tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-68692488971180046072024-03-12T18:45:11.229-04:00the architecturalistArchitecture - Interiors - Furniturethe architecturalisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06713865146561578771noreply@blogger.comBlogger25125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6869248897118004607.post-66586621818255396142011-04-19T09:00:00.002-04:002011-04-22T17:28:57.098-04:00Windsor Ruins, Claiborne County, Mississippi<div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Biy1i9YVNgI/TVCWSpyQ0mI/AAAAAAAAAs0/DwIWjtqbAm4/s1600/1-HABSWindsor.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Biy1i9YVNgI/TVCWSpyQ0mI/AAAAAAAAAs0/DwIWjtqbAm4/s400/1-HABSWindsor.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5571117986255786594" style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 288px;" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:78%;">Historic American Buildings Survey, James Butters, Photographer. Mar, 20, 1936. FRONT VIEW (WEST ELEVATION)<br />Image via the <a href="http://www.loc.gov/index.html">Library of Congress</a><br /></span></div><br />Most of what was once the largest ante-bellum home in Mississippi is gone. "Windsor," a magnificent Greco-Roman Revival structure of three stories, topped by a cupola-ed hipped roof, was the casualty of a spectacular fire on February 17th, 1890; this disaster was supposedly caused by a careless guest who tossed a cigar into debris left by workmen doing repairs on an upper floor. The inner wooden construction coupled with the rural location meant that little survived except the encircling colonnade.<br /><br />Yet, year after year, numerous visitors from near and far journey to rural Claiborne County, to see what is left: 23 of 29 stucco-covered brick Corinthian columns with cast-iron capitals, on tall bases, now-silent shafts which originally surrounded the L-shaped structure. Hollywood has also made the pilgrimage to these enigmatic ruins, and memorable scenes from both "Raintree County"(1957) and "Ghosts of Mississippi(1996) were filmed here.<br /><br />(Some of the cast-iron balcony railings and an original stairway of the same material--probably one of four--were given by the family to nearby Alcorn State University where they decorate the exterior of the handsome Greek Revival Chapel.)<br /><br />"Windsor" was built for wealthy planter Smith Coffee Daniel II and his family between 1859-1861; it was one of many large houses in the neighborhood, most now gone, that reflected the flush times there on the eve of the Civil War. Alas, Daniel died shortly after the structure was completed, but his relatives weathered the vicissitudes of the War, and lived in the house in greatly reduced circumstances until the fire. In 1974, the remaining family members donated the site to the State of Mississippi.<br /><br />The exact appearance of "Windsor" is uncertain, since all family papers were destroyed in the conflagration; on the other hand, the creation of fantasy reconstruction views by both Mississippians and others has been a recognized activity since the fire! Historians and architectural aficionados were rewarded in the early 1990's by the discovery in Ohio of a Civil War era sketch made by a passing Yankee soldier, and this very amateurish view confirmed the general suppositions; needless to say, that impression has fueled other visual fantasies!<br /><br />The building--presumably accompanied by various dependencies, all now destroyed-- has been attributed to the local contractor David Shroder( the documented designer of nearby "Rosswood", similarly neoclassical, but much simpler), and its rather conservative plan was remarkable mainly for its massive scale. The ground floor held service spaces, the first and second floors were living- and bedrooms, and there were additional rooms in the attic-- stories of both a ballroom and a fishpond there are completely ridiculous, however! The wing extending to the east held the kitchen, a dining room and pantry, and bedrooms. The size of the house would imply that the cupola was spacious, and Confederate soldiers were said to have used this spot as an observation post. The Mississippi River is nearby, but it is not visible from the house today.<br /><br />"Windsor"'s ruins, now and in the past, continue to draw artists and photographers seeking to capture its haunting beauty; ironically, the "gone-with-the-wind" atmosphere is actually the result of an event that happened much later! Pre-1890 photographs have yet to surface--and one would suppose that they exist, presently unrecognized--but some of the most famous post-fire views are featured here. Enjoy!<br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Many thanks to historian and native Mississippian, Ed Polk Douglas, who greatly contributed to the research and writing of this post. Mr. Douglas is the author of "Architecture in Claiborne County, Mississippi" (Jackson MS, 1974) and lives in Lyons, NY.</span><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Biy1i9YVNgI/TVCWSpn7UeI/AAAAAAAAAss/HXUwfoP7O0c/s1600/2-LaughlinWindsor.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Biy1i9YVNgI/TVCWSpn7UeI/AAAAAAAAAss/HXUwfoP7O0c/s400/2-LaughlinWindsor.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5571117986212434402" style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 283px; height: 400px;" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:78%;">"The Enigma (Windsor Plantation, near Port Gibson, Mississippi)", 1941. </span><span style="font-size:78%;">Clarence John Laughlin, photographer<br /><a href="http://carriehaddadgallery.com/index.cfm?method=Photography.ArtistDetail&ArtistID=26A84FA6-19DB-5802-E09DCE7ACE20F3A2">Image via Carrie Haddad Photography</a><br /></span></div><br /><div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Biy1i9YVNgI/TVCWSc6z63I/AAAAAAAAAsk/5Gvki_81MJg/s1600/3-MannValentineWindsor.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Biy1i9YVNgI/TVCWSc6z63I/AAAAAAAAAsk/5Gvki_81MJg/s400/3-MannValentineWindsor.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5571117982801980274" style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 325px;" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:78%;">"Valentine Windsor", 1998. Sally Mann, photographer<br />Via <a href="http://www.gagosian.com/">Gagosian Gallery</a></span><br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Biy1i9YVNgI/TVCVHsDcTLI/AAAAAAAAAsc/PBfd-xETcZU/s1600/4-SpencerWindsor.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Biy1i9YVNgI/TVCVHsDcTLI/AAAAAAAAAsc/PBfd-xETcZU/s400/4-SpencerWindsor.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5571116698374524082" style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 392px;" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:78%;">"Windsor Ruins", Jack Spencer, photographer<br />Image via <a href="http://www.jackspencer.com/">jackspencer.com</a><br /><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Biy1i9YVNgI/TVCVHVwR5VI/AAAAAAAAAsU/e6GTOWIB9q4/s1600/5-WeltyWindsor.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Biy1i9YVNgI/TVCVHVwR5VI/AAAAAAAAAsU/e6GTOWIB9q4/s400/5-WeltyWindsor.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5571116692388570450" style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 382px; height: 400px;" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:78%;">The Ruins of Windsor, ca. 1935 by Eudora Welty (American, 1909-2001)<br />Image via the <a href="http://www.gibbesmuseum.org/gibbes_blog/?p=1">Gibbes Museum</a>, Charleston, SC<br /></span></div><br /><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Biy1i9YVNgI/TVCVHKSvolI/AAAAAAAAAsM/vMSXKEx7B_4/s1600/6-EgglestonWindsor.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Biy1i9YVNgI/TVCVHKSvolI/AAAAAAAAAsM/vMSXKEx7B_4/s400/6-EgglestonWindsor.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5571116689311900242" style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 270px;" border="0" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:78%;">Untitled, Windsor Ruins, Mississippi, early 1980s. William Eggleston, photographer.<br />Image via <a href="http://www.theparisreview.org/blog/2010/11/16/william-eggleston-for-now/">The Paris Review</a><br /></span></div><div><br /></div>the architecturalisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06713865146561578771noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6869248897118004607.post-90391504931731649002010-10-28T00:46:00.004-04:002010-10-28T00:55:56.881-04:00the architecturalist on tumblr<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Biy1i9YVNgI/TMkBqwNj7qI/AAAAAAAAArY/UC4d-af59MQ/s1600/Library+-+0060.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 391px; height: 393px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Biy1i9YVNgI/TMkBqwNj7qI/AAAAAAAAArY/UC4d-af59MQ/s400/Library+-+0060.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5532955451209281186" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Biy1i9YVNgI/TMkBqhPAwtI/AAAAAAAAArQ/677kn51upH8/s1600/Library+-+0289.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 323px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Biy1i9YVNgI/TMkBqhPAwtI/AAAAAAAAArQ/677kn51upH8/s400/Library+-+0289.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5532955447188832978" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Biy1i9YVNgI/TMkBqeF_cZI/AAAAAAAAArI/zBRHBU3nvTI/s1600/Library+-+1229.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 360px; height: 356px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Biy1i9YVNgI/TMkBqeF_cZI/AAAAAAAAArI/zBRHBU3nvTI/s400/Library+-+1229.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5532955446345691538" /></a><br />I've started a new <a href="http://thearchitecturalist.tumblr.com/">venture</a>. I'm now doing a companion blog to the architecturalist on tumblr. A collection of images, new and old, that I find inspiring (and hope you do too). Let me know what you think.<div><br /></div><div><br /></div>the architecturalisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06713865146561578771noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6869248897118004607.post-84897539582009281202010-10-08T21:50:00.000-04:002010-10-08T21:53:08.428-04:00On the Block - Airliewood<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Biy1i9YVNgI/TK8aBNktZII/AAAAAAAAAqc/5xj0luxH8YU/s1600/Airliewoodmain.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 329px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Biy1i9YVNgI/TK8aBNktZII/AAAAAAAAAqc/5xj0luxH8YU/s400/Airliewoodmain.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5525663875932710018" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">photograph via www.airliewood.com</span></div><div><br /><div><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Times New Roman"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"></span></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Times New Roman"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Airliewood, one of the South’s premier Gothic Revival houses, located in historic <a href="http://www.visithollysprings.org/">Holly Springs</a>, Mississippi will be <a href="http://www.morrisauctiongroup.com/auction_detail.php?id=143874">auctioned</a> this Saturday.</span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Times New Roman; min-height: 15.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Times New Roman"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">When it was built in 1858 for William Henry Coxe, the twelve acre estate was the finest house in Holly Springs, a town full of extraordinarily fine houses. So grand was the house that it was used by Major General U.S. Grant as his headquarters and residence during the winter of 1862 - 1863. </span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Times New Roman; min-height: 15.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Times New Roman"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">The current owners completed a comprehensive restoration of the house in 2002 overseen by Mississippi architect Sam Kaye. A new wing containing a kitchen, great room, master suite and garages was added. The project received an Award of Merit for Restoration and Rehabilitation from the Mississippi Heritage Trust.</span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Times New Roman; min-height: 15.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Times New Roman; min-height: 15.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium; ">If you ever should decide to leave the grandeur of your own antebellum mansion, remember that Holly Springs is also home to <a href="http://www.roadsideamerica.com/story/11097">Graceland Too</a> and Memphis is just 30 minutes up the road.