A huge congratulations to @philipthalis on his well-deserved award.
Philip is undeniably both one of Australia's most respected architects and a tireless advocate for good urban design.
More importantly, he's not afraid to speak up publicly against bad state government planning decisions, as he did with Barangaroo, even when there's a personal cost.
Photos around a few areas close to Downtown Midland, MI: Dow East End Building, a mural underneath a bridge, right behind that mural is a view of a river that runs underneath that same bridge, a bird mural on the side of a building, flowers, and a residential building. Shot in June 2023.
#FairwayGorgePaddlingClub is located in the curved building you see, in this looking up from ground photo. I was waiting for Mom to bring car from parking lot. I loved how beautiful the skies looked & took 2 photos, while I was waiting. One is of the skies & buildings. Another of my pants & sneakers.
A pic I took of the Jacksonville, FL skyline on an old digital camera back in December 2011. I revisited this photo several years later and tried to go with a “cinematic” look.
PNNL: Design for Extreme Heat. "This guide is intended to provide basic concepts and strategies for designing homes to be safer during extreme heat events. When designing homes for extreme heat, the overarching goal is simply to keep the building occupants cool enough to avoid health risks, particularly when the power is out or A/C is not available. " https://basc.pnnl.gov/information/design-extreme-heat
“They don’t get much in the way of posthumous glory, but Roman surveyors have left us a wealth of technical treatises, collectively known as the Corpus Agrimensorum Romanorum, which is of unique historical importance for its detailed descriptions of the nature of land settlement, and the role of emperors, especially Augustus, in regulating urban centers in a rural environment. Archaeologist David Gilman Romano, longtime director of the Corinth Computer Project, has been using the Agrimensores to understand the rural geography of Corinth and the nature of Roman re-settlement of the city… #GIS#spatial#mapping#surveying#surveyor#survey#instrumentation#ancientrome#roman#history#urban#buildings#aqueducts#roads#fortifactions#construction#engineering#design#archaeology#archaeologist
Black and white photograph of a panoramic view of Budapest. On the right you can see St. Stephen's Basilica, on the left the Hungarian Parliament and in the center the Chain Bridge.
Black and white photograph of a street in Dublin (Ireland) with a set of asymmetrical buildings. I have captured this photograph taking advantage of the contrast of lights and shadows on the facades.