards today. The Bulfinch Awards recognize contemporary excellence in New England classical and traditional design. The Awards are named for the Boston architect of the Massachusetts State House, Charles Bulfinch, who played a key role in introducing neoclassicism to America in the late 18th century.<br /><br />Mr. Margolis expressed his appreciation to the jury: Richard Cameron, Patrick Chasse, Elizabeth Dowling, David Flaharty, and Peter Miller.<br /><br />The 2010 Bulfinch Winners<br /><br />NEW CONSTRUCTION, CLASSICAL UNDER 5,000 SF<br />Pavilion in the Park, MA<br />Ivan Bereznicki Associates, Cambridge, MA<br /><br />NEW CONSTRUCTION, CLASSICAL OVER 5,000 SF<br />Greek Revival Residence, Dedham, MA<br />Dell Mitchell Architects, Boston, MA<br /><br />NEW CONSTRUCTION, TRADITIONAL<br />Champlains Bluff, Chatham, MA<br />Polhemus Savery DaSilva Architects Builders, Chatham, MA<br /><br />ARTISANSHIP<br />Reproduction Sheraton Arm Chairs, Pierce-Nichols House, Salem, MA<br />Philip C. Lowe, Beverly, MA<br /><br />RESIDENTIAL RESTORATION, RENOVATION,<br />SYMPATHETIC ADDITION<br />The Moorings, Chatham, MA<br />Polhemus Savery DaSilva Architects Builders, Chatham, MA<br /><br />CIVIC, INSTITUTIONAL, ECCLESIASTICAL<br />Church of the Sacred Heart, Weymouth, MA<br />The S/L/A/M Collaborative, Inc., Boston, MA<br /><br />COMMERCIAL<br />Pro Shop, Wequassett Resort, Cape Cod, MA<br />Polhemus Savery DaSilva Architects Builders, Chatham, MA<br /><br />LANDSCAPE<br />Lowder Brook Residence, Dedham, MA<br />Keith LeBlanc Landscape Architecture, Inc., Boston, MA<br /><br />COMMUNITY DESIGN-No winner<br /><br />RESIDENTIAL INTERIOR DESIGN, NEW CONSTRUCTION<br />Georgian Style Country Estate, Weston, MA<br />SLC Interiors, Inc., South Hamilton, MA<br /><br />RESIDENTIAL INTERIOR DESIGN, INTERIOR RENOVATION<br />Prides Crossing, Beverly, MA<br />Wilson Kelsey Design, Salem, MA<br /><br />The winners of the Bulfinch Awards will be recognized at an evening reception at the Massachusetts State House in Boston on November 3, 2010. Click here to purchase tickets to the Awards Ceremony ( <a rel="nofollow" href="http://classicist.pmailus.com/pmailweb/ct?d=N8pSSQAKAAEAAA-uAARimQ">http://classicist.pmailus.com/pmailweb/ct?d=N8pSSQAKAAEAAA-uAARimQ</a> ) .</span>

ICA&CA New England Announces the 2010 Bulfinch Award Winners

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Morningside Apartment Hunt 600 by 14 by $860

