We lost a Neel Reid and an I.M Pei this year.The McCord Apartments by Hentz, Reid & Adler, job number 491 occupied in 1923.It was on Seventh Street behind the Starbucks.The I. M. Pei designed Gulf Oil Building. "The building was architect I. M. Pei's… Read more »
Click to Year in Review: A photo scrapbook from ubiquitous Architecture Tourist for ArtsATL.com then come right back here. I want to introduce you to some nice people.Atlanta is small enough that it's not a chore to do new things if you can find out … Read more »
We talked about Ansley Park carriage houses this week, one of Atlanta's greatest neighborhoods is denser that you think. Morningside too but it's getting less so.Replacing multi-family with single-family is gentrification on steroids. Fewer students,… Read more »
Merry Christmas. Today ends my week as guest curator on the Burnaway Blog. I'd be grateful if you went over and had a look. If you do Tumblr, maybe you can do some reblogging. If you've never seen Tumblr - well - this is your chance.I did 28 little T… Read more »
The first time I met Yung Pak I asked him how we could get architects like him to design small(er) houses. He'd obviously thought about it. He told me he'd love to do small houses, he'd work extra hard on them. But the economics rarely favor it.We're… Read more »
It feels rural just south of East Atlanta Village. At Lori's there's a nice pre-Depression era house on a half acre, a gravel and grass drive, and an outbuilding workshop. Our southern grandparents, aunts and uncles lived in places like this. They wo… Read more »