</span></p> <p></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Times New Roman"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Biy1i9YVNgI/TK8aAyiOqzI/AAAAAAAAAqU/i5wtfzQEFp8/s1600/Airliewoodside.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 283px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Biy1i9YVNgI/TK8aAyiOqzI/AAAAAAAAAqU/i5wtfzQEFp8/s400/Airliewoodside.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5525663868674550578" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small; ">photograph via www.airliewood.com</span></div></div><div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Biy1i9YVNgI/TK8aAuzwcKI/AAAAAAAAAqM/_Ifkj-LAA_4/s1600/Airliewoodporch.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 288px; height: 400px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Biy1i9YVNgI/TK8aAuzwcKI/AAAAAAAAAqM/_Ifkj-LAA_4/s400/Airliewoodporch.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5525663867674325154" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Biy1i9YVNgI/TK8aAKPzSuI/AAAAAAAAAqE/ZXa9F7MFQAE/s1600/Airliewooddetail.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 282px; height: 400px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Biy1i9YVNgI/TK8aAKPzSuI/AAAAAAAAAqE/ZXa9F7MFQAE/s400/Airliewooddetail.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5525663857859840738" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Biy1i9YVNgI/TK8aAIGFFgI/AAAAAAAAAp8/Uofc_nImnwI/s1600/Airliewoodgate.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 284px; height: 400px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Biy1i9YVNgI/TK8aAIGFFgI/AAAAAAAAAp8/Uofc_nImnwI/s400/Airliewoodgate.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5525663857282192898" /></a><p style="text-align: center;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal 'Times New Roman'; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">Above photos: Airliewood photographed for the Historic American Buildings Survey in 1975. Via the Library of Congress.</span></p><p style="text-align: center;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal 'Times New Roman'; "><br /></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Times New Roman"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">A massive cast-iron fence manufactured by Wood and Perrot of Boston encircles the property. The gate is identical to the one at the U. S. Military Academy at West Point. </span></p> <br /></div></div>the architecturalisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06713865146561578771noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6869248897118004607.post-46681983493183884062010-08-01T16:00:00.000-04:002010-08-01T16:12:11.391-04:00Pope Villa<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Biy1i9YVNgI/TDECrcCL6ZI/AAAAAAAAApA/qZs5L5b8a6o/s1600/1-PVfacade.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 250px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Biy1i9YVNgI/TDECrcCL6ZI/AAAAAAAAApA/qZs5L5b8a6o/s400/1-PVfacade.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5490172366024337810" /></a><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Times New Roman"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"> When you think of Lexington, Kentucky, you may think of horses and bourbon and perhaps college basketball. But Lexington is also home to one of the most avant-garde buildings for its time, built by America’s first professional architect, Benjamin Henry Latrobe. </span></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Times New Roman"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Times New Roman"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"> Born in England and educated in Europe, Latrobe came to the United States in 1796, after the death of his first wife. Latrobe studied in England under neo-classical architect S.P. Cockerell and engineer John Smeaton and brought his diverse talents to the new republic. First in Virginia, then in Pennsylvania, Latrobe quickly found commissions to design houses and public buildings, including the Bank of Pennsylvania, the first example of Greek Revival architecture in America.</span></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Times New Roman"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Times New Roman"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"> In 1803, President Thomas Jefferson made Latrobe surveyor of public buildings. His duties included overseeing the construction of the U.S. Capitol. While in Washington, he met John Pope, an attorney and U.S. senator from Lexington, Kentucky. Pope needed a summer home in Lexington to serve as a political base where he and his wife, Eliza, could entertain guests and he asked Latrobe to provide him with a design.</span> </p></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"><br /></span></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Biy1i9YVNgI/TDECqpLkKZI/AAAAAAAAAo4/DD0cdgCNKPk/s1600/2-Latrobedrawings2.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 382px; height: 400px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Biy1i9YVNgI/TDECqpLkKZI/AAAAAAAAAo4/DD0cdgCNKPk/s400/2-Latrobedrawings2.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5490172352373467538" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Latrobe's elevation drawings showing his two and three story variations.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Image via The Library of Congress.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Times New Roman"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Latrobe presented the Popes with plans for an elegant cube-shaped brick villa with a one-story white portico composed of two Greek columns flanked by arches. Latrobe’s design incorporated elements of neo-classical architecture and the picturesque, and showed his genius in combining the two. </span></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Times New Roman"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Times New Roman"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Guests would enter the house through a doorway flanked by Ionic columns and large sidelights. Once inside, they would be welcomed into either Mr. Pope’s office or his wife’s parlor on either side of a square hall, or proceed upstairs, where Latrobe placed the main reception rooms of the house. </span></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Times New Roman"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Times New Roman"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">The square entrance hall and the stairs located to the side would be an unusual experience for someone who was used to the long central hallways that were the fashion of the time. Latrobe hated these long hallways where the guests, household members, and servants mixed. In his design, all the services for the house, the kitchen, laundry, etc., were hidden behind the reception rooms, so the servants could move discreetly from floor to floor using their own private staircase. Latrobe also disliked the “ell” extensions on the backs of houses, where the servants typically performed their labors, so he placed the kitchen and bake house into the block of the main house, despite the fact that it must have made the house quite hot in the long Kentucky summers.</span></p> </div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Biy1i9YVNgI/TDECptdSmFI/AAAAAAAAAow/tZb5SiSkhaM/s1600/3-PopeVillaPlan.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 220px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Biy1i9YVNgI/TDECptdSmFI/AAAAAAAAAow/tZb5SiSkhaM/s400/3-PopeVillaPlan.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5490172336341686354" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Original plans by Latrobe.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Times New Roman"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Once on the main floor, guests walked through a double set of columns and entered a grand domed circular rotunda with an ocular skylight; a rare sight at that time for a public building in America and unheard of in a private house. Columns and niches filled with statues lined the walls. In the front of the building were the drawing room and dining room, the primary spaces where guests were entertained. Both rooms had elegant curved walls and large windows that looked onto the front lawn. Bedrooms and a butler’s pantry occupied the remainder of the upstairs. In his original design, Latrobe also included plans for a third floor: attic. story.</span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Times New Roman"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Around 1812, the Popes proceeded to build their new house, using local builder Asa Wilgus and making changes as they went along, including enlarging the windows on the second floor. Unfortunately, the Popes’ time in their villa was short-lived. John Pope lost his reelection bid for the Senate and left Lexington, leasing the Pope Villa just three years after it was built.</span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Times New Roman"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Times New Roman"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">In 1819, Latrobe left Washington for New Orleans, a city in which he saw great potential, to oversee the new waterworks system proposed by his son at his behest several years prior. . Latrobe had to finish the project after his son had contracted yellow fever and died. The following year, exactly three years after his son’s death, Latrobe also died of yellow fever. His remains were most likely taken to a mass grave “lye pit,” where victims of the epidemic were buried.</span></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Times New Roman"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p> </div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Biy1i9YVNgI/TDECpQxf2RI/AAAAAAAAAoo/wblcDARKoek/s1600/4-PVbefore.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 324px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Biy1i9YVNgI/TDECpQxf2RI/AAAAAAAAAoo/wblcDARKoek/s400/4-PVbefore.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5490172328641812754" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Pope Villa showing later additions, including a cupola.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">Image via </span><a href="http://www.mcwb-arch.com/projects/houses/pope.html"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">Mesick, Cohen, Wilson, Baker Architects</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Times New Roman"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">The Popes were finally forced to sell the Pope Villa in 1829. Successive owners made additions and changes to the interior in accordance with the architectural fashions of the day. Eventually the house was converted into four and then ten apartments for the local university students, and Latrobe’s design was largely forgotten.</span></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Times New Roman"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Times New Roman"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">In 1987, a fire set by an arsonist destroyed the roof and damaged sections of the second floor. A local preservation group, The Blue Grass Trust, acquired the property and put forward a plan of restoration and conservation that continues today. Their extensive research revealed that the house’s construction followed Latrobe’s original designs much more closely than was previously thought. When the restoration project is completed, the university plans to use the building for its Historic Preservation program and as a space for architecture and design exhibitions. </span></p> </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></span></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Biy1i9YVNgI/TDECpGilpvI/AAAAAAAAAog/0xKuDh1m0VU/s1600/5-PVbetween.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 250px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Biy1i9YVNgI/TDECpGilpvI/AAAAAAAAAog/0xKuDh1m0VU/s400/5-PVbetween.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5490172325894924018" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Windows restored and old porch removed.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Biy1i9YVNgI/TDECaU1iTpI/AAAAAAAAAoY/_7GUmpsPs6c/s1600/6-PVdoorway.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 333px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Biy1i9YVNgI/TDECaU1iTpI/AAAAAAAAAoY/_7GUmpsPs6c/s400/6-PVdoorway.