Ralph Carlson Blog

I have a degree in architecture and though I never got licensed or practiced, I can’t help looking at architecture anywhere I go.  Some of my observations have been among the more popular posts here at RCB.  If you missed any of them, I have links below in case you would like to check them out- or maybe even revisit.  As always, I would be interested in your comments or observations, particularly if you disagree.

The Art and Architecture Building at Yale (Paul Rudolph)

The St. Louis Arch (Eero Saarinen)

Chicago Art Institute Addition (Renzo Piano)

Milwaukee Art Museum (Calatrava)

And finally to blow all my credibility as a respectable architecture critic..

Billboards

Enjoy.

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I have always been interested in architecture, even so far as getting a degree but somehow a career in architecture was not in the cards. Nothing keeps me from appraising architecture wherever I go and making a judgement. This pops up from time to time in my blog posts. From my love for Saairinen, master of mid century American architecture- a man almost forgotten these days to the would-be masters of today like Piano and Calatrava, you find posts with my two cents about their works. Then a bit of nostalgia about the wonderful Design Research stores and their headquarters in Cambridge. Finally an appreciation of billboards, really two apprecations.

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