The Illegal Architect

So you don’t understand why people are skeptical of Architects? Let me present exhibit A.
The Ascent | Daniel Libeskind
Aug 19

So you don’t understand why people are skeptical of Architects? Let me present exhibit A.

The Ascent | Daniel Libeskind

As someone who spent a significant amount of time in Cincinnati’s Washington Park before its renovation I feel need to explain the story that is not being told in papers.  It is not my goal to be overly negative, but to say that the park is better because it is new is really too simple.  Many of us are used to the suburban model where new places do not seem to harm anyone but this is not the case in the city.  In the city every new space takes the place of someone’s old space and in my view there are three problems with the way this has happened in the Washington Park

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Whose Public Space? Washington Park
Contemporary Art Center | Zaha Hadid
Jul 15

Contemporary Art Center | Zaha Hadid

Carew Tower | W.W. Ahlschlager & Associates
It makes me sad that this is no longer Cincinnati’s tallest building.
this is
Jul 13

Carew Tower | W.W. Ahlschlager & Associates

It makes me sad that this is no longer Cincinnati’s tallest building.

this is

Mar 12

Ford Advertisements | Rudy Hermes and Charley Harper

What’s not to like-

Ford cars, US landscapes, and crazy architecture designed and drawn by two guys from Cincinnati, my home town.