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Gathering to shape and design buildings, monuments and towns begins with Gobekli Tepe in Turkey 10,000 to 12,000 years ago. The early monuments were 12 meter tall T-shaped totems. If we fast-forward to the present we still see this as … Continued
All forms of life recognize patterns as prompts for sexual arousal, for eating, for fleeing, for fighting. Most mammals rely on patterns delivered through smell, hearing or vision. We are most dependent on recognizing the patterns accessed by vision. We … Continued
In the notebooks of Leonardo DaVinci Leonardo presents the essential elements of painting. He uses principles of contrast to illustrate these elements. Ancient Romans gave us their ideas on this subject just as 1000 years ago Sung Dynasty Chinese painters … Continued
One of the most intriguing spaces of my childhood was the interior of the First Presbyterian Church in St. Louis. It was standard gothic, soaring arches, a long narrow nave with tall stained glass windows anchored above the altar. It … Continued
As a teenager driving home from downtown St. Louis I let the web of the city’s lights free my imagination. So many stories lived behind so many lights. So much electricity spread modernity through the night. The experience was memorable … Continued
Our attraction to architectural forms and space is older than our first cities as demonstrated by monuments left in annual gathering places like Gobekli Tepe 11,000 years ago. Here was the beginning of our appetite for collective architecture and its … Continued