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5490172072034455186" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Remnants of the original "Pebbles and Flowerpots" wallpaper in the dining room. Reproduced today by </span><a href="http://www.adelphipaperhangings.com/pebbles.html#"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Adelphi Paper Hangings</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Biy1i9YVNgI/TDECaC5fQ_I/AAAAAAAAAoQ/ZkUBOEZq6rk/s1600/7-PVtrio.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 123px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Biy1i9YVNgI/TDECaC5fQ_I/AAAAAAAAAoQ/ZkUBOEZq6rk/s400/7-PVtrio.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5490172067219194866" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Surviving design elements.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Biy1i9YVNgI/TDECZ8_Im8I/AAAAAAAAAoI/kSSut2seIAo/s1600/8-PVrotunda.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 314px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Biy1i9YVNgI/TDECZ8_Im8I/AAAAAAAAAoI/kSSut2seIAo/s400/8-PVrotunda.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5490172065632263106" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">The rotunda today with a new roof.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Biy1i9YVNgI/TDECZVHPpRI/AAAAAAAAAoA/n_dCa1VORkw/s1600/9-PVniche.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 276px; height: 400px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Biy1i9YVNgI/TDECZVHPpRI/AAAAAAAAAoA/n_dCa1VORkw/s400/9-PVniche.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5490172054928860434" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Original niche for statuary.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Biy1i9YVNgI/TDECY5-ld7I/AAAAAAAAAn4/1WcO__xEFqw/s1600/10-PV6.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Biy1i9YVNgI/TDECY5-ld7I/AAAAAAAAAn4/1WcO__xEFqw/s400/10-PV6.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5490172047644784562" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Clockwise from top left: Entry flanked by Ionic columns; KY historical marker; detail of column; newly constructed portico; new back door and side lights; Pope's office under restoration. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> All photos by the architecturalist.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">All images, unless noted, via The Bluegrass Trust for Historic Preservation.</span></div>the architecturalisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06713865146561578771noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6869248897118004607.post-84995864988489924022010-03-11T23:50:00.001-05:002010-03-11T23:54:50.422-05:00John Folsom "Lure of the Lowcountry"<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Biy1i9YVNgI/S5CN5-iCp5I/AAAAAAAAAkI/o5ZvjybBgYE/s1600-h/Folsom1.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 319px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Biy1i9YVNgI/S5CN5-iCp5I/AAAAAAAAAkI/o5ZvjybBgYE/s400/Folsom1.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5445007976668768146" /></a><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Times New Roman"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">The ethereal beauty of coastal South Carolina and Georgia has been captured by Photographer </span><a href="http://johnfolsomonline.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">John Folsom</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> is his series of photographs, </span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Lure of the Lowcountry</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">, now on exhibit at the </span><a href="http://www.gibbesmuseum.org/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Gibbes Museum</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> in Charleston, SC</span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Times New Roman; min-height: 15.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Times New Roman"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Folsom hand tints each photograph and adds layers of wax and oil paint to produce each exquisite landscape. Each photograph will be paired with an early Lowcountry landscape from the museum’s collection. </span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">On display through April 18th 2010.</span></i></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Times New Roman"><i><br /></i></p><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Biy1i9YVNgI/S5CN5syoFaI/AAAAAAAAAkA/jJRpVEtau6s/s1600-h/Folsom2.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 318px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Biy1i9YVNgI/S5CN5syoFaI/AAAAAAAAAkA/jJRpVEtau6s/s400/Folsom2.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5445007971906491810" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Biy1i9YVNgI/S5CN5Q79_KI/AAAAAAAAAj4/q1FuiEtZMew/s1600-h/Folsom4.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 319px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Biy1i9YVNgI/S5CN5Q79_KI/AAAAAAAAAj4/q1FuiEtZMew/s400/Folsom4.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5445007964429483170" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Biy1i9YVNgI/S5CN5MRQ1VI/AAAAAAAAAjw/PA0mUae9RS4/s1600-h/Folsom5.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 318px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Biy1i9YVNgI/S5CN5MRQ1VI/AAAAAAAAAjw/PA0mUae9RS4/s400/Folsom5.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5445007963176621394" /></a>the architecturalisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06713865146561578771noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6869248897118004607.post-43363801869998842702010-03-02T00:39:00.000-05:002010-03-02T01:13:47.971-05:00Compass & Rule<div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif;font-size:13px;">A new exhibit at the <a href="http://ycba.yale.edu/index.asp">Yale Center for British Art</a> explores the relationship of mathematics and architecture and features drawings by Inigo Jones, Sir Christopher Wren and King George III.</span></div><div> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 13.0px Times New Roman; min-height: 16.0px"><br /></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 13.0px Times New Roman">An online version of the exhibition can be seen <a href="http://www.mhs.ox.ac.uk/compassandrule/">here</a>.</p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 13.0px Times New Roman; min-height: 16.0px"><br /></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 13.0px Times New Roman">In the spirit of the exhibit, here are a few of my favorite drawings from the practice of <a href="http://www.qftarchitects.com/">Quinlan & Francis Terry Architects</a> that were exhibited at the Royal Academy Summer Exhibition showing their expertise with the compass and rule.</p></div><div><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Biy1i9YVNgI/S3LvuI3Dg5I/AAAAAAAAAjM/y5WEY_CiARQ/s1600-h/1-NewBahaiTemple.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 261px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Biy1i9YVNgI/S3LvuI3Dg5I/AAAAAAAAAjM/y5WEY_CiARQ/s400/1-NewBahaiTemple.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5436671276121031570" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Biy1i9YVNgI/S3LvoeNpfVI/AAAAAAAAAjE/P-Fhz5gQIuk/s1600-h/2-IonicCapital.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 384px; height: 387px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Biy1i9YVNgI/S3LvoeNpfVI/AAAAAAAAAjE/P-Fhz5gQIuk/s400/2-IonicCapital.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5436671178773724498" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Biy1i9YVNgI/S3LvnwAsESI/AAAAAAAAAi8/qmmKc4LxkPc/s1600-h/3-KentuckyHouse.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 312px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Biy1i9YVNgI/S3LvnwAsESI/AAAAAAAAAi8/qmmKc4LxkPc/s400/3-KentuckyHouse.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5436671166371336482" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Biy1i9YVNgI/S3LvnjmpqDI/AAAAAAAAAi0/0989bnP7dCw/s1600-h/4-decoration.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 248px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Biy1i9YVNgI/S3LvnjmpqDI/AAAAAAAAAi0/0989bnP7dCw/s400/4-decoration.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5436671163040901170" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Biy1i9YVNgI/S3LvnNDF_fI/AAAAAAAAAis/pb-eOX_ssmc/s1600-h/5-FlamingUrn.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 232px; height: 400px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Biy1i9YVNgI/S3LvnNDF_fI/AAAAAAAAAis/pb-eOX_ssmc/s400/5-FlamingUrn.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5436671156986183154" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Biy1i9YVNgI/S3Lvmws1bVI/AAAAAAAAAik/WF1Hw2vq9ZY/s1600-h/6-Williamsburg.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 162px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Biy1i9YVNgI/S3Lvmws1bVI/AAAAAAAAAik/WF1Hw2vq9ZY/s400/6-Williamsburg.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5436671149376630098" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;">All photos via Quinlin & Francis Terry Architects</span></div>the architecturalisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06713865146561578771noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6869248897118004607.post-13736380943396819422010-02-09T21:41:00.004-05:002010-02-09T23:40:27.474-05:00Inspirations - John Dugdale<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Biy1i9YVNgI/S03sg9RcU7I/AAAAAAAAAhk/rglHLF6BYkg/s1600-h/1-dudgalefield.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 325px; height: 400px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Biy1i9YVNgI/S03sg9RcU7I/AAAAAAAAAhk/rglHLF6BYkg/s400/1-dudgalefield.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5426253176999007154" border="0" /></a>In 1993 photographer <a href="http://www.johndugdale.net/">John Dugdale</a> photographed his Hudson River Valley farmhouse for the New York Times magazine. At that time, he was best know for his atmospheric portraits and still-lifes using the cyantype process, an early form of photography. The photographs were published just before an AIDS related stroke took almost all his sight and left him hospitalized for months. Since that time, he has continued to work with the help of an assistant, sketching and titling each image before it’s made. Recently, he has shot a campaign for the Broadway revival of “The Miracle Worker”. <a href="http://video.nytimes.com/video/2010/01/10/arts/1247466445722/a-sense-of-sight.html">Here</a> he explains the process he now uses as a blind photographer.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Biy1i9YVNgI/S03sgseUgwI/AAAAAAAAAhc/0sEM9rxPTCM/s1600-h/2-dugdaleparlor.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 313px; height: 400px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Biy1i9YVNgI/S03sgseUgwI/AAAAAAAAAhc/0sEM9rxPTCM/s400/2-dugdaleparlor.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5426253172489618178" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Biy1i9YVNgI/S03sgVW8_kI/AAAAAAAAAhU/1mxE040mdBA/s1600-h/3-dugdalecorner.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 308px; height: 400px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Biy1i9YVNgI/S03sgVW8_kI/AAAAAAAAAhU/1mxE040mdBA/s400/3-dugdalecorner.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5426253166284701250" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Biy1i9YVNgI/S03sgFlT2NI/AAAAAAAAAhM/nKKIzIg8Vd0/s1600-h/4-dugdalelamb.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 332px; height: 400px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Biy1i9YVNgI/S03sgFlT2NI/AAAAAAAAAhM/nKKIzIg8Vd0/s400/4-dugdalelamb.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5426253162049951954" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Biy1i9YVNgI/S03sf3CPHKI/AAAAAAAAAhE/xynOVVzYihI/s1600-h/5-dugdalebedroom.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 306px; height: 400px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Biy1i9YVNgI/S03sf3CPHKI/AAAAAAAAAhE/xynOVVzYihI/s400/5-dugdalebedroom.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5426253158144744610" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:78%;">All photographs by John Dugdale for the New York Times.<br /></span></div>the architecturalisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06713865146561578771noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6869248897118004607.post-52181139509368903072010-01-17T17:53:00.000-05:002012-12-18T17:07:30.659-05:00Romantic Ireland<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Biy1i9YVNgI/S1OTTkeNElI/AAAAAAAAAic/U6_4HOOeGEo/s1600-h/StatueHenriettaStreet.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5427843940328739410" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Biy1i9YVNgI/S1OTTkeNElI/AAAAAAAAAic/U6_4HOOeGEo/s400/StatueHenriettaStreet.jpg" style="cursor: hand; cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 400px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 300px;" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12px;"></span><br />
