Kye Bay B.C. Canada – Creative Beach visitors leave transitory traces of their presence. Some last all season, but winter storms wipe the canvas clean.
Architecture
Form and function in equal measure.
Modern Totem poles and Haida House Replica. M O A. UBC
Contemporary house posts by Musqueam artist Susan Point, and poles by artists Bill Reid, Jim Hart, Mungo Martin and others as well as the replica Haida House. All installed between 1959 and 2000.
Elevator at Brant Alberta
Centre St. Bridge
The Collapse of Time – John Hejduk
30 years ago, in the Summer/Fall of 1986 the Students and Staff from the Architectural Association School of Architecture in London built , for John Hejduk, "The Collapse of Time" as a temporary installation in Bedford Sqare. A...
Sundown on the Port Mann Bridge
Coming into town on a sunny Sunday evening. Low resolution is magic.
LE CORBUSIER & PIERRE JEANNERET COLLECTION
NEW YORK – An exceptional 35-lot collection of furniture and lighting masterpieces will be presented at the Design auction on June 21 at Bonhams New York. The lots originate from Chandigarh, a city in north India, and represent a landmark in urban planning and...
Abandoned
The Spitting Camel and Hold the Phone
Dispatches by Barlon from India. Actually it was an Indian kid on the gangway to get on to the plane in Toronto that turned around and spat at us. Welcome to India. No problems with the plane. Then … Fahk. We get through customs buttery smooth but no welcoming man....
Harold Lloyd’s Christmas Tree
Silent film comedy star Harold Lloyd was a crazed Christmas lover. Using many trees roped together Lloyd built these enormous Christmas trees, then added an extraordinary collection of Christmas ornaments. Specs: 3 large Douglas firs wired together 20 feet High 9...
The 10,000 Year Clock?
Quite some time ago, though not long in the context of the 10,000 year clock, I read The Clock of The Long Now: Time & Responsibility, by Stewart Brand. In it he described this wonderful project, the creation of a clock designed to work for 10,000 years,...