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Joined October 2015
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architecture needs more abstract color shapes on concrete. i’m always saying this
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this is what it feels like to use BeReal in 2024
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this is the correct color palette for transit
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go to the seattle public library if you want to feel like you’re inside a literal diagram
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i’ve formalized my transit pass collection with room for future expansion
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i take amtrak all the time and not once have i been able to successfully connect to their wifi and at this point i think it’s a myth
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finally made it to chicago’s only john portman. hyatt regency o’hare
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there are exactly four kinds of architecture
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4 months
they should make a portal between minneapolis and st paul to foster peace and understanding
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anxiety chronic, ass iconic
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The NY / Dublin portal is one of the greatest exhibits ever Every single video has me feeling emotional or laughing. Dublin has the exact right energy for this - from the talented and wholesome to the mad characters 🍀💗
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5 months
wait so you’re telling me an infant designed this plaza?
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1 year
the brown line cuck chair
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6 months
my official licensed architect opinion is that this is a very good building
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6 months
it’s the same picture
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@CaudilloXIV
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We must reclaim Chicago
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2 months
like bean? try homebean.
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5 months
some houses in oak park, illinois
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10 months
the toronto reference library 📚
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10 months
i sat on all of these
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@PritzkerForPrez
Socialists For Pritzker
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They should make a Chicago 2
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4 months
everyone's making fun of foxtrot but i appreciate that they were transparent, open late, and often busy day and night. they were good corner stores that are now going to sit vacant or get replaced by a st*rbucks pickup or circle k pic taken at 10pm last saturday night
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2 years
marvel at the flat gridiness of chicago
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2 years
lying awake thinking of all the concrete exterior staircases in atlanta
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landscape architecture peaked in the 70s
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Feels like a really boring moment for American landscape architecture right now. The same material and formal gestures getting copied and pasted even by good firms. Honestly can’t remember the last major project that felt like a big swing.
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recruiter just called me at 8am to ask if i'd move to r*liegh n*rth c*rolina
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why bother traveling when you can experience all the world has to offer from the comfort of the west loop mcdonald’s
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middle of nowhere illinois
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6 months
best civic tradition in the country
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6 months
your honor, you can’t convict a goose for being silly any more than you can convict a sunset for being beautiful
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5 months
good building. maybe we need more evil buildings
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3 months
freeway park seattle, remains beautiful despite the fountains not being on
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have you ever wondered what’s inside the big domed building at diversey and sheridan?
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what did autistic people do before trains were invented?
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xerox tower - rochester, new york
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4 months
just found out there’s an even woker more liberal version of the woke liberal eggs I buy
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1 year
a cool new building in pilsen
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2 months
bridgehouses of the chicago river
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5 months
put seating in here ffs
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3 months
king county administration building by harmon, pray and dietrich. vacant and planned to be demolished by the county.
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2 years
we get it, 1990 happened
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6 months
the neon glass block wall at red line grand is one of my favorite art installations on the cta
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bellevue is so sterile you could perform surgery anywhere outdoors
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6 months
gm from the center of the universe
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9 months
10/10 breeze block in little india
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4 months
of all the aon centers in the country, i think this one is the best
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gould hall - college of built environment - university of washington
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i’m always saying this!
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6 months
architecture needs more abstract color shapes on concrete. i’m always saying this
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2 years
Holy shit I quit my job and I’m moving to Chicago. This is actually happening.
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the crystal court at the ids center by philip johnson, 1973
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it’s probably all still there but i can only vouch for the bottom half rn
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we already knew bikini bottom has a bus system but did you know it also has a subway?
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1 year
the flagship mcdonalds unlit the russian M on their global presence map
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3 months
ow my feelings!
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5 months
ope
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dine out on broadway is just two weekends a year, not so much as a treat but rather as an annual reminder of how nice this city could be if we gave a little less space to cars
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yes john portman had contempt for cities and the people who live in them, but the man could design a really amazing atrium
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4 months
museum of contemporary art chicago—free to illinois residents every tuesday
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7 months
what a cool spooky 40 degree autumn day can’t wait for halloween
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5 months
google maps fixed the fucked up loop corners
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amtrak to the eclipse 🌞🌗🌎
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wait so it’s all platform? 🚇👨‍🚀🔫👨‍🚀
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carbondale public library, humble unassuming exterior with a magnificent interior double height space full of natural light and heavy timber
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wait, so you’re telling me this america pyramid is trans?
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6 months
have some good buildings, as a treat
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3 months
today in chicago
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i know i have an actual job bc i don’t refer to a powerpoint presentation as a “deck”
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the best street wall in america
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je suis etudiant en hamburger
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unity temple - oak park illinois
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1 year
state/lake had a cool future escalator tube from 1966-90
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4 months
the cta should be more bisexual bc at least then their unreliability would be fitting
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They should wrap all of the trains like this
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4 months
there’s now a teeny amount of seating in the enormous wintergarden at harold washington library
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2 months
some good fonts in edgewater
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i really wish there was a way to tell linkedin that i’m an actual architect and not a pretend computer architect
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@Ian_Gay_briel imagine going to a restaurant and ordering food off the menu 😒🙄😤
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@BFryback not for a while
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yes it was massively over budget and remains an unusable money pit to this day, but can you put a price on the smile of an architect? - montreal olympic stadium
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1 year
still there
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Chicago Genius Herald
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Chicago Smoldering Crater One Day After Johnson Inauguration
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urban outfitters turning into a barnes and noble is some real bizarro 2014 shit
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6 months
a better brick bench
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this station is lucien-l’allier and it has brick benches
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had to go to the post office? more like got to go to the post office.
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come to ukrainian village for the widest selection of tarragon soda in the city
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st nicholas greek orthodox church-rebuilt after being destroyed on 9/11
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national airport by cesar pelli
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rochester, new york
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1 year
a user has submitted feedback
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2 years
This is what I went to grad school for.
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look at these twins at gordon and broadway
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elevations from the chicago river
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if this was scaled down to city car size it would be so cute
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Rivian
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We designed R3X for maximum performance, capability — and fun. Deliveries will begin after R2.
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fuckin frasier-ass escalators
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every once in a while i get to explore a building that reminds me why i became an architect
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a concrete communicating stair between the upper floors
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i ride the red line almost every day and it’s been almost a week since the last time i was in a smoke-free car @cta are you ever going to do anything about this or have it given up on this too?
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is the cta aware that buses don’t need to travel in pairs?
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times square building - rochester, new york. immortalized in sim city 4
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2 years
@ruff_bluffs the chemical attack preparedness kits which were like “put plastic wrap over your windows bc nerve gas is happening in st cloud minnesota”
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6 months
i’m back
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a few of the many payphones of montreal
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sf has some pretty spectacular ceilings
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in grad school you choose which one you like then that’s all you’re allowed to design for the rest of your career
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@questionableway can’t wait to be represented by you in court ❤️
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gm - first time taking the south shore line 🚋🌊🏖️
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