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the architecturalisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06713865146561578771noreply@blogger.com14tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6869248897118004607.post-34924007057292534532010-01-11T23:16:00.002-05:002010-01-12T01:14:49.483-05:00Inspirations - Peter Hone<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Biy1i9YVNgI/SygymjWqYgI/AAAAAAAAAg8/xY_1gXzcVpE/s1600-h/peterhone5.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 279px; height: 400px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Biy1i9YVNgI/SygymjWqYgI/AAAAAAAAAg8/xY_1gXzcVpE/s400/peterhone5.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5415634189819732482" /></a><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Times New Roman"></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Times New Roman"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">With an eye towards Sir John Soane’s Museum, Peter Hone has filled his London flat with urns, busts and architectural fragments collected from his travels as one of England’s leading dealers of garden furniture and antiques. </span></p><p></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Times New Roman"><br /></p><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Biy1i9YVNgI/SygymD_TEWI/AAAAAAAAAg0/TMDd1pZYDmk/s1600-h/peterhone4.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 246px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Biy1i9YVNgI/SygymD_TEWI/AAAAAAAAAg0/TMDd1pZYDmk/s400/peterhone4.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5415634181400236386" /></a><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Times New Roman"></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Times New Roman"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">A simple color palette prevents the visitor from being overwhelmed by the vast collection. Marble, Coade stone, alabaster and plaster mix with scrubbed floor boards to produce a pleasing effect.</span></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Times New Roman"><br /></p> <p></p> <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Biy1i9YVNgI/Sygyly4LfHI/AAAAAAAAAgs/9Q2QKztkFk0/s1600-h/peterhone2.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 249px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Biy1i9YVNgI/Sygyly4LfHI/AAAAAAAAAgs/9Q2QKztkFk0/s400/peterhone2.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5415634176806976626" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Biy1i9YVNgI/SygylrSFzXI/AAAAAAAAAgk/HCCPiE2gM0o/s1600-h/peterhone1.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 250px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Biy1i9YVNgI/SygylrSFzXI/AAAAAAAAAgk/HCCPiE2gM0o/s400/peterhone1.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5415634174768172402" /></a><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif;font-size:100%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:12px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Georgia, serif;font-size:130%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:16px;"><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Times New Roman"></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Times New Roman"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">To add a little architectural charm to your own home, </span><a href="http://www.benpentreath.com/inspiration/2009/07/15/presenting-the-hone-museum/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">visit Ben Pentreath Ltd.</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> to purchase a fragment from Peter Hone’s collection.</span></p> <p></p><p style="text-align: center;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal 'Times New Roman'; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;">all photos via www.lightlocations.com</span></p> </span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>the architecturalisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06713865146561578771noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6869248897118004607.post-2053678938849319762009-11-14T17:50:00.002-05:002009-11-15T22:42:32.862-05:00William Gatewood House, Charleston, SC<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Biy1i9YVNgI/SotJB8-5w0I/AAAAAAAAAeM/eDc2Sg746Yw/s1600-h/1-gatewoodmain.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 322px; height: 400px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Biy1i9YVNgI/SotJB8-5w0I/AAAAAAAAAeM/eDc2Sg746Yw/s400/1-gatewoodmain.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5371467278468105026" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:78%;"></span></div><br />Architect Gil Schafer has a distinct talent for designing houses that look as if they have always been there. He knows the history, the materials and how to infuse a certain timeworn quality into each building. So, he was a natural choice when the owners of the William Gatewood house in Charleston, SC wanted to make their old house look, well, old again.<br /><br />Built in 1843, the house is a mixture of Greek Revival and Classical revival styles. The building’s foundation and masonry were reinforced and all the brickwork required re-pointing. An elevator was removed from the porch or piazza (as it’s known in Charleston) allowing the windows and archway to be reopened. The porches were replaced on the attached kitchen house and the original doorways reopened.<br /><br />Inside, all the moldings were returned to their original appearance. A cast-plaster ceiling medallion was duplicated for the dining room from an original in the parlors. and other elements were gently returned to their original appearance.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Biy1i9YVNgI/SotJBbn_gMI/AAAAAAAAAeE/nblth3OV8BQ/s1600-h/2-gatewoodpiazzawindow.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 321px; height: 400px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Biy1i9YVNgI/SotJBbn_gMI/AAAAAAAAAeE/nblth3OV8BQ/s400/2-gatewoodpiazzawindow.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5371467269513642178" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:78%;">Window looking onto the piazza.</span><br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Biy1i9YVNgI/SotJBHcdC1I/AAAAAAAAAd8/26OlUVmGJSo/s1600-h/3-greenwoodpiazza.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 324px; height: 400px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Biy1i9YVNgI/SotJBHcdC1I/AAAAAAAAAd8/26OlUVmGJSo/s400/3-greenwoodpiazza.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5371467264096537426" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:78%;">Tuscan columns on the piazza.<br /><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Biy1i9YVNgI/SotJA4tyu9I/AAAAAAAAAd0/K8CQNxYhye0/s1600-h/4-gatewooddblparlor.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 279px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Biy1i9YVNgI/SotJA4tyu9I/AAAAAAAAAd0/K8CQNxYhye0/s400/4-gatewooddblparlor.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5371467260142730194" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:78%;">Triple-hung windows in the parlors give access to the piazza.</span><br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Biy1i9YVNgI/SotI1ycPYWI/AAAAAAAAAds/J6XT1kcH-eA/s1600-h/5-gatewooddiningroom.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 322px; height: 400px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Biy1i9YVNgI/SotI1ycPYWI/AAAAAAAAAds/J6XT1kcH-eA/s400/5-gatewooddiningroom.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5371467069479936354" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:78%;">De Gournay wallpaper in the dining room.</span><br /><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Biy1i9YVNgI/SotI1aTWSCI/AAAAAAAAAdk/EJ3rmid1AxY/s1600-h/6-gatewoodstair.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 319px; height: 400px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Biy1i9YVNgI/SotI1aTWSCI/AAAAAAAAAdk/EJ3rmid1AxY/s400/6-gatewoodstair.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5371467063000188962" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Biy1i9YVNgI/SotI1Jh5Q_I/AAAAAAAAAdc/kzB929fzRlo/s1600-h/7-gatewoodfireplace.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 321px; height: 400px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Biy1i9YVNgI/SotI1Jh5Q_I/AAAAAAAAAdc/kzB929fzRlo/s400/7-gatewoodfireplace.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5371467058497799154" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Biy1i9YVNgI/SotI0rgzJZI/AAAAAAAAAdU/LBy5EDuOxs0/s1600-h/8-gatewoodkitchenhouse.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 280px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Biy1i9YVNgI/SotI0rgzJZI/AAAAAAAAAdU/LBy5EDuOxs0/s400/8-gatewoodkitchenhouse.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5371467050440140178" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:78%;">Kitchen house.<br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;">All photos via <a href="http://www.gpschafer.com/">gpschafer.com</a></span></div>the architecturalisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06713865146561578771noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6869248897118004607.post-54461836187648442302009-08-20T23:55:00.000-04:002009-08-20T23:56:47.829-04:00Illuminati<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Biy1i9YVNgI/SoCwf2kPt5I/AAAAAAAAAdE/QsT6lrl3ah0/s1600-h/1-caldwellchan.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 307px; height: 400px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Biy1i9YVNgI/SoCwf2kPt5I/AAAAAAAAAdE/QsT6lrl3ah0/s400/1-caldwellchan.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5368484817095604114" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Biy1i9YVNgI/SoCwfcgrmxI/AAAAAAAAAc8/dO6l0TITjmc/s1600-h/2-caldwellchand2.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 330px; height: 400px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Biy1i9YVNgI/SoCwfcgrmxI/AAAAAAAAAc8/dO6l0TITjmc/s400/2-caldwellchand2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5368484810101332754" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Biy1i9YVNgI/SoCwfCj4L5I/AAAAAAAAAc0/6jQomjsX_dM/s1600-h/3-ship.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 322px; height: 400px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Biy1i9YVNgI/SoCwfCj4L5I/AAAAAAAAAc0/6jQomjsX_dM/s400/3-ship.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5368484803135418258" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Biy1i9YVNgI/SoCwetGXWyI/AAAAAAAAAcs/Vwei5dA5fWM/s1600-h/4-birdcage2.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 294px; height: 400px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Biy1i9YVNgI/SoCwetGXWyI/AAAAAAAAAcs/Vwei5dA5fWM/s400/4-birdcage2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5368484797374487330" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Biy1i9YVNgI/SoCweRvPFII/AAAAAAAAAck/xBDfSOV8lV8/s1600-h/5-vase.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 302px; height: 400px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Biy1i9YVNgI/SoCweRvPFII/AAAAAAAAAck/xBDfSOV8lV8/s400/5-vase.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5368484790029718658" border="0" /></a>Edward F Caldwell & Co., est. 1895, manufactured custom-made lighting fixtures for America’s leading architects and designers including McKim Mead & White, Carre & Hastings and Cass Gilbert. An early innovator in electric lighting, the firm combined the new technology with traditional ornamental metalwork. Working into the mid-20th century, their commissions included many public buildings including The White House, The New York Public Library and Radio City Music Hall. <br /><br />Over 35,00 photographs and drawings from the company’s archives are available from<br />The Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum Library’s online digital <a href="http://www.sil.si.edu/DigitalCollections/Caldwell/">database</a>.the architecturalisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06713865146561578771noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6869248897118004607.post-14901458553281646022009-07-14T00:25:00.000-04:002009-07-14T00:25:21.651-04:00Aiken-Rhett House, Charleston, SC - Pt. II<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Biy1i9YVNgI/SlvFWHRdVuI/AAAAAAAAAbs/OpRetvAauA8/s1600-h/1-arbefore.