Another San Diego Ceiling

Mission Brewery ceiling. 

Lights as Upside-down Jellyfish

Hilton Lights

I love this!

New York City Official Door Knob

;) 

Phillips Collection Stained Glass

It's very simple, but nicely symmetrical.

Delft Tiles?

Each fireplace in the Phillips Collection museum building is different, but the tiles on this one caught my eye. This section of the museum appears to be part of the newer section. I wonder if this fireplace was moved here from the older house, or if it is just one piece in the collection of artworks.

Rothko Room! :(

I was so excited to arrive to the Phillips Collection and find that they had a Rothko Room! Rothko is one of my favorite artists, and I love sitting and enjoying his artwork for long periods of time. It was a wonderfully small room with a bench right in the middle for pondering the bleeding, layering, and movement of Rothko's paintings up close. 

I was disappointed by two things: the lack of light in the room, and the loud creaky bench. I couldn't really see the undulating movement I normally look for in Rothko's work because it was just too dark. And every time I moved or adjusted my weight on the bench or someone came in to sit down to join me the bench made an awful, loud sound destroying my reverie.

Wooden Stair Pattern

More Phillips Collection architectural elements: I like the contrast of the dark wood molding with the light wood floor. 

And I love this circle pattern!

Duncan Phillips Georgian Revival House

The Phillips Art Collection is housed in the home of the founder in the Dupont Circle area of D.C. There are definitely some rich architectural details around the house in addition to the artwork.

Equal Love

I love baseball, and I love the prices and availability of Mets tickets. I do not love the team as much as my Tiggies, and Yanks, but I love baseball enough to be an equal opportunity attender.

I love the exterior of CitiField because it has the Camden Yard look (read: classic brick elements,) but there is something I miss about Shea. However, the first time I went to CitiField I sat in left field and could not see half of the outfield. Isn't calculating site lines an important part of being an architect in a venue such as this? I would think so, and whoever was in charge of that here dropped the routine fly ball. I had only ever sat in the good seats at Shea, and I have never sat in the same area of any other ball park either, so maybe I shouldn't long for an ugly blue and orange corrugated iron building.

What We See Everyday

My three month hiatus has been filled by moving, and adjusting to a new job. I thought I would begin my new architectural adventures by posting a picture of New Yankee Stadium because now I see it everyday on my way to work. I had season tickets for two years in Old Yankee Stadium several years ago. I have been to two games so far at New Yankee Stadium. The amenities are nice, but the prices are not. A very positive thing about the design is that they lowered the walkways in the front, so there are not the terribly obstructed views that they had previously on the lower level.

I look forward to fighting traffic deep into October because that means they will be in the World Series. Let's Go Yanks!

Library of Congress

Who would be interested in going to a place with the name, Library of Congress? I wasn't interested, but I got roped into it. Now I want to go spend some time researching there. It is a beautiful building. There are so many interesting resources and artifacts here, as well as books of course.

Ford's Theatre Interior

The newly renovated Ford's Theatre. We saw Civil War, the musical.



My partial view seat...behind a column, and the balcony overhang. I couldn't see the whole show.


Ceiling painting.



President Lincoln's box

Bench At the MoMA

This is not architecture per se, but is part of the world that is a mesh of art and design. I love the cleverness of this. It really makes you want to sit on it, and makes you think of the origin of leather since that is what it is made from. Designed in 2004 by Julia Lohmann it is entitled Waltraud Cow-Bench.

There are many excellent works showing functional design in the MoMA, but this is what struck my fancy the last time I visited.

Museum of Modern Art, New York
11 West 53rd Street (between 5th & 6th Aves.)

For Structure? Or For Looks?

Here's a picture of a beam which would traditionally be used for supporting a ceiling in architecture.


It looks as if it has worn away, but the ceiling is not falling down, so I assume it is just for looks. I Like it that the lights are mounted in the beams as well!



This is at a very tasty cheese steak place in Philadelphia near the river at 214 Market Street called Campos Deli. It is on the south side of the street and I highly recommend going there. Tasty goodness!

Finally...Regional Barvarian Gothic!

The Weltenberg Cathedral
designed in the Regional Bavarian Gothic Style!

This is special!

Warning: The clouds look like turds!

Regensburg Cathedral Interior

It's a nice church with wonderful stained glass windows. It is not really distinct on the inside in any way. It could be one of many other Gothic Cathedrals. I think I liked it a lot because it was in Bavaria and it was not Baroque.



I believe this is St. Peter in the back of the Cathedral contemplating Christ on the Cross. This is the first thing one sees when walking in.

Another St. Stephen's Cathedral

St. Stephen's Cathedral, Passau, Germany.

This is another Baroque church in Germany, which was built after the Gothic cathedral on this spot burned down. This one is well known for its organ. My whole tour group got to see an organ concert here, which was fun. At all the other cathedrals they talked about the organ, but we did not get to hear any of the other ones. It is a tourist attraction though, because it is the largest organ in Europe, and I think they said it is the third biggest organ in the world. (The two biggest are in the U.S., which is a fact I did not know.)

More Baroque Lions

This lion is so cute with his human ears and teeth, and cartoon-shaped mouth and nose. I love that these sculptors had never seen a lion in person. The lack of naturalism makes them more interesting to me.



This is on the way up the steps to the museum half of the Melk Abby.

The Melk Abby Cathedral

Baroque architecture is not my favorite, but the grandiose nature of it does say something about the values of the time period. There will be many more Baroque details to come...

This first picture is one of my favorite pictures in terms of design composition! It would make an interesting abstract painting. I may have to work on that.