an urban postcard: young eyes of the street

In Old Jerusalem, young eyes transcend their surroundings, and look across the world.

two postcards: the mood of buildings in the city

Buildings greet a cloudy dusk with angular frowns and smiles of light.


enhancing solar urbanism: two postcards

In the recent essay, “Reading the Evolution of Places“, Ana Maria Manzo and I argued for a collaborative, multicultural and multidimensional awareness of place as we move forward with urban reinvention.

Noting the universal interaction of human settlement with light, we asked “How to live amid the sunset?”.

Here are two postcards of Seattle on August 24, which embellish the magic of city and sun. How can we best design and regulate to enhance this blending of natural and built environments?


the multimodal postcard, ship canal edition

Seattle’s Fremont Bridge after opening to allow through a tall mast, while the Aurora Bridge stands by above.

urban density and the domestic streetscape: two postcards

What can be more demonstrative of the intersection of urban density, domestic life and the public domain than the streetscape of laundry in the sun?