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Biy1i9YVNgI/SlvFWHRdVuI/AAAAAAAAAbs/OpRetvAauA8/s400/1-arbefore.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5358093165387405026" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:78%;">Photo by TheGoodReverend via Flickr</span><br /><br /><div style="text-align: left;">After Frances Rhett donated the Aiken-Rhett house to the Charleston Museum in 1975, work began to protect and stabilize the dilapidated building. The museum installed a new roof and rebuilt the piazzas which had become unsafe. From 1982 until 1989, the house was open for tours until Hurricane Hugo slammed into Charleston destroying the chimneys and several outbuildings, pouring rain into Harriet’s bedroom that the family had worked so hard to preserve.<br /><br />The Charleston Museum continued it's restoration efforts, rebuilding the chimneys and outbuildings. However, attendance began to dwindle and the museum was forced to close the house for tours in 1993.<br /><br />The house remained closed until Historic Charleston Foundation, a nonprofit organization dedicated to preserving the architecture and cultural character of Charleston, took over ownership in 1995.<br /><br />The HCF reopened the house for tours and soon after developed an integrated plan of conservation and restoration. Exterior components such as the shutters, windows and doors were restored to protect the interior historic fabric in it's original condition.<br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Biy1i9YVNgI/SlvFVxitouI/AAAAAAAAAbk/WvhhrZHTNMM/s1600-h/2-aikenR2.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 400px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Biy1i9YVNgI/SlvFVxitouI/AAAAAAAAAbk/WvhhrZHTNMM/s400/2-aikenR2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5358093159554196194" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:78%;">Photo by <a href="http://grossanddaleyphoto.blogspot.com/">Gross & Daley Photo</a></span><br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Biy1i9YVNgI/SlvFVfGiDDI/AAAAAAAAAbc/LXiDXkwE3cg/s1600-h/3-archandelier.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 299px; height: 400px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Biy1i9YVNgI/SlvFVfGiDDI/AAAAAAAAAbc/LXiDXkwE3cg/s400/3-archandelier.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5358093154604158002" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:78%;">Photo by megnificence via flickr</span><br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Biy1i9YVNgI/SlvFVK3BUEI/AAAAAAAAAbU/JpCsPLZDCBQ/s1600-h/4-ardiningroom.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 299px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Biy1i9YVNgI/SlvFVK3BUEI/AAAAAAAAAbU/JpCsPLZDCBQ/s400/4-ardiningroom.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5358093149170389058" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:78%;">Photo by megnificence via flickr</span><br /></div><span style="font-size:78%;"><br /><br /></span><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Biy1i9YVNgI/SlvFLVRG94I/AAAAAAAAAbM/s6ZSBEW9NIY/s1600-h/5-arsittingroom.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 299px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Biy1i9YVNgI/SlvFLVRG94I/AAAAAAAAAbM/s6ZSBEW9NIY/s400/5-arsittingroom.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5358092980165474178" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:78%;">Photo by megnificence via flickr</span><br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Biy1i9YVNgI/SlvFKw6VG-I/AAAAAAAAAbE/RkVc-C88r2k/s1600-h/6-art_gallery.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 260px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Biy1i9YVNgI/SlvFKw6VG-I/AAAAAAAAAbE/RkVc-C88r2k/s400/6-art_gallery.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5358092970406255586" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:78%;">Photo by Rick Rhodes, <a href="http://www.historiccharleston.org/news_events/newsroom_images.html">HCF</a></span><br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Biy1i9YVNgI/SlvFKuEKnhI/AAAAAAAAAa8/vSn9NjyS_10/s1600-h/7-restored+exterior+1.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Biy1i9YVNgI/SlvFKuEKnhI/AAAAAAAAAa8/vSn9NjyS_10/s400/7-restored+exterior+1.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5358092969642204690" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:78%;">Photo Carrroll Ann Bowers, <a href="http://www.historiccharleston.org/news_events/newsroom_images.html">HCF</a></span><br /></div><br />The most striking change has been to the exterior. In 2006, the weathered masonry walls were given an application of deep yellow lime wash and stenciled white lines were applied to simulate stone blocks, returning the house to it’s 1858 appearance when the Aikens did their last alterations. The lime wash is not only decorative, it adds a protective and breathable coating to the masonry.<br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">The Aiken-Rhett house is located at 48 Elizabeth Steet in Charleston, SC and is open 7 days a week. A self-guided audio tour takes visitors through each room, from basement to parlors and into the carriage house and servant’s quarters. One of the most unique house tours you’ll ever see and highly recommended.</span>the architecturalisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06713865146561578771noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6869248897118004607.post-31344959355869097922009-06-03T10:05:00.000-04:002009-06-03T10:05:37.160-04:00Le Monde Créole - Joel Pickford<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Biy1i9YVNgI/SiSvoRxBVbI/AAAAAAAAAZ0/IucvNzhtrQw/s1600-h/1-ParlangePlantationExterior.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 281px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Biy1i9YVNgI/SiSvoRxBVbI/AAAAAAAAAZ0/IucvNzhtrQw/s400/1-ParlangePlantationExterior.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5342588164466890162" border="0" /></a>Parlange Plantation<br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Biy1i9YVNgI/SiSvoHEcp-I/AAAAAAAAAZs/klE74z_2vpA/s1600-h/2-JuliedeTernantParlangePlantation.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 282px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Biy1i9YVNgI/SiSvoHEcp-I/AAAAAAAAAZs/klE74z_2vpA/s400/2-JuliedeTernantParlangePlantation.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5342588161595582434" border="0" /></a>Julie de Ternant - Parlange Plantation<br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Biy1i9YVNgI/SiSvn8SN8EI/AAAAAAAAAZk/pDcDGoyN404/s1600-h/3-SlaveAlleeEvergreenPlantation.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 291px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Biy1i9YVNgI/SiSvn8SN8EI/AAAAAAAAAZk/pDcDGoyN404/s400/3-SlaveAlleeEvergreenPlantation.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5342588158700548162" border="0" /></a>Slave Allee - Evergreen Plantation<br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Biy1i9YVNgI/SiSvnp2gV9I/AAAAAAAAAZc/KQs1ykDEceU/s1600-h/4-ColumnsEvergreenPlantation.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 268px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Biy1i9YVNgI/SiSvnp2gV9I/AAAAAAAAAZc/KQs1ykDEceU/s400/4-ColumnsEvergreenPlantation.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5342588153752475602" border="0" /></a>Columns - Evergreen Plantation<br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Biy1i9YVNgI/SiSvdxXcDxI/AAAAAAAAAZU/7eRxqXEsK9w/s1600-h/5-FountainEvergreenPlantation.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 268px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Biy1i9YVNgI/SiSvdxXcDxI/AAAAAAAAAZU/7eRxqXEsK9w/s400/5-FountainEvergreenPlantation.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5342587983970963218" border="0" /></a>Fountain - Evergreen Plantation<br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Biy1i9YVNgI/SiSvZPDQpNI/AAAAAAAAAZM/W-rf0loOoDc/s1600-h/6-EvergreenPlantationInterior.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 269px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Biy1i9YVNgI/SiSvZPDQpNI/AAAAAAAAAZM/W-rf0loOoDc/s400/6-EvergreenPlantationInterior.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5342587906040046802" border="0" /></a>Interior - Evergreen Plantation<br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Biy1i9YVNgI/SiSvYqkR0hI/AAAAAAAAAZE/k58b0yEJ3HA/s1600-h/7-BranchEvergreenPlantation.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 265px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Biy1i9YVNgI/SiSvYqkR0hI/AAAAAAAAAZE/k58b0yEJ3HA/s400/7-BranchEvergreenPlantation.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5342587896246424082" border="0" /></a>Branch - Slave Quarters - Evergreen Plantation<br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Biy1i9YVNgI/SiSvYfbVa4I/AAAAAAAAAY8/qmFswD9Kg2s/s1600-h/8-BreakfastWindowEvergreenPlantation.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 268px; height: 400px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Biy1i9YVNgI/SiSvYfbVa4I/AAAAAAAAAY8/qmFswD9Kg2s/s400/8-BreakfastWindowEvergreenPlantation.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5342587893256121218" border="0" /></a>Breakfast Window - Evergreen Plantation<br /></div><br />Since 1995, photographer <a href="http://www.joelpickford.com/">Joel Pickford</a> has been photographing the architecture, people and places of southern Louisiana. His series “Le Monde Creole” captures the unique beauty of the region. He is currently working on a documentary film “Bayou Blues: A Photographer’s Journey in South Louisiana.”the architecturalisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06713865146561578771noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6869248897118004607.post-13130065741119265392009-04-21T01:20:00.017-04:002009-11-25T23:57:55.976-05:00Aiken-Rhett House, Charleston, SC - Pt. I<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Biy1i9YVNgI/Se6j7NUnOAI/AAAAAAAAAYU/XCYMOY7YZ-g/s1600-h/1-ARexterior9:63.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 292px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Biy1i9YVNgI/Se6j7NUnOAI/AAAAAAAAAYU/XCYMOY7YZ-g/s400/1-ARexterior9:63.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5327375646809602050" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Biy1i9YVNgI/Se6j62YFgXI/AAAAAAAAAYM/uOofQ0G_V0Y/s1600-h/2-aikenrhetttrio.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 188px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Biy1i9YVNgI/Se6j62YFgXI/AAAAAAAAAYM/uOofQ0G_V0Y/s400/2-aikenrhetttrio.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5327375640650154354" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:78%;">Photos via Library of Congress</span><br /><br /></div>“Through closed shutters the tendrils of vines reached in from outside. Broken chains of prisms hung from chandeliers. Rotting silk drapery clung to gilded poles. Silver hardware had turned black, and a heavy black dust covered everything and hung in the air, so thick in one room that they could not breathe.” - Henry Wiencek, “Old Houses”<br /><br />So was the Aiken-Rhett house when the curator from the Charleston Museum entered the neglected mansion accompanied by two decedents of the family that had lived in the house for 150 years. The last occupant of the house, Frances Rhett, had moved out of the house three years prior, and had recently donated the house to the museum. Her late husband, I’on Rhett and his brother Andrew Burnet Rhett, Jr., occupied the house (with staff) as bachelors for many years, spurning any ideas of modernization, living just like their ancestors had.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Biy1i9YVNgI/Se6j64ACE_I/AAAAAAAAAYE/X18XzCZker8/s1600-h/3-arentrance.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 322px; height: 400px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Biy1i9YVNgI/Se6j64ACE_I/AAAAAAAAAYE/X18XzCZker8/s400/3-arentrance.