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Adaptive Re-use of Space
“Bumps” and Bubbles in Sausalito – THE CALIFORNIA CAVIAR COMPANY.
Photo Credit California Caviar Company. […]
The BIG MAC and ART DECO converge in a unique setting, in Porto, Portugal.
Are the ghosts of the art deco Cafe Imperial at peace with the fast-food giant McDonald’s, now occupying its former […]
A PRISON MORPHS INTO A PHOTOGRAPHIC MUSEUM IN PORTO, PORTUGAL.
It was uninviting from the outside, but the conversion inside was amazing and made an ideal gallery space. It is […]
LX Factory Retaining Its Original Footprint and Character, This Space Started Life All Over Again
Lisbon is having a day of it and is presently in rebirth mode. From total dormancy, it has emerged as […]
PALACIO ALVERCA, a MOROCCAN PALACE in LISBON, is transformed into a shopping center.
One of my interests is “adaptive re-use of space” — the Palacio Alverca is an exact case study. Palacio Alverca […]
The Permanent: An Old Bank Building is re-invented as a Modern Event Space.
Built as a Savings and Loan in 1907, The B.C. Permanent Loan and Savings Company has taken on a new […]
DIANA ROSS at the RYMAN in Nashville
Can she really be seventy years young? 70 is the new 35. Or so it seemed, watching Diana Ross perform […]
Degas in New Orleans
Edgar Degas, Impressionist Painter, Lived and Painted in New Orleans Part 1. This story is a legend in New Orleans, […]
Casa Kimberly, Puerto Vallarta, Part l .
The Backstory Going back in time to the tumultuous love affair of Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton in the 1960’s. […]