07/06/2021
I've been doing some visual research for a project in Flint, MI and I ran across something that I think other folks might dig:
Riverbank Park.
"Designed in the mid-1970s by Lawrence Halprin & Associates." As this article states parts of it has been demolished & I guess there's some sort of new rejuvenation plan underway. Definitely a bummer.
It was more than just cool looking design-y civic boondoggle - "its pools, canals, and water features [were] designed to aid in flood-control measures in compliance with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers."
I'm also going to post a link to a twitter account where someone posted the original design brochure with section & perspective drawings.
For fans of American modernist architecture & brutalism.
Portions of Halprin’s Riverbank Park Demolished | The Cultural Landscape Foundation
An assemblage of five interconnected outdoor rooms set on distinct terraces that step down to the water's edge, Riverbank Park is a ten-acre linear park situated on the northern and southern banks of the Flint River in downtown Flint, Michigan. Designed in the mid-1970s by Lawrence Halprin & Associa...
06/19/2019
Another exhibit installation/opening (it's been a busy spring) with Peter Hyde. This was for Rotary International's exposition booth in Hamburg Germany. It's great when you get to work for clients that do so much good in the world.
https://www.facebook.com/juniperandscribe/photos/?tab=album&album_id=2325874400987033
06/12/2019
Another recent project receiving some local media coverage. Smaller project within a historic home museum. With a limited budget we executed a series of story telling wall murals and a motion graphics piece that's projected on some scenic elements in the room. Inspiring subject matter concerning the underground railroad.
You decide: New Seward museum exhibit throws visitors into unsolved mystery
AUBURN — Almost 160 years ago, a 9-year-old girl was left at 33 South St. in Auburn, the home of U.S. Secretary of State William Seward and his family. There,
06/07/2019
Been working for a long time on this with Peter Hyde & co. So good to have it open this coming week.
Wells unveils new visitor center and ice cream parlor ahead of opening
The newly renovated Wells Visitor Center and Ice Cream Parlor in Le Mars, Iowa is just about ready for its public debut.
01/28/2019
Love re-used buildings …
Medieval Irish church is reborn as a museum in Kilkenny
A dramatic adaptive reuse project by McCullough Mulvin Architects
10/16/2018
Local project here in NYC had it's official opening …
NYC Fire Museum gives students hands-on fire safety tools
Children have been using some brand new learning tools at the New York City Fire Museum this Fire Prevention Week. Among them is a newly designed 'apartment,' which is used to teach them how to escape from a fire.
06/29/2018
Been super bad about posting about projects & such … this is an article about one of the bigger projects that's been occupying most of this past year.
https://siouxcityjournal.com/news/local/change-is-a-hoppin-at-the-blue-bunny-ice-cream/article_a092a012-8d0e-52eb-8f66-c67e96d98931.html
Change is a hoppin' at the Blue Bunny Ice Cream Parlor in Le Mars
LE MARS, Iowa -- The Blue Bunny Ice Cream Parlor, which attracts an estimated 230,000 visitors to downtown Le Mars each year, could soon host up to 500,000 guests, if