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5327375641086137330" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:78%;">1830's Entrance Hall - Photo via Library of Congress</span></div><span style="font-size:100%;"><br /></span><div><span style="font-size:100%;"><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Georgia"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">The fourteen room mansion was built in 1817 by John Robinson, a wealthy merchant, who only lived in the house for a short time until he was forced to forfeit it to his creditors when several of his ships were lost at sea. One of the creditors, William Aiken, took possession of the house until he was killed in a carriage accident and the house passed to his son William Aiken, Jr.</span></p> </span><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-size:100%;">William Aiken, Jr., a wealthy planter and future governor of South Carolina, with his wife Harriet were to have the greatest influence on the appearance of the Aiken-Rhett house. Beginning in the 1830’s, they oversaw an extensive redesign of the house in the Greek Revival style. The first floor was divided into double parlors and the entrance was moved from the wide front porches (know in Charleston as piazzas) to the side, where an elegant marble entrance hall was built.<br /></span><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Biy1i9YVNgI/Se6j6so-CgI/AAAAAAAAAX8/xMaL5qnJhXc/s1600-h/4-double_parlors.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 308px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Biy1i9YVNgI/Se6j6so-CgI/AAAAAAAAAX8/xMaL5qnJhXc/s400/4-double_parlors.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5327375638036613634" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;">Photo - Michael Eastman</span><br /><br /></div>In the 1850’s, the Aikens once again redecorated, this time in the Rococo Revival style. A gallery was built to display the artwork acquired from the family’s travels throughout Europe and a large portrait of Harriet Aiken, by George Whiting Flagg, was installed in the second parlor, so large that a window was blocked off to accommodate the life-sized painting.<br /><br />William Aiken passed away in 1887, followed by his wife in 1892. At Harriet’s death, her daughter Henrietta began a custom that was followed by successive members of the family, her mother’s room was simply shut-off, her belongings left untouched.<br /><br />Henrietta and her husband, Major A.B. Rhett, raised their family in the house. When Henrietta passed away it was divided between her children and their heirs. Burnet Rhett, Jr and his brother I’on Rhett, followed by his wife Frances were the last occupants of the house. Little by little, rooms not needed were closed and left for time to take it’s course.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Biy1i9YVNgI/Se6j6qJ8eqI/AAAAAAAAAX0/zTtJCEq4WXI/s1600-h/5-arHBS-bedroom.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 286px; height: 400px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Biy1i9YVNgI/Se6j6qJ8eqI/AAAAAAAAAX0/zTtJCEq4WXI/s400/5-arHBS-bedroom.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5327375637369617058" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:78%;">Harriet's bedroom </span><br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Biy1i9YVNgI/Se6jtokv_lI/AAAAAAAAAXs/lqZ-vlpi1VM/s1600-h/6-arHBS-artgallery.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 322px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Biy1i9YVNgI/Se6jtokv_lI/AAAAAAAAAXs/lqZ-vlpi1VM/s400/6-arHBS-artgallery.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5327375413606874706" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:78%;">The Art Gallery </span><br /><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Biy1i9YVNgI/Se6jtQoM6WI/AAAAAAAAAXk/e0103hOxapo/s1600-h/7-arHBS-ceiling.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 321px; height: 400px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Biy1i9YVNgI/Se6jtQoM6WI/AAAAAAAAAXk/e0103hOxapo/s400/7-arHBS-ceiling.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5327375407178901858" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Biy1i9YVNgI/Se6jtdbwFSI/AAAAAAAAAXc/tGTe-VPfbhw/s1600-h/8-arHBS-reflection.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 287px; height: 400px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Biy1i9YVNgI/Se6jtdbwFSI/AAAAAAAAAXc/tGTe-VPfbhw/s400/8-arHBS-reflection.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5327375410616341794" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Biy1i9YVNgI/Se6jtHZJ6AI/AAAAAAAAAXU/d_Eyubx30fo/s1600-h/9-aryard.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 321px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Biy1i9YVNgI/Se6jtHZJ6AI/AAAAAAAAAXU/d_Eyubx30fo/s400/9-aryard.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5327375404699871234" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:78%;">The Back Staircase<br />Photos via The Library of Congress</span><br /></div></div></div>the architecturalisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06713865146561578771noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6869248897118004607.post-89654918716461719602009-03-09T19:44:00.002-04:002009-03-10T00:23:01.183-04:00Malplaquet Revisited<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Biy1i9YVNgI/SbWowC08q6I/AAAAAAAAAUs/FxKugOqsGys/s1600-h/malplaquettiger.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 375px; height: 338px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Biy1i9YVNgI/SbWowC08q6I/AAAAAAAAAUs/FxKugOqsGys/s400/malplaquettiger.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5311336878899506082" border="0" /></a><br /><div>For those who can’t get enough of <a href="http://tradarchitecture.blogspot.com/2008/10/malplaquet-house.html">Malplaquet house</a>, Tim Knox will be lecturing on how he and his partner, Todd Longstaffe-Gowan, saved this magnificent house from demolition and filled it with wondrous objects from their years of collecting. He’ll be in Los Angeles on March 23rd and in San Franciso March 24th. For tickets and information, visit <a href="http://www.soanefoundation.com/">Sir John Soane’s Museum Foundation</a>.<br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Biy1i9YVNgI/Sa9NK8Ya_WI/AAAAAAAAAUM/2nJpPg-6-v4/s1600-h/malplaquet.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 396px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Biy1i9YVNgI/Sa9NK8Ya_WI/AAAAAAAAAUM/2nJpPg-6-v4/s400/malplaquet.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5309547336095694178" border="0" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:78%;">Photograph by James Mortimer via World of Interiors<br /><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Biy1i9YVNgI/Sa9NKjsWY_I/AAAAAAAAAUE/5w8qPmJgNjk/s1600-h/antlers.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 398px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Biy1i9YVNgI/Sa9NKjsWY_I/AAAAAAAAAUE/5w8qPmJgNjk/s400/antlers.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5309547329468392434" border="0" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-size:78%;">Photograph by James Mortimer via World of Interiors</span><br /><br /></span></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Biy1i9YVNgI/Sa9NKdgiBBI/AAAAAAAAAT8/UgBM80YUVb4/s1600-h/malplaquetroom.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 389px; height: 400px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Biy1i9YVNgI/Sa9NKdgiBBI/AAAAAAAAAT8/UgBM80YUVb4/s400/malplaquetroom.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5309547327808209938" border="0" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:78%;">Photograph by James Mortimer via World of Interiors</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>the architecturalisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06713865146561578771noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6869248897118004607.post-29060863601016446482009-02-27T17:30:00.001-05:002009-02-27T17:30:00.962-05:00The Cotton DistrictIn the small college town of Starkville, Mississippi, Dan Camp, part architect/part builder/part visionary, has quietly been creating an unique community based on the principles of traditional architecture. <br /><br />Starting in 1969, with a plan to build affordable housing for the local students, Dan built his first buildings in a neglected section of town on the site of a former cotton mill. Working from sketches he made from his travels throughout the South, Dan built his classically inspired buildings using local workers that produced the windows, doors, millwork and shutters.<br /><br />Forty years later, <a href="http://www.thecottondistrict.net/">“The Cotton District”</a> continues to evolve into a highly desirable mixed-use community with a yearly arts <a href="http://starkvillearts.org/CDAF.shtml">festival</a> that draws thousands. Enjoying nearly 100 percent occupancy, Dan is now including commercial spaces in his new structures, hoping to persuade the students to stay and open their own businesses.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Biy1i9YVNgI/SZb7muZcrjI/AAAAAAAAAOU/yUI_HTbm90I/s1600-h/1-DanCampHouse.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Biy1i9YVNgI/SZb7muZcrjI/AAAAAAAAAOU/yUI_HTbm90I/s400/1-DanCampHouse.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5302702253983706674" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;">Dan Camp's residence - A Charleston inspired Single House</span><br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Biy1i9YVNgI/SZb7mr9lwyI/AAAAAAAAAOM/1LLk0w24WTg/s1600-h/2-row1.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Biy1i9YVNgI/SZb7mr9lwyI/AAAAAAAAAOM/1LLk0w24WTg/s400/2-row1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5302702253329990434" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;">Shutters, brick and stucco</span><br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Biy1i9YVNgI/SZb7mVvcykI/AAAAAAAAAOE/nnRaxhTbOA0/s1600-h/3-temple.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 332px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Biy1i9YVNgI/SZb7mVvcykI/AAAAAAAAAOE/nnRaxhTbOA0/s400/3-temple.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5302702247365102146" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;">"The Temple"</span><br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Biy1i9YVNgI/SZb7cxoHTnI/AAAAAAAAAN8/90fHsVwvUYw/s1600-h/4-The+Four+Apostles.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Biy1i9YVNgI/SZb7cxoHTnI/AAAAAAAAAN8/90fHsVwvUYw/s400/4-The+Four+Apostles.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5302702083051834994" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;">"The Four Apostles"</span><br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Biy1i9YVNgI/SZb7SE-5RtI/AAAAAAAAAN0/nuxjaxuZPmk/s1600-h/5-The+Pool+House.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 303px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Biy1i9YVNgI/SZb7SE-5RtI/AAAAAAAAAN0/nuxjaxuZPmk/s400/5-The+Pool+House.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5302701899269097170" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;">"The Pool House"</span><br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Biy1i9YVNgI/SZb7KZiybhI/AAAAAAAAANs/2wku3B_2KLs/s1600-h/6-TheTreasurer.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 258px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Biy1i9YVNgI/SZb7KZiybhI/AAAAAAAAANs/2wku3B_2KLs/s400/6-TheTreasurer.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5302701767349399058" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;">"The Treasurer"</span><br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Biy1i9YVNgI/SZb6_mvtnYI/AAAAAAAAANk/_vczMJJvJCc/s1600-h/7-2318506151_cea8837c05_b.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 219px; height: 400px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Biy1i9YVNgI/SZb6_mvtnYI/AAAAAAAAANk/_vczMJJvJCc/s400/7-2318506151_cea8837c05_b.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5302701581914709378" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;">"Rue Du Grand Fromage" named after the famous cheese produced by the university.</span><br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Biy1i9YVNgI/SZb6qDIbpTI/AAAAAAAAANM/pRU_t8v-sOA/s1600-h/8-image16.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 270px; height: 400px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Biy1i9YVNgI/SZb6qDIbpTI/AAAAAAAAANM/pRU_t8v-sOA/s400/8-image16.