“They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.” – Benjamin Franklin, 1759

Dr. Wilkie, one of my favorite literature professors at the U of A, died this past Sunday. I took several of his courses as an undergrad and he served on my thesis committee. He’ll be missed by many.

Well said.

One of the biggest architectural events going down in my (new) neck of the woods is the construction of the new Cooper River Bridge to replace the existing (beautiful but ancient) Grace Memorial Bridge (built 1929) and the newer Pearman Bridge (built 1968). The often enlightening Joel urps up this bit of oversimplified dreck about [...]

Mies van der Rohe’s Farnsworth House, a picture of which has long graced my design page, may be saved. I put together a brief tribute to his work. Saddam captured. There’s no need for me to even mention it, as it’s the only discourse in town at the moment. My laptop currently runs Windows 2000. [...]