The first born has a notion to move. The queen and princesses of Architecture Tourdom sprung into action. Your sentimental host is - you know - a bit sentimental about it all. A young adult starting out in a charming broken-in apartment. It takes you back.<br /><br />You'll have to decorate it in your mind, maybe plan for your firstborn's flight. Moms love that sort of thing. Dad's hope the move doesn't require too many stairs.<br /><br />Here you go. 1940, said to have been a school. 19 1-bedroom units, about 600 square feet, 14 foot ceilings, $860/month plus gas and electricity.<br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/terrykearns/5097962995/" title="P1040657-2010-10-18-1350-N-Morningside-Facade by clambake444, on Flickr"><img alt="P1040657-2010-10-18-1350-N-Morningside-Facade" height="489" src="http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1354/5097962995_d0938673b6_z.jpg" width="640" /></a><br /><br />For you Morningside / Virginia Highlands insiders it's the apartment next to the synagogue, the little building with the gray house in the front yard, 3 short blocks to Alons. You know the one. You've seen the little table in the yard. It's very nice up there.<br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/terrykearns/5098563468/" title="P1040658-2010-10-18-1350-N-Morningside-Yard by clambake444, on Flickr"><img alt="P1040658-2010-10-18-1350-N-Morningside-Yard" height="480" src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4104/5098563468_255243c8dd_z.jpg" width="640" /></a><br /><br />Floor plan. These we updated and condo'ed in 2000. Overall about 26x22 with step-saver bathroom, includes dishwasher and stacked washer-dryer.<br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/terrykearns/5102144211/" title="P1040649-2010-10-18-1350-N-Morningside--Scanned-Floorplan by clambake444, on Flickr"><img alt="P1040649-2010-10-18-1350-N-Morningside--Scanned-Floorplan" height="463" src="http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1264/5102144211_3fdb4c2fb4_z.jpg" width="640" /></a><br /><br />These windows look normal against a 14 foot ceiling. In fact you could drive a mini-van though them. It's a nicely proportioned space. You feel lot's of air, if you know what I mean.<br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/terrykearns/5097962907/" title="P1040654-2010-10-18-1350-N-Morningside-Kit-LR-BRdoor by clambake444, on Flickr"><img alt="P1040654-2010-10-18-1350-N-Morningside-Kit-LR-BRdoor" height="480" src="http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1134/5097962907_60be55b46e_z.jpg" width="640" /></a><br /><br />Our agent, <a href="http://vennieowen.harrynorman.com/">Vennie Owen</a> in pink, said it wouldn't last. It dropped off Craig's List 2 days later.<br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/terrykearns/5097962881/" title="P1040652-2010-10-18-1350-N-Morningside-LR-to-Kit by clambake444, on Flickr"><img alt="P1040652-2010-10-18-1350-N-Morningside-LR-to-Kit" height="480" src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4111/5097962881_70b6993585_z.jpg" width="640" /></a><br /><br />Here is a peek at the washer/dryer niche.<br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/terrykearns/5097962891/" title="P1040653-2010-10-18-1350-N-Morningside-LR-to-Kit by clambake444, on Flickr"><img alt="P1040653-2010-10-18-1350-N-Morningside-LR-to-Kit" height="480" src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4130/5097962891_8db18d2f81_z.jpg" width="640" /></a><br /><br />Looking into the bedroom.<br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/terrykearns/5097962941/" title="P1040655-2010-10-18-1350-N-Morningside-Kit-LR-BRdoor by clambake444, on Flickr"><img alt="P1040655-2010-10-18-1350-N-Morningside-Kit-LR-BRdoor" height="480" src="http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1127/5097962941_1f877bfbd3_z.jpg" width="640" /></a><br /><br />Back from the bedroom.<br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/terrykearns/5098563330/" title="P1040651-2010-10-18-1350-N-Morningside-BR-to-LR by clambake444, on Flickr"><img alt="P1040651-2010-10-18-1350-N-Morningside-BR-to-LR" height="480" src="http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1118/5098563330_22829b7f6b_z.jpg" width="640" /></a><br /><br />10 x 15 is a fair bedroom. These are huge windows and make the space seem small in the picture.<br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/terrykearns/5097962865/" title="P1040650-2010-10-18-1350-N-Morningside-Bath by clambake444, on Flickr"><img alt="P1040650-2010-10-18-1350-N-Morningside-Bath" height="480" src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4125/5097962865_c4c50edf1b_z.jpg" width="640" /></a><br /><br />Dust-bunnies have no place to hide in the bathroom.<br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/terrykearns/5097962849/" title="P1040649-2010-10-18-1350-N-Morningside-Bath by clambake444, on Flickr"><img alt="P1040649-2010-10-18-1350-N-Morningside-Bath" height="640" src="http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1140/5097962849_5695f3f507_z.jpg" width="480" /></a><br /><br />We didn't take it but we did get a few dreams.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggUNjx8T1YVEy3n_mr3uMK_UxbzmOokFuYr9gvOtz0XkYLJ0UcWr8WzCXm3EhBd015T44B6PHFnKzOgCz45qdbYDNxDqx5Ov5ZFRID8zWJ0m9Pm5wBVGAPatxFu7iuXDZUXCW69bbG-s0J/s1600/5098563436_22b5273949_b.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5530860491623503378" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggUNjx8T1YVEy3n_mr3uMK_UxbzmOokFuYr9gvOtz0XkYLJ0UcWr8WzCXm3EhBd015T44B6PHFnKzOgCz45qdbYDNxDqx5Ov5ZFRID8zWJ0m9Pm5wBVGAPatxFu7iuXDZUXCW69bbG-s0J/s400/5098563436_22b5273949_b.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" /></a>

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