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5302701211577460018" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;">Page from Mr. Camp's sketchbook</span><br /></div>the architecturalisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06713865146561578771noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6869248897118004607.post-56410260002250625982009-02-20T00:11:00.002-05:002009-02-20T00:18:50.418-05:00Favorite Shops NYC- Hudson City Antiques<a href="http://www.hudsoncityantiques.com/">Hudson City Antiques</a>, 150 & 154 Ninth Avenue, is an excellent source for period lighting, antique frames, furniture (English, American, Arts & Crafts, etc.) and prints.<br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />They are currently having a “downsizing” sale at the 154 Ninth Avenue location with a great selection of fantastic finds ready to take home.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Biy1i9YVNgI/SZ45kDS_h7I/AAAAAAAAARM/52LWYfjrauo/s1600-h/1-nautilus.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Biy1i9YVNgI/SZ45kDS_h7I/AAAAAAAAARM/52LWYfjrauo/s400/1-nautilus.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5304740702612064178" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Biy1i9YVNgI/SZ46QzP9OdI/AAAAAAAAARU/Z_lWl0W1Rww/s1600-h/2-giltframe.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 358px; height: 400px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Biy1i9YVNgI/SZ46QzP9OdI/AAAAAAAAARU/Z_lWl0W1Rww/s400/2-giltframe.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5304741471398476242" border="0" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Biy1i9YVNgI/SZ45kF6OCOI/AAAAAAAAAQ8/99-nqnIZUMM/s1600-h/3-Prudential+Insurance.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 322px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Biy1i9YVNgI/SZ45kF6OCOI/AAAAAAAAAQ8/99-nqnIZUMM/s400/3-Prudential+Insurance.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5304740703313463522" border="0" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:85%;">1. Nautilus lamp - brass lamp with original nautilus shell - sadly already sold.<br />2. 19th c. Oval Gilt Frame with original glass - contact for price.<br />3. Print in original oak frame, "Prudential Insurance Home Office, Newark, New Jersey, 1909" - contact for price.</span><br /></div>the architecturalisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06713865146561578771noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6869248897118004607.post-48722461625387370212009-02-03T22:48:00.011-05:002009-02-05T10:31:28.902-05:00Vintage New York Postcards<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Biy1i9YVNgI/SYkakW3dzmI/AAAAAAAAAMk/ST5SxI6Vk4E/s1600-h/capt.a6b20c99351b4260b3cf41fdaa22ebc7.walker_evans_postcards_nyr108.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 227px; height: 344px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Biy1i9YVNgI/SYkakW3dzmI/AAAAAAAAAMk/ST5SxI6Vk4E/s400/capt.a6b20c99351b4260b3cf41fdaa22ebc7.walker_evans_postcards_nyr108.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5298795648493932130" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:78%;">image from the Walker Evans Collection via yahoo</span><br /><br /><div style="text-align: left;">"<a href="http://www.metmuseum.org/special/se_event.asp?OccurrenceId={4AF0B4EC-3013-4FD9-B3A3-59993F3A68C7}">Walker Evans and the Picture Postcard</a>", based on a collection of 9,000 postcards by the American photographer, will be on exhibit from February 3 - May 25, 2009 at the Metropolitan Museum of Art.<br /><br />Here are a few of my favorites that I've collected over the years. I particularly like the night time ones.<br /></div><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Biy1i9YVNgI/SYkWnUrGQfI/AAAAAAAAAMc/RXLtwkOLdVg/s1600-h/1-lowerbroadway.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 282px; height: 400px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Biy1i9YVNgI/SYkWnUrGQfI/AAAAAAAAAMc/RXLtwkOLdVg/s400/1-lowerbroadway.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5298791301398282738" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Biy1i9YVNgI/SYkWnPS7SVI/AAAAAAAAAMU/OOlxGBLt1mo/s1600-h/2-woolworth2.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Biy1i9YVNgI/SYkWnPS7SVI/AAAAAAAAAMU/OOlxGBLt1mo/s400/2-woolworth2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5298791299954723154" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Biy1i9YVNgI/SYkWnG9yH_I/AAAAAAAAAMM/VmP7dS9MNXg/s1600-h/3-woolworthbuilding.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 252px; height: 400px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Biy1i9YVNgI/SYkWnG9yH_I/AAAAAAAAAMM/VmP7dS9MNXg/s400/3-woolworthbuilding.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5298791297718558706" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Biy1i9YVNgI/SYkWm9rBNgI/AAAAAAAAAME/KYMX9EjT3X8/s1600-h/4-empirebuilding.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 260px; height: 400px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Biy1i9YVNgI/SYkWm9rBNgI/AAAAAAAAAME/KYMX9EjT3X8/s400/4-empirebuilding.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5298791295223936514" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Biy1i9YVNgI/SYkWa7ABF7I/AAAAAAAAAL8/f-wb4wvY6Rk/s1600-h/5-singerbuilding.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 255px; height: 400px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Biy1i9YVNgI/SYkWa7ABF7I/AAAAAAAAAL8/f-wb4wvY6Rk/s400/5-singerbuilding.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5298791088348272562" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Biy1i9YVNgI/SYkWamqh6JI/AAAAAAAAAL0/aLPaY2sOgHU/s1600-h/7-stpaulbuilding.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 253px; height: 400px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Biy1i9YVNgI/SYkWamqh6JI/AAAAAAAAAL0/aLPaY2sOgHU/s400/7-stpaulbuilding.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5298791082889439378" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Biy1i9YVNgI/SYkWagCKyoI/AAAAAAAAALs/xh6MAtS2QUA/s1600-h/6-williamsburg2.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 248px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Biy1i9YVNgI/SYkWagCKyoI/AAAAAAAAALs/xh6MAtS2QUA/s400/6-williamsburg2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5298791081109539458" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Biy1i9YVNgI/SYkWaoZj4PI/AAAAAAAAALk/VnTb38mRyGU/s1600-h/8-coneyislandsteeplechase.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 247px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Biy1i9YVNgI/SYkWaoZj4PI/AAAAAAAAALk/VnTb38mRyGU/s400/8-coneyislandsteeplechase.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5298791083355136242" border="0" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;">Images by The Architecturalist</span><br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>the architecturalisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06713865146561578771noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6869248897118004607.post-53865881325370738892009-01-27T23:37:00.003-05:002009-11-25T23:53:33.560-05:00Historic American Buildings Survey - Georgia<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Biy1i9YVNgI/SX6OJxG4uxI/AAAAAAAAAKc/yebWwPwPPAk/s1600-h/1-HABSGAmain.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 293px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Biy1i9YVNgI/SX6OJxG4uxI/AAAAAAAAAKc/yebWwPwPPAk/s400/1-HABSGAmain.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5295826510286469906" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:100%;"><a href="http://www.library.gatech.edu/archives/habs/index.htm">Historic American Buildings Survey - Georgia</a></span><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><br />The Historic American Buildings Survey was established in 1933 as part of President Franklin Roosevelt’s “New Deal” program to provide work for architects and surveyors whose jobs were affected by the Great Depression. Their job was to survey, draw and photograph America’s historic structures from the grandest to the most humble.<br /><br />In Georgia, Atlanta architect P. Thornton Marye was appointed district officer of the project. With photographer, Sandy Sanders he traveled statewide measuring and photographing the state’s architectural treasures.<br /><br />The handsome hand-lettered volume of their collaboration has been reproduced <a href="http://www.library.gatech.edu/archives/habs/index.htm">online</a> by the Georgia Tech Collection. Despite being made for utilitarian purposes, there is something hauntingly beautiful about the photographs showing the homes and public buildings in all states of repair.<br /><br /><br /></div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Biy1i9YVNgI/SX6OJsZmFMI/AAAAAAAAAKU/8rrKkH1plSs/s1600-h/2-oldmedicalcollege.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 286px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Biy1i9YVNgI/SX6OJsZmFMI/AAAAAAAAAKU/8rrKkH1plSs/s400/2-oldmedicalcollege.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5295826509022762178" border="0" /></a>The Old Medical College - Augusta<br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Biy1i9YVNgI/SX6OJlk9z8I/AAAAAAAAAKM/r_Q-aTC1i-g/s1600-h/3-bullochhall.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 292px; height: 400px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Biy1i9YVNgI/SX6OJlk9z8I/AAAAAAAAAKM/r_Q-aTC1i-g/s400/3-bullochhall.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5295826507191406530" border="0" /></a>Bulloch Hall - Augusta<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Biy1i9YVNgI/SX6OJZtTP_I/AAAAAAAAAKE/X3w7eYhDYWI/s1600-h/4-blounthouse.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 277px; height: 400px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Biy1i9YVNgI/SX6OJZtTP_I/AAAAAAAAAKE/X3w7eYhDYWI/s400/4-blounthouse.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5295826504005140466" border="0" /></a>The Blount House - Haddock<br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Biy1i9YVNgI/SX6OJPijaDI/AAAAAAAAAJ8/yuesB8A31IE/s1600-h/5-westover.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 283px; height: 400px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Biy1i9YVNgI/SX6OJPijaDI/AAAAAAAAAJ8/yuesB8A31IE/s400/5-westover.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5295826501275707442" border="0" /></a>Westover - Milledeville<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Biy1i9YVNgI/SX6N3ScApHI/AAAAAAAAAJ0/RBmcUsf7Dvk/s1600-h/6-westover.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 280px; height: 400px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Biy1i9YVNgI/SX6N3ScApHI/AAAAAAAAAJ0/RBmcUsf7Dvk/s400/6-westover.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5295826192815924338" border="0" /></a>Westover - Milledeville</div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Biy1i9YVNgI/SX6N3N1O5XI/AAAAAAAAAJs/1N6JCaQV8SQ/s1600-h/7-johnsonhouse.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 306px; height: 400px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Biy1i9YVNgI/SX6N3N1O5XI/AAAAAAAAAJs/1N6JCaQV8SQ/s400/7-johnsonhouse.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5295826191579538802" border="0" /></a>Johnson House - Clinton-Near-Gray<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Biy1i9YVNgI/SX6N3Njw-GI/AAAAAAAAAJk/wyNMkOoezpc/s1600-h/8-lowtherhall.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 292px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Biy1i9YVNgI/SX6N3Njw-GI/AAAAAAAAAJk/wyNMkOoezpc/s400/8-lowtherhall.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5295826191506274402" border="0" /></a>Lowther Hall - Clinton-Near-Gray<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Biy1i9YVNgI/SX6N3BZ6AqI/AAAAAAAAAJc/EgpUtVkQ45k/s1600-h/9-minishouse.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 281px; height: 387px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Biy1i9YVNgI/SX6N3BZ6AqI/AAAAAAAAAJc/EgpUtVkQ45k/s400/9-minishouse.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5295826188243698338" border="0" /></a>Minis House - Savannah<br /></div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>the architecturalisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06713865146561578771noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6869248897118004607.post-35217528949427801642009-01-20T22:34:00.004-05:002009-01-21T00:47:37.324-05:00Bona Fide Bulb<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Biy1i9YVNgI/SXaYIa34qLI/AAAAAAAAAJM/0ba32Z6d00Y/s1600-h/1890Edison0571.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 293px; height: 400px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Biy1i9YVNgI/SXaYIa34qLI/AAAAAAAAAJM/0ba32Z6d00Y/s400/1890Edison0571.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5293585682440693938" border="0" /></a><a href="http://www.ruralmissouri.org/09pages/09JanLightBulbMakers.html"><span style="font-size:78%;">Photo from Rural Missouri</span></a><br /></div><br />For the architectural purist: authentic carbon filament light bulbs. Made by John and Lynda Casey in their small workshop in rural Missouri. These replicas of Thomas Edison’s bulbs are made with filaments from carbonized cotton fibers instead of the more modern tungsten filaments found in cheaper reproductions. The Caseys have provided bulbs for several films and historic homes including the Thomas Edison and Henry Ford Winter Estates Museum. Bulbs are available from their <a href="http://www.oldlightbulbshop.com/">web site</a>.the architecturalisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06713865146561578771noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6869248897118004607.post-38732417511529755462008-12-24T13:45:00.004-05:002008-12-24T13:51:00.713-05:00Merry Christmas!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Biy1i9YVNgI/SVKDZvkhsDI/AAAAAAAAAI0/3-pcnVn8PmI/s1600-h/AAN.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 353px; height: 350px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Biy1i9YVNgI/SVKDZvkhsDI/AAAAAAAAAI0/3-pcnVn8PmI/s400/AAN.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5283429791148650546" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Glory above Sanctuary, </span><a href="http://www.christchurchspitalfields.org/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Christ Church Spitalfields</span></a></div>the architecturalisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06713865146561578771noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6869248897118004607.post-23647414845197353942008-12-12T17:29:00.004-05:002008-12-13T21:10:02.797-05:00Malplaquet House<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Biy1i9YVNgI/SUQsHaTGthI/AAAAAAAAAIs/71TXYNxjGVc/s1600-h/1-entry.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Biy1i9YVNgI/SUQsHaTGthI/AAAAAAAAAIs/71TXYNxjGVc/s400/1-entry.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5279393169015223826" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: left;">Tim Knox, director of <a href="http://www.soane.org/">Sir John Soane's Museum</a> and Todd Longstaffe-Gowan, a <a href="http://www.tlg-landscape.co.uk/">landscape architect</a>, live in Malplaquet House in London's East End. Built in 1740 for a wealthy merchant, the 20 plus room mansion survived the Blitz and being chopped up into various shop spaces before being rescued by the Spitalfields Trust from demolition.<br /><br />Tim and Todd acquired the mansion in 1998 and began an extensive stabilization preserving as much of the historical fabric as possible. They then began filling the rooms with their vast collection of religious artifacts, taxidermy animals and other curiosities acquired from the markets and auction houses of England.<br /></div><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Biy1i9YVNgI/SUQsHMCQ4AI/AAAAAAAAAIk/pyN6PcxJH8c/s1600-h/2-O7F1690.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 308px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Biy1i9YVNgI/SUQsHMCQ4AI/AAAAAAAAAIk/pyN6PcxJH8c/s400/2-O7F1690.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5279393165186490370" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Biy1i9YVNgI/SUQsG7mbb2I/AAAAAAAAAIc/tgJPoG2Om_4/s1600-h/3-O7F1662+flame+flat.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 335px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Biy1i9YVNgI/SUQsG7mbb2I/AAAAAAAAAIc/tgJPoG2Om_4/s400/3-O7F1662+flame+flat.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5279393160774774626" border="0" /></a>A chimneypiece, constructed of plaster by set designer Christopher Hobbs, holds a commanding position in the Sarcophagus room. Allegorical figures representing Africa and North America, where Tim and Todd were raised, support the cornice. In the center are portraits of the owners and a human skull found by the sculptor in the rubble of an old YMCA.<br /></div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Biy1i9YVNgI/SUQsGlcuKVI/AAAAAAAAAIU/cvABgABZJy8/s1600-h/4_O7F1535.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 266px; height: 400px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Biy1i9YVNgI/SUQsGlcuKVI/AAAAAAAAAIU/cvABgABZJy8/s400/4_O7F1535.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5279393154828478802" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: left;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Biy1i9YVNgI/SUQr8mwOmbI/AAAAAAAAAIM/KX3aa-vGnCw/s1600-h/5_O7F1602.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 260px; height: 400px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Biy1i9YVNgI/SUQr8mwOmbI/AAAAAAAAAIM/KX3aa-vGnCw/s400/5_O7F1602.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5279392983380040114" border="0" /></a>Portraits of nuns line the walls and taxidermy animals peer from under heavy Victorian furniture.<br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Biy1i9YVNgI/SUQr8QRs_xI/AAAAAAAAAIE/BX1fx7-zPx8/s1600-h/6_O7F1635.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 268px; height: 400px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Biy1i9YVNgI/SUQr8QRs_xI/AAAAAAAAAIE/BX1fx7-zPx8/s400/6_O7F1635.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5279392977346428690" border="0" /></a>A stained-glass window depicting the Crucifixion provides privacy in the bathroom.<br /><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Biy1i9YVNgI/SUQr8VW4D9I/AAAAAAAAAH8/uSmIvoZTt7c/s1600-h/7-garden1.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Biy1i9YVNgI/SUQr8VW4D9I/AAAAAAAAAH8/uSmIvoZTt7c/s400/7-garden1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5279392978710302674" border="0" /></a>Outside, Todd has filled the garden with ancient tree ferns and religious statuary.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Biy1i9YVNgI/SUQr8KtyYeI/AAAAAAAAAH0/5n25KQbAFGU/s1600-h/8-garden.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Biy1i9YVNgI/SUQr8KtyYeI/AAAAAAAAAH0/5n25KQbAFGU/s400/8-garden.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5279392975853609442" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="http://barrylewisphotography.com/">Photographs via Barry Lewis Photography</a></span></div>the architecturalisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06713865146561578771noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6869248897118004607.post-19186701080961266772008-11-04T13:39:00.003-05:002008-11-15T17:05:52.446-05:00Thierry Despont - Through the Moon Door<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Biy1i9YVNgI/SR9Hg9E6RVI/AAAAAAAAAFk/4ndw8824U3Y/s1600-h/artwork_images_143541_361001_thierry-despont.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 278px; height: 400px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Biy1i9YVNgI/SR9Hg9E6RVI/AAAAAAAAAFk/4ndw8824U3Y/s400/artwork_images_143541_361001_thierry-despont.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5269008720523314514" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Biy1i9YVNgI/SR9HgPE7S1I/AAAAAAAAAFc/MQk5ohp0My0/s1600-h/artwork_images_143541_437635_thierry-despont.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Biy1i9YVNgI/SR9HgPE7S1I/AAAAAAAAAFc/MQk5ohp0My0/s400/artwork_images_143541_437635_thierry-despont.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5269008708175350610" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Biy1i9YVNgI/SR9HfzAugxI/AAAAAAAAAFU/aOfMTBMpu28/s1600-h/cabinet3.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 329px; height: 400px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Biy1i9YVNgI/SR9HfzAugxI/AAAAAAAAAFU/aOfMTBMpu28/s400/cabinet3.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5269008700641542930" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Architect Thierry Despont’s current exhibition, <span style="font-style: italic;">Through the Mood Door</span>, featuring these curious mechanical oddities, will be on display at the <a href="http://www.marlboroughgallery.com/chelseaindex.html">Marlborough Gallery Chelsea</a> through November 18th.<br /></div><div><div> </div><div> </div></div>the architecturalisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06713865146561578771noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6869248897118004607.post-962999480230465892008-10-23T00:52:00.010-04:002008-11-16T00:25:55.424-05:00Architectural Hero...Gaston Callum<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Biy1i9YVNgI/SQe7Vpad5mI/AAAAAAAAADc/WDEZBe3u_-o/s1600-h/gastoncallumoa.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 318px; height: 320px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Biy1i9YVNgI/SQe7Vpad5mI/AAAAAAAAADc/WDEZBe3u_-o/s320/gastoncallumoa.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5262380670174226018" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:78%;">Photograph by Gastom Callum via Oxford American<br /></span></div><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Biy1i9YVNgI/SNHfkukTd6I/AAAAAAAAABw/NTmQ3VJ9Irk/s1600-h/gastoncallum.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Biy1i9YVNgI/SNHfkukTd6I/AAAAAAAAABw/NTmQ3VJ9Irk/s320/gastoncallum.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5247220862931924898" border="0" /></a><br />In the mid 1990’s, Gaston Callum began photographing the forgotten plantation houses, farm houses and vernacular buildings of his native South. Realizing that time was quickly running out for these neglected properties he founded <a href="http://www.southlandhp.org/default.htm">Southland Historic Preservation</a> with the goal to document and stabilize these historic buildings. After stabilization, the properties are sold with historic covenants to ensure that buyers do a sympathetic restoration. Successes include properties in Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina and Virginia. Materials from buildings that cannot be saved are sold in lots that include photos of the original installations.<br /><br />Available properties are listed on the SHP website, some with videos documenting their rescue. Gaston continues to photograph buildings and is currently working on a book of endangered North Carolina architecture.<br /><br /><div><div><br /></div></div>the architecturalisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06713865146561578771noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6869248897118004607.post-7707471788429358422008-10-16T21:35:00.001-04:002008-12-24T15:23:43.859-05:00Favorite Places ...The Garconieres - Houmas House Plantation<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Biy1i9YVNgI/SMxyHU-WEbI/AAAAAAAAABg/2V1nPIfjUyE/s1600-h/garconiere.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Biy1i9YVNgI/SMxyHU-WEbI/AAAAAAAAABg/2V1nPIfjUyE/s320/garconiere.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5245693136194638258" border="0" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"><a href="http://www.houmashouse.com/">Houmas House</a></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Two story hexagonal brick and stucco structures built as bachelor's quarters, presumably to keep the peace and quiet in the main house, consisting of a sitting room downstairs and an upstairs bedroom. </div><div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Biy1i9YVNgI/SMxyHS-sTmI/AAAAAAAAABo/_G-ozvFFzEg/s1600-h/072573pr.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Biy1i9YVNgI/SMxyHS-sTmI/AAAAAAAAABo/_G-ozvFFzEg/s320/072573pr.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5245693135659224674" border="0" /></a></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:78%;"> Library of Congress, Richard Koch photographer</span></div><div>Measuring the east garconiere for the Historic American Buildings Survey, April 1936.<br /></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Biy1i9YVNgI/SMxrRKA8FPI/AAAAAAAAAA4/rgnb8VflnXU/s1600-h/garconiere.jpg" style="text-decoration: none;"></a></span></div><div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Biy1i9YVNgI/SMxrRKA8FPI/AAAAAAAAAA4/rgnb8VflnXU/s1600-h/garconiere.jpg" style="text-decoration: none;"><br /></a></span></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(85, 26, 139); text-decoration: underline;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:10;"> </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:10;"> </span></div><div><br /><div><div><div><br /></div></div></div></div></div>the architecturalisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06713865146561578771noreply@blogger.com0